Montgomery County Envirothon

 

The Envirothon program began in Pennsylvania in 1979 with three counties participating.  Today, over 10,000 students participate internationally, and the program has grown to include every County in the State of Pennsylvania. 

The first place team of the High School County event is sponsored at the Pennsylvania State Competition.  The three highest ranking teams of the PA Envirothon and Canon North American Envirothon are awarded college scholarships.

                 

Envirothon 2012 News

The 2012 Montgomery County Envirothon will be held at Norristown Farm Park on May 1-3, 2012. 

May 1 - High School Envirothon

May 2 - Middle School Envirothon

May 3 - Elementary School Envirothon

**Registration forms available below.**

2012 Pennsylvania State Envirothon

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 22 & 23, 2012

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Cambria County

Canon Envirothon 2012
July 22 - July 27
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

We are pleased to announce that we have expanded our Envirothon preparation inventory.  Thanks to a DEP Environmental Education grant, we were able to purchase two wildlife kits. 

 Kit #1 contains; 3 skulls with ruler and key, repliscat sampler, replitrack sampler, track identification poster, animal track cards, animal track book, wildlife of PA activity book, and Habitat Earth video and teachers guide. 

Kit #2 contains 13 animal pelts and Identification Key. 

We have also put together a Soils kit which contains 2 Montgomery County Soil Surveys, lesson plans, and transparencies.

These kits are available for loan to High School teams preparing for the Montgomery County Envirothon.

PA Envirothon Newsletters

Summer/Fall 2010 Envirothon Newsletter

Winter 2011 Envirothon Newsletter

Registration & Schedules

2012 Current Topic

Nonpoint Source Pollution & Low Impact Development

Online Resources

Aquatic Ecology

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Envirothon Website

Forestry

Pennsylvania native plants, wild plants, and invasive exotic plant information.

Mile-a-minute weed information

Asian Longhorned Beetle information

PSU Sustainable Forestry Teacher Resource Center

Soils

Natural Resource Conservation Service

Wildlife

Pennsylvania Game Commission

Bird Calls, Resources, Activities

2011 Winning Teams

High School Envirothon Winners:

1st – Perkiomen Valley HS

2nd – Perkiomen Valley HS

3rd – Lower Merion HS

 

Middle School Envirothon Winners:

1st – Penn View Christian

2nd – Penn View Christian

3rd – Abington Junior HS

 

 

For more information, please contact:

Kristina Henderson

Montgomery County Envirothon Coordinator

khenderson@montgomeryconservation.org

610-489-4506

National Canon Envirothon: www.envirothon.org

PA State Envirothon: www.envirothonpa.org