Environmental Education Resources

 

 

Colonial SWCD sponsored programs

 

School Programs

Free programs conducted by the Colonial SWCD staff for school groups, scouts, or 4-H clubs

 

Envirothon

A natural resources competition for high school students

Youth 
Conservation Camp

A week-long summer learning experience for high school students held annually at Virginia Tech

 

Soil and Water 
Stewardship Week

 Special programs celebrate this annual observance in April

Conservation 
Poster Contest

A district-wide poster contest to commemorate Soil and Water Stewardship Week

 

Links to Additional Resources

Curricula
Project Learning Tree

Project Learning Tree is an environmental education program that helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it.

Project Wet

The Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide is a collection of over 90 innovative, interdisciplinary activities that are hands-on, easy to use, and fun.

Project WILD

The Project WILD program emphasizes wildlife because of its intrinsic and ecological values, as well as its importance as a basis for teaching how ecosystems function. 

Virginia Contact:
Lisa Deaton
Virginia Department of Forestry
Phone: (804) 328-3031
Email: deatonl@dof.state.va.us
Virginia Contact:
Ann Regn
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Phone: (804) 698-4442
Email: amregn@deq.state.va.us
Virginia Contact:
Suzie Gilley
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Phone: (804) 367-0188
Email: sgilley@dgif.state.va.us
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Agriculture in the
Classroom

The goal of Agriculture in the Classroom is to help students gain a greater awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society, so that they may become citizens who support wise agricultural policies.


Adopt-A-Watershed

Adopt-A-Watershed is a K-12 learning experience that uses a local watershed as a living laboratory in which students engage in hands-on activities, making science applicable and relevant to their lives.


Kids in the Creek

The Kids in the Creek program provides students with a simple method of assessing the long-term health of a stream by viewing and identifying the aquatic insects and observing the world they inhabit.

Virginia Contact:
Michele Awad
VA Foundation for Ag in the Classroom
Phone: (804) 290-1000
Email:  mawad@vafb.com

 

 

Sources of Funding for Environmental Education

Project Learning Tree 
GreenWorks!
Grant
HR WET Classroom 
Scholarship Program
Virginia Environmental 
Endowment Mini-Grant

 

 

Other Helpful Sites
Virginia Naturally Discovery School Adopt-A-Stream
     

Governor's Academy