2008 LEADERS GUIDE TO LIFESKILLS ACTIVITY TIPTON COUNTY TENNESSEE

LifeSkills is a Family and Consumer Sciences program for junior high youth enrolled in 4-H. The LifeSkills district judging activity will consist of centers that incorporate various subjects in Family and Consumer Sci-ences. Centers included in the competition are listed below.

In addition to the centers, some districts may conduct a LifeSkills Quiz Bowl. Questions for the LifeSkills Quiz Bowl will come from the references listed under each topic below.

• LifeSkills Overview Page3 • Regional Contest Instructions Pages 14-15 • Quiz Bowl Rules 4-5 Before you participate in the competition, it is important that you learn as much as you can. To help you pre-pare for the competition, select a subject and learn more about the resources available to you. For any questions you may have, check the Frequently Asked Questions pages.12-13

Competition Dates Western Region - August 23, 2008

Food Safety

• FSI: Food Scene Investigators Page 7 Health

• Be MedWise Page 11 Human Development

• Career Choices Page 10 • CyberBullyng and Internet Safety Page 6 Money Management

• Making Change Page 8 Nutrition

• Making Healthy Food Choices Page 9 The state website with these links is at:

http://fcs.tennessee.edu/lifeskills/default.htm

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Human Development: Individual Activity

"Cyberbullying and Internet Safety"

Lifeskill:

Decision Making

Overview:

Internet safety and more specifically "cyberbullying" has become an issue for many teens. This center will provide youth with resources to help them make safe and smart decisions while surfing the internet. Secondly it will help youth understand what cyber-bullying is, what to do if they themselves are being bullied online and how to avoid fal-ling into the trap of being a cyberbully. Teens will be presented with 10 multiple-choice questions at the station.

Objective:

At the completion of this unit youth will:

• Understand how to make safe and smart decisions while surfing the internet. • Understand the consequences of cyberbullying. Understand what to do if they themselves are being bullied on-line.

Resources:

• Stop Cyberbullying – read as much as you can on this web site to learn about cyber-bullying.

Safe Teens – study the articles on the right side of the page under “Connect Safely”.

Scoring:

Ten multiple choice questions will be provided to each student. Each correct answer is worth 5 points with a potential total of 50 points.

Food Safety: Individual Activity "FSI: Food Scene Investigators"

Lifeskill: Preparing food safely to prevent foodborne illness.

Overview:

Youth will complete this activity as an individual of "FSI: Food Scene Investigators." As a FSI individual, their job will be to identify the types of foods that may have been the source of foodborne illness in a recent outbreak at a local restaurant. From a list of foods, the participant will select the "potentially hazardous foods."

Objective:

As a result of this learning activity, youth will:

• Identify foods considered to be "potentially hazardous" that should be handled carefully to prevent food borne illness.

Describe the kinds of conditions suitable for growth of bacteria.

Resources:

• Learn how bacteria grow and multiply at CELLS alive! View the movie to see how two E. coli divide and form a colony of hundreds of bacteria in just a few hours.http://www.cellsalive.com/ecoli.htm • Safe Food, It's Your Job Too! Iowa State University Extension Food Safety & Quality Projecthttp://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/Lesson/lessons.html

• Lesson One: What's Bugging You? Introduction and What is Foodborne Illness? (These sections of the lesson explain what foodborne illness is and some poten-tially hazardous foods.)

• Lesson Four: Who is FAT TOM? • Fight BAC!™ Four Simple Steps to Food Safety, University of Tennessee Extension publication SP603 http://utextension.tennessee.edu/publications/spfiles/SP603.pdf

Scoring:

Activity will be worth 50 points. (10 points for each correct answer).

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Money Management: Individual Activity "Making Change"

Lifeskill: Money management - making change

Overview: Youth will compete individually to determine the correct change for two imaginary purchases. At the station, the facilitator takes the role of the customer and the contestant takes the role of the cash register clerk. For the first purchase, contest-ants will complete a worksheet showing the number of different bills and coins that would provide correct change for a purchase made by the facilitator. For the second purchase, contestants will be asked to correctly count out change for a second pur-chase to the station facilitator.

Objective: Youth will be able to:

• Determine the number and type of bills and coins for change. Count out the appropriate change for a purchase.

Resources:

• AAA Math lessons - Change Duehttp://www.aaamath.com/B/mny313x2.htm • FunBrain.com - Change Makerhttp://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html A+ Math - Money Flashcards http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html

Scoring: Scoring will be on a 50 point basis. Participants will score 20 points for the worksheet problem, and a total of 30 points for accurately counting out change for the remaining problem - 20 points for giving the correct amount of change and 10 additional points for using the proper way of counting out the change. There are no partial scores - it's all or nothing for each activity. (See "Notes" for the correct way of counting out the change to the "customer.")

Notes: In order to use the proper way of counting out the change, the contestant should count change out to the customer starting with the amount of the purchase and ending with the amount the customer gave the "clerk." For example, if you give the contestant a $20 bill for a purchase of $5.95, the contestant should:

Do something like this Say something like this

Take the $20 and place it beside the cash reg- Five-ninety-five out of twenty

Give you a nickel 6 dollars

Give you 4 ones 10 dollars

Give you 1 ten 20 dollars. Thank you!

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Nutrition: Individual Activity "Making Healthy Food Choices"

Lifeskill: Decision Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Overview: Participants will compare food products based on information on food la-bels. The following are examples of activities that may be included in the contest:

1. Rank these food products based on the amount of saturated fat in the food, or 2. Rank these food products based on total sugar content, or 3. Rank these food products based on sodium content, or 4. Rank the following food products based on nutrient density (nutrient density refers

to the nutritional value of the food product compared to the fat, sugar, sodium, cho-lesterol or total calories in the food), or

5. Using information found in the Nutrition Facts and ingredients information, rank these product based on added sugar.

The contest may ask for other comparisons so study the Nutrition Facts panel and in-gredients section carefully and practice comparing foods.

Objective: Youth will be able to:

• locate nutrition and ingredient information on a food product. • compare foods based on information on the label. make healthy choices based on information on the food label.

Resources:

• Nutrition: To Know the facts, Finding Your Way to a Healthier You (PB-1755).http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1755.pdf

• KidsHealth for Kids - Figuring Out Food Labelshttp://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/labels.html

• Kansas State University Research and Extension - What's on a Food Label? (L-883)http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/fntr2/L883.pdf

• University of Tennessee Extension - 4-H Focus on Food Labels Project (W-108)http://www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/projects/activities/NHF-FoodLabels-W108.pdf

• US Food and Drug Administration - How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Labelhttp://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html

Teens Health Answers & Advice - What Do Food Labels Really Say?http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/food_labels.html

Time Allowed: The individual should be able to complete this activity in 2 to 3 minutes.

Scoring: There will be one group of four food products to rank. Scoring will be done using the Hormel Computing Slide for Scoring Judging Contests.

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Human Development: Team Activity "Making Career Choices "

Lifeskill: Ethical Decision Making

Overview: Junior High 4-Hers will study concepts on how to choose a career using the TIRES model (trends, interests, relocation, education, salary) and will identify potential careers for themselves and others based on personality type. At the learning center, the team will be presented with a case study and rank four potential careers for that person using a modified Job Selection Chart. One score will be given for the team on this center.

Objective:

• Students can explain the TIRES model • Students will assess their own personality profile • Students will identify careers that fit well with their personality profile Students will determine job trends, availability of jobs, education needed, and potential salary based on their chosen career

Resources: Career Choices Lesson Plan - Use with handouts and Web-based activities to train team members in concepts related to career choices

• Which Personality Type Are You? - Personality Quiz used in On My Own • Jobs List Base on Personality Type - List of jobs to match personality types as deter-

mined from "Which Personality Type Are You?" • Jobs With the Most Job Openings in the US Through 2016 - List of top 20 jobs with the

greatest number of job openings. Includes information on median (average) incomes • Jobs With the Most Losses in the US Through 2016 - List of 20 job types that are ex-

pected to lose the most jobs through 2016 • Many Ways To Train - Crossword puzzle about different types of education or career

training. • Job Selection Chart - Chart you can fill out to help you evaluate different jobs. Web sites with Personality profiles and information on careers:

• http://www.myfuture.com/ - Web site from the U.S. Department of Defense with per-sonality inventory and associated civilian and military careers.

• http://www.careerkids.com/careers/ - Web site with descriptions of a variety of careers including education required and salary information.

http://www.funeducation.com/- Web site for kids that includes free IQ, personality, and career assessment quizzes.

Time Allowed: This center will be completed by a team. The team will take approximately five minutes to complete the center.

Scoring: Scoring will be determined using a modified Hormel scoring system.

Health: Team Activity "Be MedWise "

Lifeskill: Decision Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Overview:

Youth will be able to complete the “Educate Before You Medicate” learning station which addresses answering questions about the use of prescription and over-the-counter medications. Team members will have a designated time limit to complete the assigned tasks and activities. The team captain is responsible for giving the team results to the facilitator at the station.

Objective: Upon completion of this unit, youth will be able to:

1. Read and understand the label. 2. Make safe decisions regarding the use of both prescription and over-the-counter

medications. 3. Understand the role of the pharmacist. Know the toll free number of the Tennessee Poison Center to call if they think they have taken an overdose of a medicine.

Resources:

• Mayo Clinichttp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DrugHerbIndex

• General information about the use of medicines • Getting the most out of your medicines • • Your Medicine: Play It Safehttp://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/safemeds/

safemeds.htm • American Pharmacists Association - Pharmacy and Youhttp://

www.pharmacyandyou.org/ • Be MedWise Tennessee!http://fcs.tennessee.edu/healthsafety/medWise.htm Be Poison Safe Tennessee!http://fcs.tennessee.edu/healthsafety/poisonSafe.htm

Time Allowed: Six minutes as a team center.

Scoring: There will be 5 questions with multiple answers worth 6 points each. An additional 10 questions with one answer will be included and are worth 2 points each.

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TIPTON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE PO BOX 523 Covington Tennessee 38019 (901) 476-0231 Tim Hicks 4-H Agent —————————————————————————- Training schedule Please use Online links to train youth as soon as possible. The contest for county selection will be held on August 5 at 3pm in Room 311 at Crestview Middle school Youth in grades 6, 7 and 8 on January 1, 2008 will be eligible. The maximum that will be selected, will be 12 youth and 3 alternates to attend regional contest Saturday August 23, 2008. If selected youth are Expected to attend. Leaders Orientation Will be Held August 1, 2008 at Crestview middle room 311 from Noon until 3pm. County Selection Contest Materials will be finalized at this meeting by selected committees. August , 2008 County Selection activity for team August 5, 2008 3 pm Crestview Middle school room 311 Registration activities will follow. September West Tennessee Fair will conduct a Lifesmarts Quiz Bowl Date to be announced These are valuable learning activities and Volunteers are encouraged to use them even after the contest date.

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