High School Programs

High School (9-12)

 

Some of the resources we offer to teachers and clubs are as follows:

 

• Hands-on Lessons in the Classroom that match your curriculum (STEM-based)

• Internships, Career Day Presentations, and Career Path information

• Envirothon Teams

• Resource Conservation Workshop

• FFA Land Judging and Earth Environmental Field Day

• Junior/Senior students are welcome to work with us on their Senior Projects or Job Shadowing

• Scholarship application opens Oct. 1

• Programs Listing

Choose a section:
 

 

 

 

2025-2026 Contest Details are HERE!

​

Our theme for 2025-2026 is "We All Live in a Watershed".

 

All provided resources will be released after our 5th grade Conservation Fall Field Days (Oct. 27-31). In the meantime, please research all that you would like to at the library or online!

​

Students may compete in one or more contest categories listed below:

• 9-12th grade Essay, Slideshow, and Speech

​​

All 9-12th grades are judged together on a high school level, not individual grades. For contest details and resources please see our Contests page.​

​

​​​

​

Upcoming Events

 

Fall 2025: Sept.18, rain date Sept. 23, High School Environmental Field Day

Register Here: https://forms.gle/qv52nUWchtXDexCu6

​

The 2025-2026 High School Environmental Field Day!

 

This event is open to high school students in Earth/Environmental Science and CTE Agriculture-related courses. The event will begin at 9:00 am at the Edwin H. McGee Natural Resource Center and we will conclude at 2:25 pm, with lunch included.

​

Schools that register will need to divide students up into teams of 5, as for our application soils pit this year, it is a competition with prizes.

1st Place: $50 per student on the team

2nd Place: $30 per student on the team

3rd Place: $20 per student on the team

​

The event is based on the NC Envirothon Soils Manual, NC FFA Land Judging Manual, and the following NCDPI curriculum standards: ESS.EES.4.1, ESS.EES.5.1, ESS.EES.2.4, ESS.EES.4.4, ESS.EES.5.6, LS.BIO.4.1, LS.BIO.8.2, LS.BIO.5.2, PS.PSC.1.5, PS.CHM.4.2, PS.CHM.7.1, PS.PSC.2.4, and PS.PHY.4.1.

​

​​​

Lesson Information/Examples

​

Check out our  9th grade Conservation Career Day Virtual Field Trip, from 2020-2021. This has previously been shared in Wilkes County Schools Earth Science and CTE Agriculture-relate classrooms.

 

Example Lessons and Resources

For the shared folder of lessons and links click here. These lessons are focused for grades K-12, however, for curriculum match specifics on each lesson please contact our education specialist.

 

​