Iowa 4-H offers a variety of ready-to-use resources that can help support engaging learning experiences for youth in grades 4-12.
For program requests or more information, please contact your local Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office. If you use one of these resources, we’d love to hear about how it worked for your program. Send Maya Hayslett an email about your experience at hayslett@iastate.edu.
4-H Youth Activities: Plant Science, Seeds, and Growing Curiosity
- 4-H at Home: On the Go Lesson, Cover Crop Monsters
- 4-H at Home: One the Go Lesson, Watch Me Grow Seed Dissection
- Agriculture Every Day: It Starts with a Seed (pg. 31-34) and (pg. 58-60) What’s That Spot?
- Gardening to Give: Seed Starting, March
- Gardening to Give: Planting Seeds, April
- Bugs and Blades: Crop Diseases
For more resources and activities beyond this scope, visit the Iowa State University Extension Store online. Download a shareable file of this resource page: 4-H_Youth_Activities_Resource_List.docx


