This year's theme is “Full STEAM Ahead: Hold the Environment in the Highest E-STEAM,” so we are focusing on integration of STEAM with environmental education. We are looking to highlight two-five student projects in each award ceremony tent/pavilion. If you teach in a K-12 Maryland Green School or are applying in 2018-2019 and have students who did a green school-related project this year, you are eligible to apply for your students to present. Presentation length: 5 minutes maximum.
Presentations can describe projects that cover Water Conservation, Energy Conservation, Solid Waste Management, Habitat Restoration, Structures for Environmental Learning, Responsible Transportation, Healthy School Environment, Community Outreach, Stewardship, and more. Presentations should be dynamic, creative and fun for an audience of mostly students PreK-12.
Your students’ presentation should motivate other students to go back to their own schools and think about their role in their school and their community.
Please complete the questionnaire to explain what your students would be interested in presenting. Presenters must be students, NOT teachers or mentors (although teachers and mentors may help complete the application as much is appropriate for the age of your students). Students and teachers/mentors MUST be present on May 30th, 2019 at Sandy Point State Park for the Youth Summit.
Please note that there will be no visual presentations (e.g. PowerPoint or Prezi Presentations). Microphone will be available. Anticipated crowd is 500-1000 people seated in a covered outdoor space. Students will present from a platform or stage. Younger students may be accompanied onstage by the mentor or another adult.
