2025 Poster Contest Theme: “Home is where the Habitat is”
The Gallia Soil and Water Conservation District sponsors an annual poster contest for grades K-12. The poster contest theme changes each year based on the NACD (National Association of Conservation Districts) national theme. The rules and guidelines are followed by the NACD rules.
The Stewardship and Education Committee has developed a five-year rotation for stewardship topics – water, soil, habitat, forestry, and a topic of interest – and determines the theme each year. The 2025 Poster Contest and Stewardship Week theme is “HOME IS WHERE THE HABITAT IS". Posters must have this displayed as the title. Please go to www.nacdnet.org - click on Conservation Education Hub tab and then - and look for Contests for more detailed info! Lots of great resources!
Due May 2nd to our office...and only open to any school or student in Gallia County. Please have student entry form filled out with each poster.
The Stewardship and Education Committee has developed a five-year rotation for stewardship topics – water, soil, habitat, forestry, and a topic of interest – and determines the theme each year. The 2025 Poster Contest and Stewardship Week theme is “HOME IS WHERE THE HABITAT IS". Posters must have this displayed as the title. Please go to www.nacdnet.org - click on Conservation Education Hub tab and then - and look for Contests for more detailed info! Lots of great resources!
Due May 2nd to our office...and only open to any school or student in Gallia County. Please have student entry form filled out with each poster.
Entry Form
| poster-contest-entry-form_local-competition.pdf |
Additional Resources
To learn more about water and watersheds visit the Educators guide and powerpoint below for useful info for your posters.
Click here for a list of EXCELLENT Resources - Current and PAST Stewardship theme material!
Wildlife Alley
Wildlife Skins, Skulls, Scat Trunk– allows a close up look of wild animals and covers terms like: camouflage, nocturnal, carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, endangered, extinct, etc. Educational standards KLS1, KLS2, 1LS1, 1LS2, 3LS1
Bat Trunk, Bear Trunk, Bird Trunk, Tree Trunk– partnership with ODNR-Division of Wildlife to bring to classroom– terms like hibernation, migration, growth rings, leaf rubbings, etc.
The district is currently working on their very own Black Bear Trunk!! More details to come!!!
Wild Turkey Trunk (New 2022) - A full mounted in flight wild turkey is available to come visit your classroom or event. Comes with a full trunk of information including fun facts and pictures, turkey calls, turkey egg, turkey skull, turkey fans, turkey legs/feet, turkey replica nest, and must more.
Bat Trunk, Bear Trunk, Bird Trunk, Tree Trunk– partnership with ODNR-Division of Wildlife to bring to classroom– terms like hibernation, migration, growth rings, leaf rubbings, etc.
The district is currently working on their very own Black Bear Trunk!! More details to come!!!
Wild Turkey Trunk (New 2022) - A full mounted in flight wild turkey is available to come visit your classroom or event. Comes with a full trunk of information including fun facts and pictures, turkey calls, turkey egg, turkey skull, turkey fans, turkey legs/feet, turkey replica nest, and must more.
The Gallia Conservation Nature Land Lab
Soils and Water Quality
My Backyard Stream - A Biological Water Quality, Chemical Water Quality, and Physical Habitat Citizen Scientist Data Collection Program.
Soils presentations -the students get to feel the texture. They also test the soils for water filtration rates and ID the soil type. Educational standards KPS1, 3ESS1, 4PS1, 6ESS4, 6ESS5, 7ESS1
Enviroscape- demonstrates the water cycle in 3-D format and helps educate people/children about where their drinking water comes from and where their waste water goes. Educational standards KESS1, aLS1, 2ESS2, 2LS1, 3ESS3, 4LS1
Ground Water Model-demonstrates how water moves underground and contaminates that could pollute the water. Educational standards KESS1, 1LS1, 2ESS2, 2LS13ESS2, 4ESS1, 5ESS3, 6ESS5, 7ESS1
Streamulater– shows floods, stream movement, oxbows, meandering streams, erosion, water cycle. Educational standards KESS1, 1ESS1, 2ESS2, 2LS1, 3ESS2, 4ESS1-3, 5ESS3, 7ESS1
Water Testing Kits- 50 test bags & manual guide. Educational standards 7ESS1
Trees and Forestry
Lorax storyboard (K-5)– allows students to place the felt pieces on the board as we read the story with the theme of forestry conservation. Educational standards KLS1, 1LS1, 1LS2, 4LS1
Tree Kit- take you students outside with this kit of 12 tree & shrub identification pocket guides, 7 tree measuring sticks, 12 animal guide books, and some animal sounds cds. Educational standards KLS1, KLS2, 1LS1, 1LS2, 3LS1, 4LS1
Emeral Ash Borer Kit- samples of the tree pests donated by ODNR Division of Forestry Educational standards KLS2, 1LS1-2, 2LS1, 3ESS3, 3LS2
Arbor Day Presentations- The last Friday of April. Please call to schedule AHEAD of time, Thanks!
Tree Kit- take you students outside with this kit of 12 tree & shrub identification pocket guides, 7 tree measuring sticks, 12 animal guide books, and some animal sounds cds. Educational standards KLS1, KLS2, 1LS1, 1LS2, 3LS1, 4LS1
Emeral Ash Borer Kit- samples of the tree pests donated by ODNR Division of Forestry Educational standards KLS2, 1LS1-2, 2LS1, 3ESS3, 3LS2
Arbor Day Presentations- The last Friday of April. Please call to schedule AHEAD of time, Thanks!
Other Educational Programs
Augmented Reality Sandbox- (new 2019) middle & high school teachers can borrow for a week. Terms that might be discussed during the lesson (topography, contour lines, erosion, deposition, surface elevation, floodplain, hydrology, & land forms. Educational standards 4ESS1-3, 6PS4, 7ESS1, 7PS3, 8ESS3, etc.
Rock Cycle Lesson- (new 2019) metamorphic, sedimentary & igneous rock. Educational standards 3ESS1, 4ESS2, 4PS1, 6ESS1-5, 8ESS2-3
Flossy Milking Cow Display- promotes dairy farmers donated by local FFA chapters. Educational standards KLS1, 1LS2, 3LS1-3
Harvest kit –promotes Agriculture donated by Farm Bureau
Dairy DVD —promotes dairy farmers donated by American Dairy Association
Life Cycle Books- free to borrow for classrooms: ant, bat, beaver, bird, butterfly, crayfish, earthworm, flower, frog, honeybee, mosquito, salmon, spider, tree, wolf Educational standards KLS1, KLS2, 1LS1, 1LS2, 3LS1-3, 4LS1, 5LS1, 5LS2
other books- Curious Critters, State Coloring pages, Lorax, The Giving Tree, Why Would Anyone Want to Cut Down a Tree?
https://www.franklinswcd.org/swiftlets This link offers free Environmental Education lessons that align with Ohio Department of Education standards. Please check them out and feel free to share. Hopefully this will help during this Stay at Home protocol.
Please contact Gallia SWCD if you have ideas for the next Farm City Day as we will have planning meetings this fall, 2022.