Local Team of High School Students Represents North Carolina At Envirothorn
Photo courtesy of Canon Envirothon
If you’re like me you probably never heard of Canon Envirothorn a competition and educational program to teach students about environmental sciences.
The Canon Envirothon is an annual competition in which winning state/provincial teams compete for recognition and scholarships by demonstrating their knowledge of environmental science and natural resource management. The teams, each consisting of five high school-aged students from participating US States and Canadian Provinces, exercise their training and problem-solving skills in a competition centered on four universal testing categories (i.e., soils/land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, and wildlife) and a current environmental issue.
Mike Zlotnicki columnist and outdoor reporter for the N&O has a great story about the team from West Johnston High School that will be leaving soon for the national competition in Arizona.
The students study wildlife, forestry, soils/land use, aquatic ecology and current environmental issues. The Sequoias did pretty well at the state championships, missing only one question out of 125. At the national competition, the youths will practice and study while driving on the way to the five-day competition. At stake are $5,000 scholarships for each team member.
We wish them safe travels to Arizona and good luck in the national competition.
Story by Dan McLaughlin AKA Moose
Any program that helps teach kids about the environment is ok in my book. My 6 year old (he will be 6 in 6 days) absolutely loves school and even more loves to be in the outdoors, so far that is.
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