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HOW IT WORKS...
On the day of the competition, the students rotate between the subject stations
and answer questions as a team. Each subject area test is made up of 25 multiple-choice questions. Many of the
questions are hands-on, involving the use of equipment, pelts, bones, tracks, maps, and audio-visual devices.
A sixth category, the oral presentation, is devoted to the current issue. The students are given an environmental
scenario, which is posted on our website in February. They are required to prepare a solution as a team and present
their results to a panel of judges, who score the presentations.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
All high schools in Nassau and Suffolk Counties are eligible to participate by
registering one or two, 3-5-member teams. All students from the two top scoring teams (one from Nassau and one
from Suffolk) are presented with scholarships, and paid registration to compete in the New York State Envirothon
in May. All participating students receive an event memento and recognition for their participation. The high schools
of the winning teams receive a prize, as well.
We are proud of the Farmingdale High School team, who after winning the Nassau County title, won the 2004 New York
State Envirothon. They represented New York at the Canon Envirothon in Buckhannon, West Virginia that July.
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Nassau's 2004 Farmingdale High School Envirothon team
representing
New York State at the Cannon Envirothon held in Buckhannon,
West Virgina. From left to right: Shannon Billerman, Michelle
Debuke, Carolyn Badalucc, Christine Ellman, and Yuri Hanada.
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2010 L.I. Envirothon
Usdan Center of the Performing & Creative Arts
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2010 L.I. Envirothon
Usdan Center of the Performing & Creative Arts
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2010 L.I. Envirothon
Usdan Center of the Performing & Creative Arts
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2009 L.I. Envirothon
Old Bethpage Village Restoration in Nassau County
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