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.  Winners of the PA Envirothon and Canon North American Envirothon are awarded college scholarships.

                 

Envirothon 2010 News

The 2010 Montgomery County Envirothon was held on April 20-22, 2010

at the Norristown Farm Park located at 2500 Upper Farm Road, Norristown, PA 19403.

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.

Winter 2009/2010 Envirothon Newsletter

Summer/Fall 2009 Envirothon Newsletter

Registration & Schedules

2010 Current Topic

Protection of Groundwater through Urban, Agricultural and Environmental Planning

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

Protection of Groundwater through Urban, Agricultual and Environmental Planning

A tentative list of issues that will be covered in the reference materials include the following.
 

1.    Explain the sources, uses and hydrology of groundwater and assess the value of water as a resource.

2.    Identify the affects/impacts of climate change and energy production on ground water.

3.    Describe the sources of groundwater contamination and depletion and strategies for reducing water consumption and protecting water quality.

4.    Describe Best Management Practices (BMP’s) local and state governments can take to protect groundwater.   

5.    Identify simple actions homeowners can take to protect groundwater and use water efficiently.

Soils

Natural Resource Conservation Service

Wildlife

Pennsylvania Game Commission

Bird Calls, Resources, Activities

2010 Winning Teams

High School Envirothon Winners:

Champions:  Perkiomen Valley High School

2nd Place:  Perkiomen Valley High School

3rd Place:  Perkiomen Valley High School

 

Middle School Envirothon Winners:

Champions: Penn View Christian

2nd Place: Spring-ford 7th Grade Center

3rd Place: Spring-ford 7th Grade Center

 

 

For more information, please contact:

Kristina Henderson

Montgomery County Envirothon Coordinator

khenderson@montgomeryconservation.org

610-489-4506

National Envirothon: www.envirothon.org

PA State Envirothon: www.envirothonpa.org