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Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Club Receives Invention Grant

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Initiative Inspires a New Generation of Inventors

Cornell Cooperative Extension – Essex County was recently awarded a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant in the amount of $9,289 to create Bio-Sand Water Filters with Prefilters. The Club will work with their Leaders to develop a rotating batch water filter that can be used in Africa and other areas to filter surface water making it drinkable. The goal is one household size filters for drinking with no electricity needed and that can be made of local available resources. Cornell Cooperative Extension – Essex County

SET 4-H Club is one of 16 teams nationwide to be selected as an InvenTeam this year.

Matt Cauthorn; 4-H leader of the SET 4-H Club initiated the InvenTeam application process last spring and attended training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in June to help prepare the final proposal. A prestigious panel of judges composed of educators, researchers, staff and alumni from MIT as well as representatives from the industry and former Lemelson-MIT Award winners assembled this fall and selected Cornell Cooperative Extension – Essex County Youth Program as one of this year’s InvenTeam grants.

The club will build sand filters that develop bio-film for removing diseases, parasites, and phosphorus from surface water. They will develop plans to teach others to build their own filters. This project is designed to filter enough drinking water for a family of four. They will be purchasing or leasing water testing equipment to evaluate the different designs.

Over the next nine months, the Cornell Cooperative Extension InvenTeam will develop it’s the prefilters. In June the students will showcase a prototype of their invention at EurekaFest at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. EurekaFest, presented by the Lemelson-MIT Program, is a multi-day celebration designed to empower a legacy of inventors through activities that inspire youth, honor role models, and encourage creativity and problem solving.

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4-H Science, Engineering and Technology

What do Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) have to do with 4-H? More than you might think! Check out this page to learn about this mission mandate, access the NYS SET Toolkits, and find out why 4-H is committed to introducing youth to the wonders and inspiration of these three disciplines.

4-H Civic Engagement

Chances are ... if you're involved in 4-H, in other youth organizations, or school programs, you're already doing some tpe of community service. If you want to learn how to 'kick it up a notch' there's curriculum and resources to help.

4-H Healthy Living

Families today are busier than ever, with more work, school and afterschool activities and scheduling issues. Couple these things with more sedentary lifestyles and more access to quick, sometimes less healthy meal choices and you can easily see the reasons for today's childhood obesity statistics.

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