Rules & Information

Rules for the 2021 Virtual contest:
  1. Students must be currently enrolled in grades 9-12 as of the current school year at the time of the regional contest to be eligible to be contestants.  Non-competing students/children cannot participate.
  2. Teams must consist of five contestants to compete.  One alternate per team is highly recommended.   Alternates will not be allowed to participate in testing, only five individuals can participate in the team test.  
  3. Schools or organizations may participate in only one regional competition annually.
  4. Registration Deadline is March 12, 2021 at 5pm (EST). The registration fee has been waived this year. 
  5. A school or organization may send as many teams as they wish to the competition, however only one team per organization or school can move on to the state competition.     
  6. Coaches and alternates may have access to the resource presentations and resource materials; however, coaches and alternates are not to accompany teams during testing or during team presentations.      
  7. Notes may be taken during each resource presentation, but they cannot be used during the testing period.  
  8. A code of ethics sworn statement must be submitted by each student before they can take the test.
  9. Testing will consist of 5 tests over resource subjects.  Each test will contain 20 questions (100 questions total).  All tests must be proctored, or recorded, and will be administered via online testing platform. Test questions will cover information in the suggested reference materials found in the resources section of this site. Team members are to work together to answer test questions, submitting one completed test per team for each resource subject.
  10. Tests will be available on March 1st and must be completed by March 19th in order to participate in the competition. Teams are required to take the tests together and all students must have the test open during the testing period. Tests will only be available to a team once and will lock after closing or clicking off the window. 
  11. Tests must be proctored unless a virtual recorded test is approved by the Regional Coordinator.  Recordings will be randomly viewed to ensure teams adhere to rules.  Videos must show the contestants full face and hands as well as a work area clear of all materials.  If a team cannot test virtually, the regional coordinator must be contacted prior to testing to discuss alternative methods of testing.
  12. Tests are considered closed book. No notes, books, or browser searches can take place during the test taking.
  13. Testing must be completed in 90 minutes.  Individual subject tests can be open for any time within that 90 minutes, and teams are permitted to budget their time for various subjects as they see fit as long as the entire test is completed in the 90 minutes. Again, the test can only be open one time and will lock once it is closed or by clicking off the window.
  14. The test will be set to close if you click off of the testing tab for any reason and you will not be able to reopen the test to complete.
  15. If you experience difficulties, or the tests closes without your submission, you may contact your regional coordinator to discuss the situation.  You must provide the coordinator with your recorded session when asking for consideration.  It will be at the discretion of the regional coordinator and state committee whether or not the test will be reissued.
  16. The top 10  teams in the competition are eligible to compete at the state competition with at least one team from each region.  In case of a tie, the Current Issue test scores will be used to determine the teams’ placements.  If a tie still remains then a predetermined order of resource subject test scores will determine placement.  If a tie should still remain, preselected questions within one of the test will determine placement and the decision will be final. 
  17. The state winning team is eligible to compete at the NCF-Envirothon.  If the state winning team cannot participate, the next place team may represent Indiana at the NCF-Envirothon competition. (see clarifications below)
  18. In the event that a procedural dispute or question not covered in this information or in its addendum arises, the issue will be decided by the Indiana Envirothon Appeals Committee.  With respect to test questions, the decision of the Indiana Envirothon Test Committee is final.
  19. Participants must sign Code of Conduct form along with a photo/video release. These must be received for each student by the deadline provided by the regional coordinator.
  20. School dress code/appropriate dress is required.  Tobacco, intoxicants, or drugs are not appropriate and will not be tolerated.
  21. Use of cell phones, Apple watches, or other electronic devices by students at any Envirothon Contest is prohibited. 
  22. NOTE:  Non-adherence to these rules may prevent a team from placing.

Teams representing Indiana at the NCF-Envirothon

  • ​The state winning team is eligible to compete at the NCF-Envirothon. (The top 3 teams from the state contest must inform the Indiana State Envirothon Officers within 10 calendar days of the state contest of their availability to attend the NCF-Envirothon.)
  • The team must consist of the 5 students that participated as a team during the state contest.  If the state winning team cannot participate due to a team member or members being unable to participate, the team must forfeit the opportunity to compete and the next place team(s) may represent Indiana at the NCF-Envirothon competition.  Registration fees cover only the 5 original team members and up to 2 chaperones.  Any other guests will be charged additional fees.
  • In the event that the winning team cannot participate, the Indiana State Envirothon Officers and/or Committee will first offer the opportunity to the 2nd place team, and if they are unable to participate, followed by the 3rd place team.  If both of these teams are unable to participate, a final decision will be made by the Indiana State Envirothon Officers and/or Steering Committee to either continue down the list of teams to a pre-determined placement or choose not to have Indiana represented at the NCF-Envirothon. 
  • The decision of the Indiana State Envirothon Officers and/or Steering Committee on this matter will be final.
  • The original winning team may request the Indiana State Envirothon Officers and/or Committee to petition the NCF-Envirothon for last minute replacements.  The decision will be decided upon by the Indiana State Envirothon Officers and/or Steering Committee and that decision will be final.  Replacement of team members will be based exclusively upon emergent situations.