INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR

Welcome!

Introductions: Steering Committee Members

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This Webinar will cover an overview of the program and some first-hand experience from our Returning Coaches Panel.

Outdoors to experience Massachusetts ecosystems.

Working alongside natural resource professionals to learn about the interactions of local forests, water, wildlife, and soil.

The Envirothon Gets Students…..

The Envirothon Gets Students…..

Testing their environmental knowledge, skills, and teamwork in a challenging competition.

Developing skills to participate in community decisions and action.

The Envirothon Involves…

Over 500 Young People and their Coaches More than 40 statewide communities are represented

Committee Members and Volunteers from a variety of Federal, State Agencies, and nongovernmental organizations

The Envirothon Involves…

Current Issue Judges

Natural resource professionals from around the state who are experts in the Current Issue topic

Envirothon is a Year-Round Experience

Three Workshops Throughout the School Year: Fall – UMass, Amherst

Winter – Worcester Technical High School, Worcester Spring – Alden Research Laboratory, Holden

Envirothon is a Year-Round Experience

The Current Issue Topic for Community Research

2013-2014: Sustainable Local Agriculture Recent Topics Include: Forestry, Storm water, Renewable Energy,

Invasive Species, and Wetland Protection

Envirothon is a Year-Round Experience

The Envirothon Competition DayMay 15, 2014 at Sholan Farms, Leominster

Teams Test Their Skills and KnowledgeDivided into sub-teams students cover all elements of the competition: Four Ecostations (soil, water, forest, and wildlife) and a Current Issue presentation

The Envirothon Competition Day

A New Format Allows for More Opportunities:

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Three 65-minute sessions Up to 10 students per team

Ecostation sessions may include a brief demonstration/ activity as well as the short answer/hands-on test

The Envirothon Competition Day

Students Share their Experience At the Lunchtime Roundtable session teams are encouraged to share their community research and meet with natural resource experts

The Awards The day concludes with the announcement of final

competition scores along with of Community Research and Action awards

Envirothon Returning Coaches Panel

Russ Anderson, Worcester Tech

Anndy Dannenberg, Newton North High School

Martha Moore, Reading Memorial High

Susan Snay, Worcester South Community High

Why Are You Involved in the Envirothon?

Why Do Your Students Get Involved With the Envirothon?

How Does Your Team Prepare Through the Year? What Role(s) Do You Play?

Are There Curriculum Connections?

QUESTIONS?? FOR OUR PANEL OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Will Snyder, ChairUMass Center for Agriculture/Extension

203 Agricultural Engineering BuildingUniversity of Massachusetts

Amherst MA 01003(413) 545-3876 Fax: (413) 545-6555

wsnyder@umext.umass.edu

Dan Giza, Vice ChairBiologist II

Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.30 Shrewsbury St., Holden, MA 01520

(508) 829-6000 ext. 6421Fax : (508) 829-5939dgiza@aldenlab.com

Brita DempseyMassachusetts Envirothon Coordinator

40 Morgan St. Holyoke MA 01040413.532.0372

Fax: 413.533.3244massenvirothon@gmail.com

www.maenvirothon.org