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Environmental Education

Environmental Education (EE) is an active process that increases knowledge, skills, abilities and awareness, resulting in understanding, commitment, informed decisions and constructive action to ensure stewardship of the earth's environment.

Hands-on experiences are the best way for students to build understanding of the complex world around them. These experiences can best be initiated through citizen science, service-learning and outdoor classroom projects.

EEinGeorgia
The Online Guide to Environmental Education in Georgia

TEACH FOR TOMORROW!

Find lesson plans, a resource database, an organization and school directory, grants, contests & awards, a calendar of events and workshops plus facts and stats on Georgia's environment. Subscribe to E-news to get updates on teaching resources, events, grants, and more. Learn more...

NEW Georgia Nature Center

The new Georgia Nature Center in Oconee County is the largest educational facility of its kind in the Southeast. Guided field trips across 100-acres of exhibits and trails include the Clean Energy Exhibition featuring solar & wind power, an organic farm, the Next Generation home, and an endangered plant greenhouse containing thousands of rare carnivorous plants. There are programs for all levels from kindergarten through high school, as well as college. Groups of 150 or more can be accommodated. For more information visit www.NatureCenter.com or call 1-800-800-2SUN. Tours meet GPS standards for all K-12 grade levels.

Georgia Green & Healthy Schools

The Georgia Green & Healthy Schools (GGHS) program is a new collaborative initiative to assist and support schools in understanding and practicing environmentally sound principles. Begin with a pledge. Use assessment tools to conduct school-based investigations. Earn awards and recognition. Learn more...

Our Shared Forests Science Night Kits

Twenty-two simple, research-based activities for elementary schools are contained in this "science night in a box." Developed by the State Botanical Garden in cooperation with Maquipucuna Foundation in Ecuador and Georgia PTA , the kits are available for check out. Activities focus on the migratory birds that "share the forests" between Ecuador and Georgia. For more information, contact Eve Neumeister at eve@neume.net or 770-998-5093.

 

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