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Environmental Education
Environmental Education is a key
component of the District's conservation efforts. The Coordinator for this
program has established a working partnership with the Tunkhannock Area and Lackawanna Trail
School Districts and Keystone College. Several annual programs are available to
both school districts, and workshops are provided for area teachers. These
workshops are designed to help educators meet the Pennsylvania Department of
Education's Standards for Environment and Ecology. Educators receive curriculum
and project materials to help them incorporate the standards into their
classroom lessons and activities.
Community clubs and groups,
local businesses, environmental agencies, and neighboring Conservation Districts
also request assistance through the Environmental Education Program.
The following are some of the annual events
featured in the District's Environmental Education Program:
- Arbor Day - This
program, which is supported by local businesses, provides each preschool,
elementary, and middle school student in the local area with seedlings.
- Jim Rice Memorial
Conservation Field Days - This event, which is held each May at Rice's
Tree Farm on Mile Road in Tunkhannock, is for all 5th graders at Tunkhannock
Area and Lackawanna Trail schools. Presenters provide information on topics
such as watersheds, Pennsylvania's native animals, soils, beekeeping, forestry,
land conservation, stream quality, & conservation of the Susquehanna River. 2011 marked the
32nd anniversary
of this event.
- Lackawanna/Wyoming County Envirothon - This
annual event, which is sponsored by Wyoming and Lackawanna Counties and
Keystone College, serves to educate high school students in natural
resources and environmental sciences. High school students grades 9-12 spend
the day competing on a variety of environmental topics including wildlife,
aquatic ecology, soil/land use, forestry, & current issue. The 2012
current issue is non-point source pollution & low impact development. The winning team from each county
goes on to compete at the state event The 29th annual
State Envirothon
will be May 22 & 23 2012, at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown. The
winning team from the PA envirothon will advance to the Canon Envirothon
being held July 22-27 2012 at the Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA.
Over 45 states and nine Canadian Provinces/Territories are expected to
participate in the 25th North American event.
- Earth Camp - This
event is held for 3 weeks in July and August of each year for 5th,
6th and 7th grade students. The Education Coordinator
provides the following programs; fish printing on T-shirts, watershed
education with The Enviroscape model, provided equipment for
macroinvertebrate analysis, PA wildlife exhibit introducing the students to
PA mammals.
- 4th Grade Ag Day -
This event is held each September at the Wyoming County Fair Grounds. All
4th grade students from Tunkhannock and Lackawanna Trail School
Districts, & the Salt -n- Light home school students attend. The students rotate through 18 stations and learn about
the importance of agriculture in their everyday lives. Topics include
vintage farm equipment, maple syrup making, wool spinning, bees,
livestock (chickens, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, rabbits), verterinarian,
organic dairy farming, Harness Horse Youth Foundation, fair queens, trees,
dairy princess, & food pyramid.
This event helps teachers meet the state requirements for Environment and
Ecology.
Contact:
Laura Anderson,
(570) 836-2589 Ext. 105
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