Included below are presentations and resources from previous years' Envirothon School for Advisors and Teachers.

This material is intended as supplemental material for team advisors to use as they train for the Envirothon:

The "official" team study resources for which teams are accountable are located on the NC Envirothon website: www.ncenvirothon.org.

Great Advisors' Tips

Tips for a Successful Envirothon Program - Updated

Envirothon 101 Advisors' Information

2020 Envirothon School Presentations' Videos' Links - Soils, Forestry, Wildlife, & Aquatics

Scroll down for more resources from each of the Envirothon topic areas.

Aquatics

2020 Aquatic Presentations

• Envirothon Aquatics presentation by Laura Webb Smith
• Value of Water presentation by Erin Harrison
• Groundwater presentation by Erin Harrison

2019 Aquatic Presentations

• Water in Our World
• Atmosphere-Climate Change
• Town & Country Stream Map

Other Aquatic Resources

• Know Your Macros
• See below for Jeopardy type learning tools

Forestry

2020 Forestry Presentations

• Dendrology
• Envirothon Dendrology Identifications
• Insect & Disease
• Tree Rings
• NC Tree Identification for Envirothon
• Educational State Forests' Resources
• How to use a Biltmore Stick to measure timber and lumber

Other Forestry Items

• NC Envirothon Forestry Teacher Resource Links
• Forestry Jeopardy
• See below for more Jeopardy type learning tools

Soils

2020 Soils Presentations

• 3 hour Topics Prepared
• 1. Intro to Soils for Envirothon 2020
• 2. Factors of Formation for Envirothon
• 3. Soil Processes
• 3a. Basic Soil Process Experiment Procedure 2020
• 4. Soil Profiles - workshop
• 5. Clasification Development and Profiles
• 6. Texture Water and Relations
• 7. Structure
• 9. Redoximorphic Features and Hydric Soils
• 10. Soil Consistence
• 11. Capability Classes - Slope
• 12. Soil Erosion
• 13. Best Management Practices
• 14a. Soil Survey - Traditional County Survey
• 15. Chemistry and Fertility
• 16. State Soils

Other 2020 Soils Information

• Mobile Soils Classroom Fact Sheet 2020
• Mobile Soils Classroom Lessons
• Soil Scientists List
• Texture Triangle in color
• Texture by Feel chart in color
• Soil Composition charts
• Teaching Soils Videos #1
• Teaching Soils Videos #2

2019 Soils Presentations - most update files can be found under 2020 Soils Presentations

• 2017 Handout - Profile Color and Survey Station
• Soil scavenger hunt at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences & soil scavenger hunt answers

Wildlife

2020 Wildlife Presentation

2019 Wildlife Presentations

• 2019 Envirothon Wildlife 1 - Featured Animals
• 2019 Envirothon Wildlife 2 - Featured Animals
• 2019 Envirothon Wildlife 3 - Skulls
• 2019 Envirothon Wildlife 4 - Tracks

Other Wildlife items

• Skull reference guide
• Identifying Wildlife Skulls
• Track reference guide
• Jeopardy - Environmetal Legislation and Management Tools
• Jeopardy - Wildlife ID
• Name that Wildlife
• Vocabulary Quiz 1
• Vocabulary Quiz 2
• References and Resources List
• Web Wildlife Resources

Oral presentations

• Delivery tips for presentations
• Practice scenarios for Envirothon team oral presentations
• Link to previous year's State Envirothon Oral Presentation problems, rubrics, and judging score sheets

Jeopardy Type Learning Tools

• Andy Miller's Envirothon Jeopardies
  

Aquatic Jeopardy
Aquatic Jeopardy 2
Forestry Jeopardy
Soils Jeopardy
What Did You Learn Jeopardy
Wildlife Jeopardy
Jeopardy 2007
Jeopardy Template

For more information about the Envirothon, please visit www.ncenvirothon.org , e-mail Ralston James at ralston.james@ncagr.gov or contact your local soil and water conservation district (HERE is a link to district offices).