Our fourth grade material meets Standards 4.L.1 and 4.L.1.3.
4.L.1--Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats.
4.L.1.3--Explain how humans can adapt their behavior to live in changing habitats (e.g., recycling wastes, establishing rain gardens, planting trees and shrubs to prevent flooding and erosion).
Our fifth grade water cycle material meets Standards 5.P.2 and 5.P.2.1.
5.P.2--Understand the interactions of matter and energy and the changes that occur.
5.P.2.1--Explain how the sun's energy impacts the processes of the water cycle (including evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation and runoff).
Classroom lessons are specifically tailored to your needs but can include a discussion of the water cycle, posters, music videos, songs, hands-on activities, an evaporation experiment, and the water cycle theater.
Our sixth grade soils material meets Standards 6.E.2, 6.E.2.3, and 6.E.2.4.
6.E.2--Understand the structure of the earth and how interactions of constructive and destructive forces have resulted in changes in the surface of the Earth over time and the effects of the lithosphere on humans.
6.E.2.3--Explain how the formation of soil is related to the parent rock type and the environment in which it develops.
Our third grade soils material meets Standards 3.L.2 and 3.L.2.4
3.L.2--Understand how plants survive in their environments
3.L.2.4--Explain how the basic properties (texture and capacity to hold water) and components (sand, clay, and humus) of soil determine the ability of soil to support the growth and survival of many plants.
Did you know we sponsor contests? We participate in the NC Soil & Water Educational Contests, including Poster, Speech, Slideshow, and Essay contests on a particular theme each year. These contests give students an opportunity to explore soil and water conservation through art, writing, and public speaking. Educational Contests focus on a soil or water theme each year and align with NC Essential Standards. These contests are a great way to reinforce concepts learned with a homework option or extra credit. Students can compete locally through the school and county competitions.
The Henderson Soil and Water Conservation District uses Henderson County's online GIS/Mapping System, GoMaps. This Geographic Information System (GIS) can be used to find soil types for a particular parcel or determine whether or not property is in the Voluntary Agricultural Districts program, for example. Use the links below to explore GoMaps.
To visit GoMaps directly, click here. To visit Henderson County's GIS webpage, click here.
During the summer of 2015 and winter of 2016, approximately 1,000 feet of Mill Pond Creek was restored on the campus of Rugby Middle School. The project was funded by a combination of grants from the Division of Water Resources, the Community Foundation, and Community Conservation Assistance Program cost share funds. The stream had become incised with eroding streambanks. The plant community was dominated by invasive species and there was very little woody debris to inhibit erosion of the streambanks. Additionally, the stream’s dimension, pattern, and profile needed to be adjusted.
In April of 2016, the Henderson Soil & Water Conservation District was awarded a grant from the NC Foundation of Soil and Water Conservation for the Multi-Species Cover Crop Initiative. The grant was awarded with the intent of demonstrating the improvement of soil health through the use of cover crops. A diverse seed mixture and proper management contribute to successful cover crops. The grant funded the cover crop demonstration and Field Days in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Emily Pieski, a sixth grade student from Immaculata Catholic School in Hendersonville, won first place in the Soil and Water Conservation State Level Essay Contest.
Emily delivered an essay on the 2017-2018 theme “Water – the Cycle of Life”. Students competing at this level have advanced through three and sometimes four tiers of competition before representing their area against winners from across North Carolina.
