Environmental Education Classes

Class Lists with notes
Day Class List
Night Class List

GPS Correlation Guides
Kindergarten-2nd Grades
3rd-5th Grades
6th-8th Grades
High School

Day Classes

• Challenges (Low-ropes course)
  (Only Wahsega staff may teach this class)
  
  
• Discovery Room **The Discovery Room will be closed for renovations during the spring of 2009. Contact Jaclyn Holt, Program Coordinator, for alternative teacher led class options.**
  (Only teachers from the school teach this class)
  The Discovery Room is a 1½-hour program consisting of 12 hands-on stations. Students stay at each station for approximately 5 minutes. The objectives for each station are presented below. Each student will be given a worksheet to complete as they go through each station. Since the Discovery Room is self-explanatory, it can easily be used as the day class taught by teachers from the school.
  
  Discovery Room Stations
  • CONSERVATION - To make students aware of what they can do to help promote a healthy environment.
  • TREES - To present tree structures, key Georgia species, and the importance of trees in relation to humans and wildlife.
  • FOREST ECOSYSTEMS - To introduce the students to the mixed-deciduous forest common in the North Georgia area and how wildlife communities work within the forest.
  • APPALACHIAN TRAIL - To increase awareness and appreciation of maintaining natural areas.
  • ENDANGERED SPECIES - To help students become aware of and understand the natural order of life and what can happen if we don't protect it.
  • GEOLOGY - To develop understanding of the rock cycle, how rocks are formed and how the earth has developed.
  • BIRDS - To present the many roles of birds in the ecosystem.
  • MAMMALS - To present the role mammals in the North Georgia Mountains play in the ecosystem.
  • PLANTS - To increase student awareness of how plant seeds are dispersed, the parts of a plant and the role of each.
  • ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS - To increase student awareness of hazards to human life posed by the environment in which we live.
  
  
  
• Entomology
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Forest Ecology
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Geology & soils
  (Only Wahsega staff may teach this class)
  
  
• Gold Panning
  (Not scheduled with Pioneer Life; Only teachers from the school teach this class)
  
  
• Herpetology
  (Only Wahsega staff may teach this class)
  
  
• High-ropes course
  (additional charges apply; Only Wahsega staff may teach this class)
  
  
• Orienteering
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Pioneer Life
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Stream Ecology
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Survival
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Wildlife
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Wilderness Art
  (Only teachers from the school teach this class)
  
  
  

• Astronomy
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class; Only Wahsega staff may teach this class using Wahsega's telescope)
  
  
• Dance Party
  (Only teachers from the school teach this class)
  
  
• Campfire Songs & Skits
  (Usually teachers from the school teach this class)
  
  
• Native American Games
  (Usually teachers from the school teach this class)
  
  
• New Games
  (Usually teachers from the school teach this class)
  
  
• Night Wildlife
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Sensory Awareness
  (Usually Wahsega staff teach this class)
  
  
• Ultimate Frisbee
  (Only Wahsega staff may teach this class)