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Youth Education Materials

 

2007-2008 was the last year of MASWCD's state level involvement in the poster/mural and video youth education contests.  SWCDs are free to continue at the local and Area level.

 

The Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD) developed the youth education contest materials highlighted below.  Participating SWCDs may in turn provide the materials to the schools in their communities.

 

The education materials include information which teachers and their students can use to become more familiar with their natural environment and learn what they can do to become better stewards of our land and water.

 

The materials also include information about contests in which the students can participate should the local SWCD provide the opportunity:  poster/mural contest and video contest.

 

(artwork courtesy of  Bob Waltz & Dorothy Waltz).

 

       Study Guide (html format)

   Study Guide (pdf format)

   Link to the "Teacher's Guide to Arbor Month - Activities on Trees and the Natural World for Grades K-8"  (link will forward you to DNR web site)

   Poster/Mural Contest Rules

   Video Contest Rules

 

      Study Guide (html format)

  Study Guide (pdf format)

  "Water:  Where it Comes From, Where it's Going"

  "How Do We Use Water"

  "Our Limited Water Resources"

  "Is Dilution the Solution to Pollution"

  "World Water Supply"

   Poster/Mural Contest Rules

   Video Contest Rules

 

 

      Study Guide (html format)

  Study Guide (pdf format)

   Poster/Mural Contest Rules

   Video Contest Rules

  Map of Minnesota soils

  Edible Soil Compaction Demo

  "Soil is Alive" activity

  "Soil Builders" activity

  "Soil Must Be Protected" activity

  "Food and Soil" activity

  "Earth Apple" activity

  Lester - Minnesota State Soil

  Glacier Lesson Plan

  Soil Erosion Fact Sheet

USDA-NRCS soils for K-12

The Earth is an Apple, full color demonstration by the American Farmland Trust http://www.farmland.org/images/flash/apple.swf

 

 

ARCHIVED CONTEST RESULTS:

 

2007-2008 Contest Results

Trees - Rooted in Our Future

2006-2007 Contest Results

Community Waters

2005-2006 Contest Results

Our Soil - A Layer of Life

2004-2005 Contest Results

Trees - Rooted in Our Future

2003-2004 Contest Results

Community Waters

2002-2003 Contest Results

Our Soil - A Layer of Life

2001-2002 Contest Results

   Trees - Rooted in Our Future

2000-2001 Contest Results

Community Waters

 

 

 

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