All teams are expected to participate in the Oral Component; it is a mandatory part of the Pennsylvania State Envirothon and is a part of the scoring to determine the overall winner.
The Oral Component (OC) offers Envirothon teams a chance to address real-life environmental problems as presented through a written scenario. The OC tests a team’s ability to consider an environmental issue, discuss its likely ramifications and effects, develop possible solutions, and present their findings to a panel of judges and then answer the judges’ questions during a 20-minute session.
2019 Information
2019 Oral Component Scenario and additional (2) references – Vegetable Weeder article and Why Precision Agriculture Will Change How Food Is Produced
2019 Oral Component Score Sheet
2019 Oral Component Prep Material provided to the team
2019 Rules and Guidelines/Policy
Oral Component Training Videos – View again in 2019
2018 Information
2018 Oral Component Scenario and Maps – Soils Map, Contour Map (An aerial photo of the farm (poster size) will be provided to each team at the event.)
2018 Oral Component Score Sheet
2017 Information
2017 Oral Component Score Sheet
2016 Information
2016 Oral Component Score Sheet
2015 Information
2015 Oral Component Score Sheet
2014 Information
2014 Oral Component Score Sheet
2013 Information
2013 Oral Component Rules and Guidelines