2009 Texas Envirothon
Kingsville
April 4–6, 2009
Results
- 1st Place: John Cooper School, Team A
- 2nd Place: College Park Academy of Science and Technology, Team B
- 3rd Place: Clear Lake High School
Area of Study | Top Score | School, Team |
---|---|---|
Aquatics | 78/100 | John Cooper School, Team A |
Forestry | 78/100 | Clear Lake High School |
Soils | 78/100 | Rio Hondo High School, Team B |
Wildlife | 75/100 | John Cooper School, Team A |
Current Issue | 92/100 | John Cooper School, Team A |
Oral Presentation | 184/200 | College Park Academy of Science and Technology, Team B |
Sponsors
- Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Canon USA
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Eastman Outdoors Texas
- Environmental Institute of Houston, University of Houston-Clear Lake
- Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
- Harris County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Montgomery County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Richardson Environmental Action League
- Stephen F. Austin State University
- Texas A&M University/Extension
- Texas Association for Environmental Education
- Texas Association of Environmental Professionals
- Texas Discovery Gardens
- Texas Forest Service
- Texas Forestry Association
- Shell Oil Company – Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching
- Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Hosts
- Texas A&M Kingsville
- King Ranch
Participating Schools
Fourteen teams representing 10 schools participated in the competition.
- Clear Lake High School, Houston
- College Park Academy of Science and Technology, The Woodlands
- Klein Collins High School, Spring
- John Cooper High School, The Woodlands
- Dobie High School, Pasadena
- The Monarch School, Houston
- Moody High School, Corpus Christi
- Rio Hondo High School, Rio Hondo
- John Tyler High School, Tyler
- Westside High School, Houston
Press Release Final Scores Photo Album
Resources
Teacher Workshop Presentations
- Aquatics, Dianna Ramirez, Environmental Institute of Houston, UHCL
- Biodiversity in a Changing World – Brenda Weiser, Environmental Institute of Houston, UHCL
- Forestry, Angie Soldinger, Conservation Education Coordinator, Texas Forest Service
- Soils, Dennis Brezina, Resource Soil Scientist, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Wildlife: Identifying Animal Tracks and Signs, Greg Pleasant, Wildlife Biologist, TPWD