ECO-MEET Rules and Reference Materials

Attention teachers and students!

The information below is provided as background material for the ECO-MEETs. Download these files in order to prepare for the competition.

If you or your administration wonders if ECO-MEET aligns with state education standards, the answer is YES!

Download this summary sheet for the standards
met by participation in ECO-MEET.

Rules & Regs Checklists Background Materials
State Event Materials Scholarship Claim Forms

For 2010, please note these important changes:

The insect list is divided in half to reduce the scope of material being tested to a more manageable size, with each half appearing in alternate years. The 2010 list is below. The list of other invertebrates (crustaceans, arachnids, mussels, etc.) is unchanged.
The bird list has been revised to add two species commonly found in Woodland habitat. The 2010 list is below.

The maximum number of teams allowed to attend State is set at 28. Therefore, in any year where more than nine regional events are held, only the first and second place teams are guaranteed a slot at State. If more than nine regional events are held, the third place teams from each will be ranked by total score and admitted to State based on available space.

To see our promotional video, with scenes from previous ECO-MEETS and comments from teachers and students,
contact your regional coordinator!

TEST CYCLE FOR THE KANSAS ECOMEET

Habitat Test

Focus Test

	2010 & 2011: Woodlands
	2012 & 2013: Shortgrass Prairie
	2014 & 2015: Wetlands/Aquatic

	2010: Reptiles & Amphibians
	2011 & 2012: Birds
	2013 & 2014: Mammals
	2015 & 2016: Invertebrates

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

To download these files; On a Windows system, RIGHT-click on the links and choose "Save Target As" to save them to your hard drive, then open them from there. On a Mac, use Command-Click. The rules, regulations and background materials are in Acrobat Reader format. If you don't have the software to use these files already, you can get it for free from Adobe.

Table Test Guidelines (13K) General Rules and Regulations (110K)

Interpretive Event Guidelines (41K) Scavenger Hunt Guidelines (61K)

SCHOLARSHIP CLAIM FORMS
If you won scholarship money at any of the ECO-MEETs and are now ready to claim your winnings,
download the appropriate form, fill it out and send it in.
You must send in separate forms for regional and state scholarship money.

Scholarship Claim Form for STATE EVENT

Wichita Event

Milford Lake Event

Wilson Lake Event

Hutchinson Event

Webster State Park Event

Salina Event

CHECKLISTS

The following lists are for 2010:

Bird List - (31K) Insect List (41K)

These lists are unchanged from previous years.

Other invertebrates List (82K) SINC Species List (46K)

Threatened & Endangered Species List (51K) Amphibians List (62K)

Reptiles List (73K) Mammals List (21K) Fishes List (83K)

Woody Plants List (82K) Grasses & Forbs List (74K)
NOTE: Plant lists are not all-inclusive. Other species unique to each event's location may be used.

BACKGROUND MATERIALS

Reference list of books (9K)
Crayfish in Kansas (167K) Freshwater Mussels in Kansas (311K)
You can download the K-State booklet "Range Grasses of Kansas" by clicking here. (1,280K)

Click here to browse an excellent web site for pictures and information on Kansas wildflowers and grasses.
It is done by Mike Haddock of Kansas State University.

Click here to see an online version of the out-of-print book "Mammals of Kansas".

Click here for an online version of the GPNC "Pocket Guide to Common Kansas Mammals".

Click here for an online version of the GPNC "Pocket Guide to Kansas Raptors".

Click here for an online version of the GPNC "Pocket Guide to Kansas Snakes".

Click here for an online version of the GPNC "Pocket Guide to Kansas Threatened & Endangered Species".

Click here for an online version of the GPNC "Pocket Guide to Kansas Freshwater Mussels".

Click here for an online version of the GPNC "Pocket Guide to Great Plains Shorebirds".

STATE EVENT MATERIALS

The 2010 teacher/coach packet materials will be available in July 2010,

Click the icon for the Photo Release Form.
Please have every participant fill out one of these and bring them to the event.

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