Environmental Education Classes

Class Lists with notes
Day Class List
Night Class List

About the GPS Correlation Guides
We have matched each Environmental Education class taught at Wahsega 4-H Center to the GPS for grades 3 through 8. The concepts we teach and their exact correlation with the GPS are listed in separate documents for each grade level. There may be numerous indirect relationships in a class to many concepts covered by the GPS, however, these indirect concepts are not listed. The following links will allow you to download the documents in PDF format.

3rd Grade GPS correlations
4th Grade GPS correlations
5th Grade GPS correlations
6th Grade GPS correlations
7th Grade GPS correlations
8th Grade GPS correlations

Day Classes

• Challenges (Low-ropes course)
  (Only Wahsega staff may teach this class)
  
  
• Discovery Room
  (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)