If you would like to schedule a program, check out any educational materials, or have any questions regarding our Education Program, please contact Clinch Valley SWCD Education Specialist, Hannah Rexrode
Envirothon
The Virginia Dominion Energy Envirothon is a team-based natural resources competition for high school students. Students who participate learn stewardship and management concepts and work to solve real-world environmental problems. The program is field-oriented, community-based and gives students an opportunity to work with natural resource professionals. Click Here for a video overview of the Dominion Energy Envirothon competition!
If you are interested in coaching a team, whether it be through a high school, a Scout Troop, or a Homeschool Group, please reach out to us!
Scholarship Opportunities
Clinch Valley SWCD is proud to offer a $1,000 scholarship to any Russell County senior/first year college student majoring in an Environmental or Agricultural Discipline. Check in with us to see any Scholarship Opportunities!
Our Conservation Capsules
Grade |
Lesson Title |
VA Science SOL Addressed |
| Pre K | Is your Mama A Llama? | X |
| Pre K | Pumpkins | K.4, K.6 |
| Pre K | Estivation Box | X |
| Pre K | Apple Life Cycle | K.4, K.6, 1.4 |
| Pre K – 1 | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | K.11, 1.8 |
| PreK -2 | Tops or Bottoms: A Lesson On Vegetables | 1.4 |
| PreK -2 | Butterfly Life Cycle | K.6, 1.5, 2.4 |
| PreK -3 | Honey Bee Puppet Show | 4.4 |
| Prek -3 | Soil Babies | 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 |
| K | Exploring Your Senses Within Ecosystems | K.2 |
| K | In a Nut Shell | K.9 |
| K-2 | Matter: Solids, Liquids, Gasses | K.5, 1.3, 2.3 |
| K- 3 | Rain Gardens | 1.7, 2.6, 2.8, 3.7, 3.8 |
| K-6 | Bird Migration | X |
| K- Adults | Who Polluted the River | K.5, 1.8, 2.8, 3.8, 4.5, 5.7, 6.5, LS12, ES7 |
| K- Adults | Bats | K.6, 1.5, 2.4, 2.5, 3.5, 3.6, 4.3, 5.5, LS.8 |
| 1 | Motion | 1.2 |
| 1 | Animals & Their Habitats w/Henry Heron | 1.5, 1.7, 1.8 |
| 1 | A Tree of Seasons | 1.7 |
| 1 – 2 | Matter w/ Oobleck | 1.3 2.3 |
| 1 – 2 | Animal Behaviors and Seasonal Changes | 1.7 2.7 |
| 1 – 2 | Soy Boys and Girls | 2.8 |
| 1 – 2 | Beyond the Beef | 1.5, 1.8, 2.5 |
| 1- 4 | Its Got to Come From Somewhere | 1.8 2.8 3.10 3.11 4.8 |
| 1 – Adult | Storm Water Limbo | 1.8, 2.5, 3.6, 3.10, 4.5, 4.8, 5.7, 6.5 |
| 1 – Adult | Cooking Up Trouble | 1.8, 2.8, 3.10, 4.5, 4.8, 5.7, 6.7, LS12 |
| 2 | Magnets | 2.2 |
| 2 | Life Cycle of a Frog | 2.4 |
| 2 – 3 | Understanding Economic Resources | 1.8 2.8 3.10 4.9 |
| 3 | Living Systems | 3.5 3.6 |
| 3 – 6 | Clean Up The Wetlands | 3.1 3.10 4.5 4.9 6.7 |
| 3 – 6 | Barges and Their “Huge” Impact | 3.10,4.5, 4.9, 5.7, 6.1, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| 3 – 6 | A Land Fill Is No Dump | 3.1 3.10 3.11 4.1 4.8 5.1 6.9 |
| 3 – 6 | Incredible Journey | 3.3, 3.9, 3.10, 4,9, 5.4, 6.5 |
| 3 – 6 | Scout Programs | X |
| 3 – 6 | Luscious Layered Landfill and the Anatomy of a Landfill | 3.1 3.11 4.1 4.8 5.7 6.5 6.7 6.9 |
| 3 – 6 | Soil Profile Tubes | 3.7 and 4.8 |
| 3 – 6 | Soil Erosion Demos | 3.7, 3.10, 4.8, 5.7e, 6.5c |
| 4 | Virginia Soils | 4.9 |
| 4 | Jamestown Critters | VS.3, Lang(4.1, 4.2, 4.3), 4.5, 4.8 4.9 |
| 4 | Natural Resources – Forest Powerpoint | 4.8 |
| 4 | Natural Resources – Soil Powerpoint | 4.9 |
| 4 – Adults | The Tragedy of the Commons | 4.5f, 4.9, 5.7g, 6.9, ES6, EPF1,8,9 |
| 5 | Natural Resources – Ocean Powerpoint | 5.6 |
| 5 – 8 | Owl Pellets | 5.5, LS.3, LS.4, LS.5 |
| 5 – 8 | Energy/Plasma Ball | 5.1h, 5.2a, 5.2b, 5.3a, 5.4a, 5.4c |
| 6 | Natural Resources – Watershed Powerpoint | 6.5 6.7 6.9 |
| 7 | How Long Will It Be There | LS.1, LS. 10, LS. 11 |
| 7 | Natural Resources – Ecosystems Powerpoint | LS. 7, LS.9, LS.10, LS. 11, LS.12 |
| 9 | Advanced Topo Lessons | Earth Science 1 |
| 9 – 12 | Envirothon Team | ES.1, ES.4, ES.5, ES.6, ES.8, ES.9 |
| 9 – 12 | Jeopardy | 6.7, 6.9, LS.6, LS.8, LS.10, LS.10, LS.11, LS.13, ES.6, ES.8 |
| All grades | Water Testing | 4.5, 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| All grades | Water Monitoring/ Stream Monitoring | 4.5, 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| All grades | Save Our Streams Monitoring | 4.5, 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| All grades | Enviroscape | 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| All grades | Rain Barrel Workshop | X |
| All grades | Stream Ecology/Kids in the Creek | 4.5, 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
Recommended External Resources
Augmented Reality Sand Table. Yep, we built one!
Water Cycle Glossary of Terms (Thanks, Amelia!)