Tips for Coaches
Please e-mail any additional coaching tips to mparker@yorkccd.org for inclusion on this list
Tips for coaching Envirothon team members
- Use Google.com's image search to find pictures & photos of the species. Remember to be careful and check that the image the right species
- Keep sessions 45 to 60 min. in length
- Play games with information
- Get parents to help
- Start early
- Preparing power point study presentation - slide show - students identify species.
- Make flash cards - color picture on side facts on other
- Take a hike for fun and knowledge
- Hold a mini-envirothon before the real thing
- Make learning the information as fun as possible (visuals such as posters & drawings)
- Do Envirothon as an activity period function.
- Search for Power Point Presentations on line on your topics
- Read everything - reread and read again
- Attend study sessions
- Purchase shell and felt samples from Stoud's Fur Co.
- Prepare for Forestry in September, while leaves are still available
- Encourage students to purchase their own sets of wildlife notes and posters (Note: Wildlife Notes are downloadable from the PA Game Commission's Website)
- Create games that the kids can use, but are fun and interesting
- Make note cards out of 50 Birds & Mammals booklet
- Matching activities (ex the pictures of the skulls with the name of the animal)
- Cover all the material even if you are told that the material is non-testing
Tips for sharing Envirothon knowledge with other students at your school
- Start an "Envirothon club" after school for the students who don't make the team
- Bulletin Boards
- Share what your teams are doing at the local Science Fair
- Invite all interested students to join an Envirothon club, then pre-test to determine the Envirothon team members.
- Post information in classrooms
- Use materials in Science class
- have guest speakers come in and speak to larger group
