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Pope & Stevens County Waterfest Arbor Day Stewardship Week |
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West Central Area II Junior Envirothon was held April 27, 2011 at Prairie Woods Learning Center, Spicer. Groups of middle school students compete at 5 different learning stations related to Soils, Aquatics, Forestry, and Wildlife.
The Annual Area II Senior Envirothon was held April 27, 2011 at Prairie Woods Learning Center, Spicer. The goal of the Envirothon is to expose students to diverse environmental issues. Student teams compete by demonstrating their knowledge of environmental science and natural resource management issues. Students from Area II high schools competed for a chance to go to the state Envirothon. The teams consist of five members and compete at five training/testing stations. The stations are Soils, Aquatics, Forestry, Wildlife, and Current Environmental Issue. Senior Envirothon participants also give an oral presentation. The students are given a scenario prior to the event. They have time to develop a reasonable solution to the scenario and prepare a presentation and poster. At the conclusion of the competition, scores from tests at the stations and scores from the oral presentations are combined for final ranking and awards are distributed. Area II schools that advanced to State Competition May 16th, 2011 Spirit Mountain, Duluth, MN were as follows: 1st place St. Johns Prep, 2nd Morris Area, and 3rd Albany. It was exciting to have three different schools representing us at state! This is Albany's first time to state! If you are interested in having your students participate in this event, contact Pope SWCD at 320-634-5327. For more information about Envirothon visit: /www.bwsr.state.mn.us/envirothon/
The 6th annual Pope Stevens WaterFest was held September 10, 2010 at Pope County Fairgrounds. The day started with rain, very fitting for a day spent learning about water quality! Over 270 sixth grade students and their instructors from Pope and Stevens Counties learned about the water cycle, treatment, and monitoring of water. Volunteers directed student groups to eleven learning stations for a fun filled day. The highlight for WaterFest was a presentation by the Science Museum. This year, the Science Museum was sponsored by a grant from Tastefully Simple and WesMin RC&D. WaterFest would not be possible without generous donations from local businesses and volunteers. Water Festival Committee Coordinators
Conservation Education Day was held on September 28, 2010 at the Scandia Woods Environmental Learning Lab (SWELL). Conservation day teaches 5th grade students about the environment around us. Students participate in activities related to wildlife, orienteering, raptors and more. Representatives from the Raptor Center gave a demonstration to the students about birds, their habitats and traits.
The 2010 poster contest
took place with 5th and 6th
grade students from local
schools competing. The
theme for this years poster
contest was "Conservation
Habits = Healthy Habitats." Participants could choose to participate in one of
two categories; posters drawn by an individual, or
murals drawn by a group of two or more students.
BBE Poster Winners Glacial Hills Mural Winners
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