Envirothon
AREA I ENVIROTHON
Students from Rothsay High School along with several teams from west-central Minnesota competed in the Area I Envirothon, held May 5th at the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center in Fergus Falls.
The Envirothon is a hands-on, outdoor competition that challenges high school students’ environmental knowledge and problem-solving skills. This competitive event consists of five learning stations, each based on a different environment topic. As each team made their way from station to station, they took an exam related to the environmental subject. After the group of teams complete their exam, area resource professionals review the exams with the students. The five environmental topics were water, wildlife, forestry, soils and a current issue which was, “Non-Point Source Pollution: It begins at home!”. In addition to taking the exams, each team was required to give a 7 - 10 minute oral presentation on the current issue.
Trophies were presented to the team members which had the highest score in the oral presentation part of the Envirothon, and to the three teams with the highest total combined scores for the entire “overall” event.
The top three teams from the Area I competition will compete at the State Envirothon on May 18th at the Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River, Minnesota.