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The Georgia Envirothon, offered in cooperation with the Canon Envirothon, is part of North America's largest high school environmental education competition. Reaching more than 300 students annually, the Georgia Envirothon succeeds in its mission to develop knowledgeable, skilled, and dedicated citizens who are willing and prepared to work towards achieving a balance between the quality of life and the quality of the environment.

What Is the Envirothon?

The Georgia Envirothon, offered in cooperation with the Canon Envirothon, provides hands-on, science-based training in natural resources and ecology to high school students in a challenging, fun, and competitive outdoor experience. It creates a completely unique educational opportunity for high school students and is the only environmental curriculum with a major emphasis on connecting students/teachers with environmental professionals. The competition is centered on ecosystem planning and management in four universal testing categories (i.e., soils/land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, and wildlife) and a current environmental issue.

Annually, four regional competitions are held with the four highest scoring teams from each region advancing to the State Competition. The winner of the State Competition will advance to the Canon Envirothon, held annually in July or August, for an opportunity to compete for recognition, scholarships, and prizes.

Benefits

Combining in-class curriculum and hands-on field experiences, the Envirothon program is an excellent way to supplement environmental education inside and outside the traditional classroom.

Envirothon participants gain valuable knowledge and training in ecology and natural resource management principles and practices. Many students step away from the Envirothon experience excited about learning and motivated to pursue careers in environmental studies, environmental law, natural sciences, and natural resource management.

It's Not Only a Learning Experience – It's a Lot of Fun!

With the Envirothon, students have the opportunity to get "up-close and personal" with North America's natural resources. Envirothon groups participate in hands-on learning activities delivered by natural resource professionals and may attend field trips to state parks, natural history museums, nature centers, zoos, aquaria, and other natural resource sites.

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