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Class Presentations
SWCD staff will be happy to come to your class or Boy/Girl
Scout group and talk about forestry, soils, water quality or careers in
Natural Resources. Contact Kate at 218-723-4946 to schedule a visit. We also participate in the DNR's Forestry field days every fall, with area 5th graders. And each February, we participate in the Northeast Regional Science Fair held at UMD.
Kate teaches Stowe Elementary students about storm water pollution
Conservation Education Curriculum
We have a locally written curriculum available for grades K-12, featuring classroom activities and lesson plans about the environment. Tested in the classroom, there are fun experiments that can be done with materials found in the home. These activities were created specifically for environmental educators in Carlton and South St. Louis counties. K-12 Conservation Education Curriculum (pdf)
Envirothon
The Northern Area III Envirothon is an environmental
competition for high school students that gives them the opportunity to
challenge their environmental knowledge and problem-solving skills against
other area students in beautiful outdoor settings. In teams of five, students visit six stations to test themselves on: water quality, wildlife, forestry,
soils, and a current environmental issue. At each station, students have the chance to speak with local natural resource
professionals about their careers and are then required to complete a 20-point
test specific to that station's topic. The tests are different every year
and use questions at a typical high school science knowledge level. Students
are also required to prepare and give a 10-minute oral presentation on that
year's current events issue at a sixth station.
Regional 2012 Envirothon expands to include more schools, teams
The competition will be extra tough this year, with as many as 40 teams expected from Pine County to Cook County. This merged Area III event will be held May 7th, 2012 at the Cloquet Forestry Center in Cloquet. The current events topic for 2012 is: non-point source pollution / low-impact development. Students will research and give presentations on how the design of buildings and developments can reduce pollution.
The top three teams from our regional Area III competition will proceed to the State Envirothon, to be held May 21st at the McColl Pond Environmental Learning Center, in Savage, MN.
2011 Envirothon - Two Harbors and Mountain Iron Buhl Win Top Honors
The 17th Annual Northern Area III Envirothon was very cold, but our host, Camp Chicagami, made everyone welcome with fires in the fireplaces and fire pits. Mountain Iron Buhl, under the instruction of Kristen Busch and Mary Beck, tied for third place with Two Harbors. Two Harbors won 1st and 2nd place. Congratulations, all! These teams proceeded to the 2011 State Envirothon at Spirit Mountain May 16th, 2011. The National Envirothon is sponsored by Canon.
Don't be fooled by the blue sky in this photo from the 2011 Area III Envirothon. These Two Harbors teams, which won 1st and 2nd place and tied for 3rd, perservered under cold, snowy conditions all morning. Their teacher, Penny Juenemann, stands in back, 6th in from the right.
Additional Education Resources
Northeastern Minn. Science Fair
National Envirothon website
State Envirothon background
Local Envirothon Sponsors
Chester Creek Cafe
Carlson Professional Services
Finite Earth
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