Attention: Due to the Effects of Hurricane Helene, the 23rd Annual Eco-Meet has been Cancelled!
The 24th annual Eco-Meet will be in 2025!
Host: McDuffie Environmental Education Center (MEEC)
Date: Friday, November 7th, 2025
Time: 8:45 AM to 3:30 PM
Location: 4695 Fish Hatchery Rd, Dearing GA 30808
Please note that this event will take place outside, rain or shine. Please dress appropriately.
The 24th annual Eco-Meet will be in 2025!
Host: McDuffie Environmental Education Center (MEEC)
Date: Friday, November 7th, 2025
Time: 8:45 AM to 3:30 PM
Location: 4695 Fish Hatchery Rd, Dearing GA 30808
Please note that this event will take place outside, rain or shine. Please dress appropriately.
Registration Information
The cost is $45 per team.
The Eco-Meet is open to middle school students in the CSRA of Georgia and South Carolina. Schools may enter 2 teams of up to 4 students each and each team needs an adult to act as a coach. Coaches can be as involved with preparing their team as they would like, but at minimum need to be there the day of the event.
The competition consists of six different testing stations hosted by different member organizations of ESEC. Each station has a study packet and sample questions available for teams to utilize before the competition. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of each testing station, along with the 1st place overall winners, will receive medals. Additionally, plaques will be given out to hang in your school for the first place overall winners and the coach of the year.
Registration begins August 2025!
The Eco-Meet is open to middle school students in the CSRA of Georgia and South Carolina. Schools may enter 2 teams of up to 4 students each and each team needs an adult to act as a coach. Coaches can be as involved with preparing their team as they would like, but at minimum need to be there the day of the event.
The competition consists of six different testing stations hosted by different member organizations of ESEC. Each station has a study packet and sample questions available for teams to utilize before the competition. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of each testing station, along with the 1st place overall winners, will receive medals. Additionally, plaques will be given out to hang in your school for the first place overall winners and the coach of the year.
Registration begins August 2025!
Study Materials-Topics Announced Soon, Stay Tuned!
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Fish Ecology
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Invasive Species
Richmond County Extension Stormwater Management
Columbia County, North Augusta, and Aiken County Stormwater |
Wetland Ecology
Phinizy Swamp Herpetology
Reed Creek Nature Park & Interpretive Center Birds
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center |
Optional Project: T-shirt Logo Design Contest
This project is optional, but may be used to determine a winner in the event of an overall tie and medals will be awarded to the team with the best project.
The Environmental Science Education Cooperative (ESEC) would like to introduce students to the environment through artistic design. This project is to engage, educate, and motivate students to learn and love the elements of the environment around them. This is your opportunity to learn about water resources, conservation efforts, wildlife protection, forest ecology, renewable energy, green infrastructure, hydropower, microorganisms, or anything else related to environmental science through designing a t-shirt logo that may be used at NEXT YEAR’S Eco-Meet! For this project, you and your Eco-Meet teammates will design an all-black line drawing logo for the back of a t-shirt. This logo needs to include “CSRA-ESEC” in the logo. This stands for Central Savannah River Area – Environmental Science Education Cooperative. Include elements of the CSRA region in the line drawing, such a river, an endangered or protected species that lives in the area. You can use whatever design tools you have access to such as Paint, Canva, Publisher, etc. to create your logo, use this example below as a guideline to how simple your logo needs to be. After creation of the logo, please format the image into both PDF and jpeg to submit them for the optional project.
More details can be found at the following links:
Project Instructions and Rubric
The Environmental Science Education Cooperative (ESEC) would like to introduce students to the environment through artistic design. This project is to engage, educate, and motivate students to learn and love the elements of the environment around them. This is your opportunity to learn about water resources, conservation efforts, wildlife protection, forest ecology, renewable energy, green infrastructure, hydropower, microorganisms, or anything else related to environmental science through designing a t-shirt logo that may be used at NEXT YEAR’S Eco-Meet! For this project, you and your Eco-Meet teammates will design an all-black line drawing logo for the back of a t-shirt. This logo needs to include “CSRA-ESEC” in the logo. This stands for Central Savannah River Area – Environmental Science Education Cooperative. Include elements of the CSRA region in the line drawing, such a river, an endangered or protected species that lives in the area. You can use whatever design tools you have access to such as Paint, Canva, Publisher, etc. to create your logo, use this example below as a guideline to how simple your logo needs to be. After creation of the logo, please format the image into both PDF and jpeg to submit them for the optional project.
More details can be found at the following links:
Project Instructions and Rubric
Eco-Meet Rules
1. Study Packets are not permitted at the Eco-Meet site.
2. Team members and coaches will not share information about test questions during competition. This includes texting.
3. Student cell phones & smart watches (unless coach permission slip provided) must be turned OFF during competition.
4. Coaches must remain away from testing stations during competition.
Failure to abide by these rules will result in immediate disqualification for the entire team.
2. Team members and coaches will not share information about test questions during competition. This includes texting.
3. Student cell phones & smart watches (unless coach permission slip provided) must be turned OFF during competition.
4. Coaches must remain away from testing stations during competition.
Failure to abide by these rules will result in immediate disqualification for the entire team.
For more information, contact this year's host, Kimberly Clements at 706-449-7521
