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American students are struggling in the areas of science, engineering, and technology. As a result, fewer students are choosing careers in these areas, allowing the United States to be outpaced by other countries. To address this issue, Meriwether and Troup County 4-H Clubs used the Agri-Science curriculum in 5th grade in-school club meetings, provided after-school science workshops, and held a 4-H Science Day Camp during the summer to expose youth to the many fields of science, engineering, and technology. Homeschool 4-H'ers in fourth through sixth grades also completed monthly science activities. Increasing science awareness has been a theme of the summer programming for the past five years. In 2012, a week-long science and engineering day camp was held in Troup County. Activities at the camp focused on engineering design, robotics and videography. A separate Lego Robotics camp was also held for four days during the summer. In 2012, monthly school club meetings focused on teaching science curriculum reached about 115 fifth graders and 46 middle school students in Meriwether and 322 fifth graders, middle school students, and homeschool 4-H'ers in Troup County for a total of 2,634 contacts over the past five years. The total number of science contacts for summer programming in the past five years was 399 youth. In Troup County, 40 youth and 10 teen leaders participated in the week-long Science Day Camp in 2012. Over the past five years, 590 students have participated in National Youth Science Day activities.
