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3rd-4th Grade Envirothon

Welcome to the 3rd-4th Grade York County Envirothon!

Please complete the following steps to participate in the Envirothon:

  1. Register Your School by December 1
  2. Register Your Team(s) & Order T-Shirts by March 1
  3. Register Your Students the morning of the competition

3rd-4th Grade Competition

Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026

Location: John C. Rudy County Park

Team Registration

Please submit one team registration form for each participating team. Each participating student and one coach per team will receive a free T-shirt. Extra T-shirts can be purchased on our website here.

Team Registration Deadline: March 1, 2026

Please submit the form below to register your team(s).

*Limit team names to four words or less (including building name). All teams at every grade level MUST have their own distinct team name.

Order T-Shirts

1.) All participating team members and one coach each receive FREE t-shirts on the day of competition (3rd-4th Grade Maximum: 6 shirts; 5th-6th Grade, Middle School, and Senior High Maximum: 7 shirts). Order these shirts below. 2.) Extra T-shirts can be purchased on our website at www.yorkccd.org/product/extra-envirothon-t-shirt or at the link below the Team Registration Form
Order Extra Envirothon T-Shirts

Study Session Registration

Participate in an Envirothon study session to help your team prepare for the Envirothon competition.

3rd-4th Grade Envirothon Study Session Dates:

  • Option 1: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 (4:30PM-7:30PM)
  • Option 2: Thursday, March 26, 2026 (4:30-7:30PM)
  • Option 3: Saturday, March 28, 2026 (12:30-3:30PM)

Location:

  • York County Conservation District: 2401 Pleasant Valley Road, York, PA 17402

Guidelines:

  • Your students will rotate through several activity stations. Five minutes between rotations is scheduled for using restrooms or eating snacks.
  • Students must be supervised by coaches or school-approved chaperones at all times. Please inform parents or guardians to deliver their student directly to their coach or chaperone in the front lobby and pick up their student directly from their coach or chaperone in the front lobby. Do not drop a child off outside, send them in alone, or instruct them to exit the building to leave unless directly accompanied by a parent, guardian, coach, or chaperone.
  • Parents and siblings should not attend.
  • Teams may arrive up to 15 minutes early to check-in and get to your first station location. Please report how many students are attending from your group when you check-in.
  • Students and coaches are welcome to bring a snack. Please advise students to bring non-disruptive snacks.

Study Session Registration Deadline: March 1

Please submit the form below to register for a study session.

We encourage you to only bring up to the number of students you are permitted to bring to testing day. (3rd - 4th Grade: 5 students per team) If your number of expected students drops by an entire team, please email mmckelvey@yorkccd.org to let us know.
Will you arrive late, leave early, need to start with free time, need to end with free time, or require accommodations for specific needs or mobility issues? Please let us know so we may best assist you and your team(s).

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3rd – 4th Grade Study Resources

Please utilize Study Resource Cover Sheet for each study topic and use it for reference to ensure you have each of the study resources you need for each subject.

2026 study resources are not yet available. Please check this page after October 1 for 2026 study resources.

Aquatics 2026

Aquatics Study Resource Cover Sheet

  1. Rivers & Streams
  2. Who Lives in Moving Water
  3. A Dive into Stream Ecology
  4. Stream Order
  5. Watersheds and the Water Cycle
  6. Benthic Macroinvertebrates – Why do we monitor them?
  7. Mussels & Eels – The Odd Couple!
  8. Stonefly
  9. Dobsonfly
  10. Brook Trout
  11. Smallmouth Bass

Forestry 2026

Forestry Study Resource Cover Sheet

  1. Tree Identification Basics
  2. Leaf Characteristics
  3. Trees + Me = Forestry 4H Workbook – Chapters 2 & 3
  4. From the Woods: Community Forests (Updated 10/30/25)
  5. Environment & Ecology Series: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
  6. Environment & Ecology Series: Threatened, Endangered, & Extinct
  7. From the Woods: American Chestnut
  8. Nature’s Best Hope: Young Reader’s Edition – Ch. 6 (w/ addition from York County Parks)
  9. Sample Species Practice – 2026 (Backyard Species)
  10. Sample Backyard Species Fact Pack

Wildlife 2026

Wildlife Study Resource Cover Sheet

  1. Basic Characteristics of Mammals
  2. Mammal Vocabulary
  3. The Wildlife Ecologist – 4H Wildlife Project
  4. Threatened, Endangered, & Extinct – PENN STATE
  5. Discovering Animal Evidence
  6. Common Pennsylvania Mammal Tracks – Pennsylvania Game Commission
  7. Scat and Tracks of the Midwest
  8. Bats in Pennsylvania

Study Resource Questions, Comments, or Concerns?

Contact us! Use the form below to submit your study resource questions, comments, or concerns.

Coach’s Manual

How to Coach an Envirothon Team

Click below to learn everything you need to know to successfully coach a 3rd – 4th Grade Envirothon team!

2026 3rd – 4th Grade Coach’s Manual

School Registration

Please submit one school registration form for each participating school.

The School Registration is your school’s “intent to participate” and is not a binding commitment. Even if you are not certain your school will be able to participate, we encourage you to submit the School Registration Form so that you continue receiving communications from the York County Envirothon in the meantime.

School Registration is now closed.

3rd-4th Grade Competition Photos

Thanks for participating in the 3rd-4th Grade Envirothon!

Please see below photos from the event.

How to Download your Team Photos:

  1. Click on your team photo to expand the image.
  2. Once you are viewing the expanded image, right click the image.
  3. Select “Save image as” to download the image and save it to your computer.

3rd-4th Grade Envirothon Quick Links

York County Envirothon
PA Envirothon
NCF Envirothon