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The Great Water Odyssey^SM

• Third-grade overview
• Fourth-grade overview
• Fifth-grade overview
• Try games online
• System requirements
• Contacts

Water Conservation Challenge

Teacher resources

• Water conservation activities
• Envirothon
• Lesson plans
• Grants resources for teachers
• Information links for educators
• Reading, literature connections

Student resources

• Raleigh’s Den
• Snooks’ Cove
• Games
• Inside the World of Macros: An interactive look at macroinvertebrates
• Glossary
• Science fair ideas
• Water facts
• River otters
• Ask a science expert

Envirothon

The Florida Envirothon is an outdoor, hands-on competition and education program for high school students that promotes good stewardship of the land, while giving students an awareness of environmental issues and human impacts. At Florida Envirothon competitions, which are held throughout the state, teams of five students are tested on five environmental areas (listed below) and compete for the highest cumulative score in the following areas:

• Aquatics — water ecology, water chemistry, water quality and aquatic life
• Forestry — tree identification, tree ecology, insects and disease and timber management
• Soils — classification, formation, soil properties, profiles and site suitability
• Wildlife — habitat, identification, food, disease and management
• Current Environmental Issues — annually selected topics such as air resources, nonnative invasive plants, or other current issues

Study packets are in PDF to help you prepare for the competition.

• Envirothon Aquatic Study Guide
• Envirothon Forestry Study Guide
• Envirothon Wildlife Study Guide
• Envirothon Soils Study Guide

For more information about the Florida Envirothon, visit the Florida Envirothon website at flenvirothon.com or contact Carol Johnson at (352) 324-3271, P.O. Box 26, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL 34737 or, send an email to sunruled@earthlink.com or, fax (352) 324‑3271.