Youth Development & Education

4-H Youth Development

• 4-H Youth Development
  4-H provides opportunities to learn life skills, gain knowledge while having fun, and make contributions in such areas as environmental education, community service, and current youth issues.

Youth Programs

• Youth Activities at NMSU
  NMSU faculty and staff who work with youth on campus have come together to share ideas, resources and research findings. There are several activities on the NMSU campus for youth, from science and math programs to sports activities.

• The Arthropod Museum
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• School Garden Resource

• New Mexico Youth Ranch Management
  Emphasizes conservation stewardship and management practices to improve beef production, incorporates an applied skills learning environment for local and regional beef producers from northcentral New Mexico, area pueblos and communities, as well as the Navajo Nation.

• YES Camp
  The Youth Entrepreneurship Summer (YES) Camp provides high school students with the opportunity to explore their entrepreneurial interests and talents.

• Memorial Middle School Agricultural Extension and Education Center
  A youth science center emphasizing inquiry-based learning and experiential education.

Interactive media

• Ninja Kitchen
  Speed is important, but in this kitchen, safety comes first! Based on principles of food safety, Ninja Kitchen is an addictive restaurant serving game in the tradition of Diner Dash, simple and accessible in its early screens but fiendishly complex as you advance.

• Treadsylvania, ATV Safety
  Online ATV safety game.

• Exergames Unlocked
  Find the best and most effective exergames, as well as strategies and recommendations on using them with different audiences and in different locations.

• Math Snacks
  A great way to learn math

• Digital Desert Library
  An educational resource for teachers and students to learn more about the Chihuahuan Desert.

• Just For Kids: CYFERnet

Health/Nutrition

• Because I Care, I Wash My Hands
  A 5-day visual and musical curriculum teaching hand washing in child care centers

• Ninja Kitchen
  Speed is important, but in this kitchen, safety comes first! Based on principles of food safety, Ninja Kitchen is an addictive restaurant serving game in the tradition of Diner Dash, simple and accessible in its early screens but fiendishly complex as you advance.

• Nutrition Decision (online nutrition game)

• Food Detectives (online game)

• Science Pirates (online game)
  Learning Science through game play

Podcasts

• Also see iTunes.nmsu.edu

Game development

• NMSU Learning Games Lab
  The NMSU Learning Games Lab is an exploratory environment where gamers play and evaluate games - all kinds of games, including those designed strictly as entertainment, educational titles, and games in development.

Learning resources

NEW!

• Crazy About Corn
  Created in 1997, "Crazy About Corn," originally included a lively, fun- filled educational CD-ROM, song book, activity book, video and audio tape. Though the CD-ROM game is no longer available, we've had so many requests for the supplemental educational materials that we've made them available free of charge on this website.

• Water Ripples Board Game
  Move through the water cycle with questions from Agriculture, Science, and General categories. Play against yourself, or compete with another person or team to test your knowledge of the world of water around us.

• Water Ripples Gameshow Quiz
  Earn dollar points with each correct answer to water trivia questions. You choose the category to win the most dollars. But watch out! Incorrect answers will cost you!