WILLIAMSBURG — The Jamestown High School Envirothon team placed 10th at the NCF-Envirothon, an international environmental and natural resource problem-solving competition held in Alberta, Canada in July and supported by the National Conservation Foundation.
According to WJCC Schools, the Jamestown High School team competed against 54 total teams from across the U.S., Canada, China and Singapore.
NCF-Envirothon challenges students to solve real-world problems using Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) principles, the division explains. Teams collaborate during hands-on and outdoor field experiences while exploring subject areas such as aquatic ecology, forestry, soils and land use, wildlife, and current environmental issues.
Jamestown’s team finished strong in Virginia’s Dominion Energy Envirothon held in May at Mary Washington University, where it earned the Virginia championship title from among 15 other competitors, and secured its spot in the international competition. The team earned first place in forestry and soils, second place in aquatics and special topic and third place in wildlife.
