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Arkansas Envirothon Educational Resource Materials
We are in the process of updating these pages
for the 2008/9 contest. Please check the announcement page for recent postings.
Dates:
Area Envirothon Contests: The area contests must be held before
November 7, 2008
West Central Area Envirothon - November 6, Mt. Magazine
Central Area Envirothon - TBA
Northwest Area Envirothon - TBA
Arkansas Envirothon - November 23-24, 2008 - UCA, Conway.
Team Registration Information Form
- Due October 17, 2008
Please note that the one team per school rule at the state contest has been rescinded.
Young minds love a challenge. The idea of matching wits with their peers excites and inspires teenagers.
The Canon Envirothon was
established as a competitive, multi-disciplinary, problem-solving, natural resource event
for high school students to challenge their environmental knowledge. The Envirothon
program encourages students to pursue environmental knowledge actively. Thousands of high
school students have met the challenge about the natural world and their environment. They
are wiser and more concerned about their environment because of their education and
competition.
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| Fact Sheet |
| Sample Tests, Problems & Oral Score Sheet |
Team sponsors and coaches train and test students in five natural resource areas: soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife, and a current environmental issue such as wetlands management, groundwater, fire, or pesticides.
Envirothon teams, throughout the school year take an in depth look at wildlife, aquatic life, forestry, soils, and current environmental issues. The spirit of competition, which motivates athletes, drives successful businesses, and develops new ideas also motivates young citizens. In competing in the Envirothon, not only do students learn about their state's natural resources, problems and solutions, they also learn about team building, communications, and conservation partnerships.
The payoff for conservation districts, and all participating natural resource agencies or organizations, is a more aware and concerned citizenry in the future. The environment can only benefit from this educational effort. County and state competitors are restricted to students in grades 9-12. However, there is nothing in the by-laws that prevents school districts from establishing an environmental contests for all grade levels as training for the senior high competitions.
Each conservation area (there are 7 in the state) may send up to 3 teams
of five students to the Arkansas Envirothon competition, for a total of 21 competing
teams. As needed, the districts set up a local, area-level competition to decide which 3
teams advance to the state level. The state competition is generally held in mid-April of
each year. Students challenge their knowledge in a problem-solving competition that
entails “hands on” involvement with natural resource information. The state
competition is held over a period of two days. In addition to 5 written, field-station
tests, which cover the 5 study areas, they must give an oral presentation, as a team,
where they form possible solutions to a realistic environmental problem dealing with the current issue.
The overall winner of the state competition advances to the Canon Envirothon, which is hosted by a different
state or province each year.
This is the first Envirothon online training manual for both students and coaches. Training Guidelines covers what you are expected to know at the International Canon Envirothon competition. The different sections contain the study materials. If you have any suggestions or comments, please click on the Your Comment section below to let us know.
Make sure that you check out the Announcements page for the most recent Arkansas Envirothon News.
The Envirothon Program is offered and operated on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or physical/mental challenges.
For additional information about the Envirothon Program in Arkansas, contact:
J. Sidney Lowrance
P.O. Box 161
1169 Windsor Hills Road
Marshall, Arkansas 72650
Home 870-448-3522
Cell 870-504-0357
lowrancefarms@windstream.net
The Envirothon Program is offered and operated on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or physical/mental challenges.
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