Environmental Literacy Feature Topics
The Maryland Envirothon is a competitive environmental program for high school students in grades 9 – 12. Students learn about the natural world of aquatics, forestry, soils and wildlife through various hands-on activities from resource professionals who are experts in the field. Subsequently, students apply this knowledge to various real life situations of managing those resources.
Maryland was recognized for becoming the first to require students to be environmentally literate as a high school graduation requirement.
Students from Howard County high schools spent a year collecting and analyzing samples from watershed areas near their schools and throughout Howard County, and their research is the foundation of a published watershed report card for the region.
A sustained program of study that starts in the classroom and includes hands-on, outdoor investigations also helps meet STEM goals and Next Generation Science Standards, and offers opportunities to integrate environmental learning with multiple disciplines.
Greening Schools
Environmental Education Proclamation