During October, youth across Nebraska celebrated the 2009 National 4-H Week by participating in the National Youth Science Day (NYSD) experiment! The National Youth Science Day gave young people nationwide an opportunity to join leading scientists in experimenting with biofuels to discover which ones will lead us to a sustainable future.

If you completed the 4-H National Youth Science Day experiment in your community, and have a video or picture that you would like to share, upload it to a photo/video sharing Web site, and link it to the 2009 Nebraska 4-H Youth Science Day Google Map!  The best videos and photos will be shown to the UNL Board of Regents on Friday, October 23, 2009 – so upload your video/photo and see how the experiment turned out in other places across Nebraska! 

Where Do I Post My Video/Photo? 
Upload your NYSD video to a Web sharing site, such as YouTube; if uploading a photo, use a Web sharing site, such as Picasa or Flickr.  You will need to create an account to upload the video/photo.  Follow the instructions on the site to upload the video/photo; once it has been uploaded, copy the Embed HTML Code information (this option will be given to you as a way of sharing your file).  This code will be pasted into the Google Map by following the instructions below.

Add Your Video/Photo to the Nebraska Map!
To add your video/photo of the NYSD experiment, follow the following steps:

1. Click on the 2009 Nebraska 4-H National Youth Science Day Google Map
   
   
2. Click on the Sign In button in the upper right corner and sign in to your Google Account by entering your username and password; if you do not have one, click on Create an Account Now.
   
   
3. Once you sign, you will be returned to the Google Map for the 2009 NYSD.  On this page, click Edit in the top left corner.  This will bring up an option to Edit the map.
   
   
4. Using the new buttons (hand, pin, line, shape) that have now appeared in the top left corner of the map, navigate to your location on the map and place a blue Pin in that spot.
    
5. After a pin has been placed on the map, include a Title about where the experiment took place and a Description about your experiment experience.  Then click on Edit HTML, and paste the Embeded HTML Code information that you copied from You Tube or other media sharing Web site.  After pasting in the information, click on Plain Text and OK. 
   
   
6. Once you can see your blue Pin and the video, click on Save and Done in the top left corner of the screen. 

If you have any questions about linking your video/photo to the Google Map, contact Tracy Pracheil at the UNL Extension State 4-H Office.