ENVIROTHON

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ENVIROTHON
GA Ag Ed Curriculum Office To accompany Georgia
Agriculture Education Curriculum Lesson July 2002
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• Envirothon is a hands-on, high school competition
  about the environment. Skills and knowledge are
  tested in outdoor environments such as a nature
  center, camp, forest, or park.

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Whos Makes Up A Team?

• High school students
• School may enter 2 teams
• Team may consist of 6 members from the same
  school or organization
• If a team qualifies for State, at least 4 members
  of original team must participate
• 5 members make a team at the National level
• 6th student may go as an alternate

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Competition

• Region
• One day format
• 4 Regions
• top teams go to State competition
• State
• Two day format

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Format

• Testing at five stations
• Team examination
• Brief demonstration of hands-on skills important
  to that station
• Time
• 45 minutes per station- Region/State
• 20 minutes- only at State Presentation Station

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In the Envirothon, students compete in all
weather conditions
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Stations

• Forest Ecosystems
• Wildlife
• Water
• Soil
• New Current Event Topic Each Year
• For current event topic visit www.georgiaenvirotho
  n.org

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• At all stations students work as a team to solve
  assigned problems.

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Forest Ecosystems

• Forest types
• Natural succession
• Photosynthesis and energy transfer
• Interrelationships and connections
• Forest management for products
• Ecological needs

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• Students use instruments to calculate the volume
  of lumber in a tree.

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Wildlife

• Importance of wildlife
• Wildlife identification
• How wildlife in managed
• Food chains
• Human impacts on wildlife
• Threatened and endangered wildlife
• Fishing and hunting regulations
• How wildlife management efforts are funded

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• Students identify wildlife by their furs and
  tracks.

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Water

• Clearing of vegetation
• Soil disturbance
• Alteration of the floodplain
• Combination of these impacts

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• Students test for water quality from a stream
  using a water test kit.

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Soils

• Use of pesticides and herbicides
• Mining and construction
• How soil is formed
• How nutrients are cycled
• Soil properties
• Land uses
• Methods used to protect and improve soil

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• Students measure top soil thickness and determine
  other characteristics of the soil from a soil
  profile.

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Current Event Topic

• A new current event topic is designated each year
• At Region contest
• Considered like other stations
• At State contest
• 10 minute Group Presentation is required
• Followed by judges questions

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Many plaques and awards are available at both the
Region and State Competitions. The State winning
team represents Georgia at the National
Competition.
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For detailed information and a registration form
on the Georgia Envirothon, visit
www.georgiaenvirothon.org