2021 Junior Envirothon (Fall) Seventy-five students comprising 15 teams from Indiana County schools participated in the virtual Junior Envirothon competition. Students represented the following homeschool and public school districts: Hilltop Baptist Homeschoolers Co-Op, Homeschoolers for Christ Co-Op, Homer Center, Penns Manor, Purchase Line, and United. ICCD staff and agency partners created and uploaded video lessons on “Succession” on ICCD’s YouTube channel. On competition day, teams were provided with links to the videos, and then, after watching each video lesson, students would complete an online test about each lesson. All lessons in the video series focused on the theme of succession. For example, the Current Issue station focused on biodiversity and its impact on succession. The Aquatic Ecology station featured stream order and how stream succession takes place due to the confluence of waterways. The Forestry station taught students about forest succession from stand initiation to steady state. The Soils and Land Use lesson taught students about how soil is transformed through succession from lava to soil. Lastly, the Wildlife station taught students about how ecological succession affects wildlife. In the seventh-grade category, students from Marion Center School District earned first place; Penns Manor, second; and United Blue, third. In the 8th grade category, United White earned first place with second place going to Homeschoolers for Christ Co-Op, and third to United Blue.
United White Team Testing
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