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To help determine the value and impact of lessons and activities contained in each unit of the 4-H Science Discovery Series, please complete this brief evaluation each time a unit was taught. This will also help with future curriculum development efforts. Your responses will be kept confidential and will not be used for any other purpose.

1. Date unit was taught (mm/dd/yyyy):

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2. Which unit was used on this occasion? Please select one:

Volume 2

Weatherwise (meteorology)
Spiderific (spiders)
What Is That Tree I See? (leaf and tree identification)
Mountains High, Oceans Deep (oceanography)
Exploring Planet X (space exploration)
Where Does Your Garbage Go? (waste management alternatives and environmental conservation)

Volume 1

Geology Where You Live (rocks & minerals)
As Big as a Whale! (whales)
Tree-mendous Fun (trees)
Don't Trash the Planet! (recycling/solid waste)
Good to the Last Drop (water quality & conservation)

  2A. If teaching a unit from Volume 1, please select which you used:

Borrowed a 4-H Science Discovery Kit
Used SDS Leader Lesson Guide Volume 1 (printed or downloaded curriculum)
Used both

3. How effective was the unit in meeting its objectives? Please select one:

Very Effective
Effective
Somewhat Ineffective
Very Ineffective

4. How easy was the unit and its activities to learn, understand, and teach? Please select one:

Very Easy
Easy
Somewhat Difficult
Very Difficult

5. Overall, how effective was the unit in helping youth develop science/math literacy and life skills? Please select one:

Very Effective
Effective
Somewhat Ineffective
Very Ineffective

6. Would you recommend this unit to others for teaching science to youth? Please select one:

Yes
No

7. Who taught the unit? Please select one:

School Teacher
4-H Staff
4-H Club Leader/Other Volunteer
Other

If Other, please list:

8. Name and title of person teaching the unit and completing this survey (your response will be kept confidential):



9. Where was the unit taught on this occasion? Please select one:

School Enrichment (during school)
After-School Program/School-aged Child Care Site
4-H Club
4-H Camp
4-H Special Interest/Short Term Program
Other

If Other, please name:

10. Please share some of the most important points youth learned from this unit:



11. Number of youth and hours taught on this occasion:

11A. Number of youth by gender:
Boys:   Girls:

11B. Number of youth by grade:
1st:  2nd:
3rd:   4th:
5th:   6th:
7th:   8th:
9th:   10th:

11C. Number of youth by race:
White:
Black:
Hispanic:
Asian/Pacific Islander:
American Indian:

11D. Number of hours of instruction provided (ie. 0.75 hrs, 2.5 hrs.):

12. Was the "Keep Discovering" reference used (from Volume 2 or SDS web site)? Please select one:

Yes   No

If Yes, please explain how it was useful and suggest improvements:

13. How useful was the 4-H Science Discovery Series Web site in providing resources for teaching science? Please select one:

Very Useful
Useful
Not Useful
Did Not Use It

14. Please list any helpful comments about the specific activities in the unit that were used to teach on this occasion:



15. Please list any other ideas, comments, or suggestions for improvement.



Click the "Submit" button below to complete this evaluation:


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