Envirothon
Competition
for High School Students
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The Envirothon is a team competition for high school
students. In the field and classroom, teams of five students are
challenged to use their knowledge and critical thinking skills
to conduct hands-on investigations, solve real-life scenarios
and answer written questions covering five categories: Aquatic
Ecology, Forestry, Wildlife, Soils, and Current Environmental
Issues.
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Gearing up for the 2012
Competitions - Get your team together!
Regional competitions will be at these five locations:
* Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo - Wed., March 7th
* Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City - Tues., March 13th
* Montgomery County Fair Grounds, Red Oak - Tues., March 13th
* Community Center in Cherokee - Thurs., March 15th
* DMACC, West Des Moines, Thur., March 22nd
State Competition will be held at Springbrook State Park
in Guthrie County on Monday, April 16th. Oral topic: Non-point source
pollution and low-impact development.
National Competition will be help at Susquehanna
University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, July 22 - 28.
History
The Envirothon is North America's largest high school environmental
competition. It was started by the Pennsylvania Association of
Conservation Districts in 1979. The first National Envirothon
competition was held in 1988 with Iowa joining in the 1995-1996 school
year. Currently, teams representing over 45 states and Canadian
provinces compete at the national level for $35,000 in scholarships and
prizes.
The Iowa Envirothon is a statewide program developed in conjunction
with the National Envirothon policies, with the top team in the state
representing Iowa at the Nationals. Past participants have equated the
Envirothon to the competitions Odyssey of the Mind, and Mock Trial.
Iowa's Envirothon competition is coordinated through the Conservation
Districts of Iowa. Get more information about the Envirothon on the CDI
website http://www.cdiowa.org/envirothon.html
or contact Iowa's Envirothon Coordinator, Rebecca Kauten at envirothon@cdiowa.org
