Fall Field Days 2009....

 

Were a great success!  Following the theme "The Living Soil", kids rotated through four stations.  They were Forestry, Wildlife, Soils, and Conservation.

2009-2010 Conservation Contests

The Conservation Contests give students an opportunity to creatively show their conservation knowledge and to educate people on the importance of soil and water.  This year's theme for poster, essay, and speech contests is "The Living Soil".

5th grade students: Create a 24" X 36" poster showing the importance of conserving our soil and water. The rules are here..

2008 Poster contest school winners:

And the District Winners:

6th grade students:  Create a 300-500 word essay using this years theme as the title. The rules are here.

School winners in the essay contest:

7th & 8th grade students:  Create a 4-6 minute speech using this years theme as the title.  Deadline for teachers to submit their schools winning speech(es) is to be announced.  A speech contest will follow in February for all winning speakers to compete to find a county winner.  The rules are here.

For more information or a classroom visit to give students more information on this years theme, contact Lorraine Spears at 838-3622 ext. 3.

 

The 2009 Speech Contest was a great success.  It was held on Feb. 10th at the McGee Center in North Wilkesboro.

 

The 2009 speech contest participants were:

Congratulations to the winners!  And thank you for all who participated in the event.  The speeches, essays, and posters were all very good and your hard work shows.  Another thanks goes to the teachers who put in their time and effort as well. 



Another Congratulations goes to Calvin Wheatley, our 2008 Educator of the Year recipient. Calvin is a very dedicated Ranger at Rendezvous Mountain State Educational Forest. Thanks for your hard work in education!

 

Envirothon for Middle & High School Students

It is time to start preparing for this years Envirothon.  The Envirothon program is a competitive event for a team of middle (6-8th graders) or high school (9-12th graders) to test their knowledge in soils, forestry, wildlife, aquatics, and current environmental issues against other teams across the region and state.  It is also a great way for educators to meet some of the new environmental science objectives.

Once a team has registered, a packet of resource materials will be provided to your team.  Five members may be on each team. Each team may have alternates.  The members must have an advisor. Competition is open to ecology clubs, home study groups, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, soil judging teams, 4H groups, environmental clubs, Vo. Ag. groups or any group interested in participating.

There is an area level competition in Wilkes County on a date to be announced. Wilkes Soil & Water will pay the registration fee for the area level winner to attend the state level competition which will also be announced.  The competition consists of a written test with approximately 25 questions some of which will be identification type questions.  The students will work together as a team to answer the questions.  The first place winner in the state will receive an expense paid trip to the National competition.

If you would like registration forms or would like to see a video on the Envirothon, please call Lorraine Spears at 838-3622 ext. 3. The Envirothon manual is located here.