2022 Poster Contest Guidelines

Resources

Stop by the district office or go online for fun and useful resources in planning your poster. 

Videos (grades 5-12) Combined chapters: The hope in healthy soil - YouTube

​Fact sheets (grades 8-12) Healthy Soils Are...Fact sheets | NRCS (usda.gov)

The Wood SWCD is offering an opportunity for Wood County students to create a poster focusing on a conservation message.  This year the theme is “Healthy Soil: Healthy Life.“ 

The student posters representing each grade category will be judged at the county level. The county winners will be selected for the state competition.  Officials from the state will then select winners to move on to the national competition. 

County winners from each grade category will win a prize from Wood SWCD. 

Who Can Participate? The poster contest is open to all public, private, and home-schooled students in grades K-12.

Age Categories:
K—1st Grade
2nd—3rd Grade
4th—6th Grade
7th—9th Grade
10th—12th Grade

Each entry must have signed entry form to be eligible for judging.

entry form

​Deadline

• Entries must be received by Wood SWCD no later than June 1, 2022 by 4 PM.
• Entries can mailed to or dropped off at  the Wood SWCD office: 1616 E. Wooster St. Suite 32 Bowling Green, OH  43402 
• Posters sent straight to the state or national contest will NOT be judged. They must be judged in the county contest in order to advance.

Judging Guidelines

• Conservation message (poster uses correct theme) (50%)
• Visual effectiveness (30%
• Originality (10%) and
• Universal appeal (10%)

Contest Rules

• Any media may be used- paint, crayon, colored pencil, charcoal, stickers, paper or other materials on regular posters.
• All posters must be created by an individual student rather than a team of students.
• Poster size: The poster can be any size. State winners will be photographed or scanned and sent to the national contest.
• The 2022 Stewardship theme “Healthy Soil: Healthy Life” ​must be on your poster.
• All posters must be hand drawn by an individual student, rather than a team of students. Entry must be contestant's original creation and may not be traced from photographs or other artists' published work
• Although younger students will most likely receive help in planning from parents or teachers, NACD encourages each student to do as much of the work as possible by him/herself. Entries completed by students in their own writing and coloring will score better than those designed, drawn and colored by adult assistance.

All entries will be displayed at the Wood Soil & Water Conservation District office and on the website, and may be used during events, in newsletters, on social media, etc. 

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Jr. Conservationist Program

Stay tuned for details on the 2022 program! 

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2022 Jr. Conservationists

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STEM in the Park at BGSU 

STEM in the Park is currently on hold due to the current COVID-19 situation.

​STEM in the Park features interactive displays and activities created by area universities, community partners, and local businesses to engage children of all ages in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Camp Canopy

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