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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.
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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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to Conduct...Program Series
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