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Envirothon Goals:
Goal 1: To promote a
desire to learn more about the natural environment and develop knowledge and
skills to apply the basic principles and practices of resource management
and ecology.
Goal 2: To promote
stewardship of natural resources and develop critical thinking skills,
cooperative problem-solving skills, and decision making skills of students
to balance the quality of life and the quality of the environment.
Goal 3: To provide
students with experience in environmentally oriented activities to enable
them to become environmentally aware, action oriented citizens.
Key areas of study:
Aquatics
Soils
Forestry
Wildlife
2008 Current Issue:
Recreational Impacts
on Natural Resources
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Winners Announced
for 2008 Envirothon®
The 2008 Texas State Envirothon® was held on April
12-14 at Brookhaven Community College in Farmers Branch, Dallas. Eastman
continued to be a major sponsor for the 8th consecutive year. Envirothon is
an academic, extra-curricular environmental and natural resource education
program and competition designed for high school students. Teams of five
students work together to answer questions focusing on five areas of study:
aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife, and a current environmental issue (for
2008 the issue was Recreational
Impacts on Natural Resources). In addition to the
field experience, students also participate in an oral component focusing on
a real-world environmental problem.
Eleven schools for a total of 18 teams participated
in the competition. Those included were: Berkner High School (Richardson);
Clear Lake High School (Clear Lake); College Park Academy of Science and
Technology (The Woodlands – Teams A & B); John Cooper High School (The
Woodlands – Teams A & B); Klein Collins High School (Spring); Monarch School
(Houston – Teams A & B); Montgomery High School (Montgomery – Teams A & B);
Richardson High School (Richardson); Rio Hondo High School (Rio Hondo –
Teams A & B); John Tyler High School (Tyler – Teams A & B); and Westside
High School (Houston – Teams A & B).
The overall winner of the 2008 Texas State Envirothon was The John Cooper
School – Team A. Students on the winning five-member team from The Woodlands
were: Alex Valerrama, Versha Reddy, Andrew Ghazi, Kevin Bennett, and Ranjeet
Paul. College Park Academy of Science and Technology - Team B was second
place, while, College Park Academy of Science and Technology - Team A took
third place.
In addition to the overall winners above, awards were given to the top
scoring teams on the field/written exam by topic and for the top team in the
oral presentations during a ceremony held at the Brookhaven College on
Monday afternoon. The winners were John Cooper – Team A in Aquatics, and
Forestry; Rio Hondo – Team A in Soils; Clear Lake High School in Wildlife;
and College Park Academy of Science and Technology – Team B in Oral
Presentations.
The John Cooper School – Team A will represent Texas at the 2008 Canon
Envirothon in Flagstaff, Arizona, on July 28 - August 3.
For a preview of what goes on
at both the state and
national competition, please
click here!
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List of participating
schools
Image Galleries:
Envirothon 2008
Envirothon 2007:
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Canon Envirothon 2006
Envirothon 2006
Canon Envirothon 2005
Envirothon 2005
Envirothon 2004
Envirothon 2003
Envirothon 2002
Sponsors for the
2008 Texas State Envirothon® include:
Eastman Chemical Company
Bell Helicopter
Brookhaven College
Environmental Institute of Houston/
University of Houston – Clear Lake
Canon USA
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Harris County
Soil & Water Conservation District
Shell Oil Company –
Texas Regional Collaboratives
Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation District
Montgomery
County Soil & Water Conservation District
Texas
Association of Environmental Professionals
Texas Association for Environmental Education
Richardson Environmental Action League
For more information,
please visit the
Texas State Envirothon® website at
www.texasenvirothon.org.
Specific questions regarding the
Texas State Envirothon may
be directed to:
Wendy Reistle
Environmental Institute of Houston
University of Houston
- Clear Lake
281-283-3045 phone
email:
Reistle@uhcl.edu |
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