Darnell-Cookman Students Sweep the Envirothon Competition
Three teams of high school students from Darnell-Cookman competed in the Envirothon this week. The Envirothon is a hands-on environmental problem-solving competition for high school-aged students in the United States and Canada. Participating teams complete training and testing in five natural resource categories: soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, and current environmental issues.
Students from the following Northeast Florida counties are invited to compete: Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, and St. Johns. The winner of the regional Envirothon goes on to represent their district at the state level at the Florida Envirothon and possibly the national level competition. Out of all the teams competing, Darnell-Cookman students took first place, second place and 3rd place in the competition. The students on the team that took first place will be moving on to represent Duval County at the state-level competition in April.
During the competition, students were asked to answer written questions and perform hands-on tasks that focused on Aquatic Ecology, Wildlife, Forestry, Soil / Land Use. Next, they had to give a two-minute speech, addressing a question based on this year's Current Issue topic - Adapting to a Changing Climate. Finally, students were given a written test covering information about the Current Issue. We are so proud of the 15 students that represented Darnell-Cookman and are excited to see what the members of the winning team will do at the State Envirothon competition next month.
