Newfoundland and Labrador Envirothon is a fast paced, competitive, challenging event that promotes teamwork, public speaking and an understanding of Newfoundland & Labrador’s natural resources. Teams of five High School students are tested in five theme areas:
Soils/Land Use
Forestry
Aquatic Ecology
Wildlife
Special Topic
The special topic changes annually. This year’s special topic is: Nonpoint Source Pollution / Low Impact Development. On the first day of competition, students complete a 15 minute field test in each of the topics listed above. They are then given a problem scenario to solve based on the current theme and allowed 4 hours to prepare a solution to the scenario.
On the second day of competition, teams present their scenarios to the panel of judges. The team with the most creative and effective solution to the problem, as well as the best presenting skills, wins the oral presentation component. The team with the highest combined score from the field testing and oral presentation components wins the provincial Envirothon and qualifies to compete at the Canon Envirothon to be held in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in 2012.
For more information on NL Envirothon, please contact:
Peter Davison
Model Forest of Newfoundland and Labrador
P.O. Box 68
Corner Brook, NL A2H 6C3
Email: pdavison@mfnl.ca
Phone: (709) 637-7300, Ext. 3
Fax: (709) 634-0255
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