About Education Programs

Georgia is rich with opportunities to discover the state’s diverse natural and historic resources and to explore the environmental issues it faces. Whether you are a teacher, student, business leader, government official or interested citizen, the Department of Natural Resources has education programs designed to help you learn and grow, get outdoors and improve your environment.

Learn & Grow

Maybe you want to know how to identify plants and animals, understand where your drinking water comes from or set up an environmentally friendly office. The Department of Natural Resources conducts workshops, classes and events that let you learn from instructors. DNR also provides tools that you can use to teach and learn on your own.

Workshops, classes and events

• Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
• Project WILD for teachers
• State Park events
• 3rd Annual Georgia Youth Birding Competition for K-12th grade students

Teaching and learning tools

• Clean Air lesson plans for grades 1-12
• Drought in Georgia unit for 6th grade earth science teachers
• Georgia Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest for K-5th students
• Georgia river basin and watershed maps
• Georgia wildlife fact sheets
• Historic resources
• Junior Ranger Program for children ages 6-12
• Know the Connection: Coastal Georgia fact sheets
• State Park Museums
• Sustainable Office Toolkit

Get Outdoors

The natural world is a living laboratory where we can learn incredible lessons. From hikes in the forest and animal encounters to compass skills and pond studies, the Department of Natural Resources’ staff can show you the way. Visit a state park or wildlife education center for a guided nature program today.

• Hunter Education Courses
• Boater Education Courses
• Kids Fishing Events
• State Parks
• WRD Education Centers

Improve Your Environment

Would you like to get more involved in your community and help protect our natural and historic resources? The Department of Natural Resources wants to make you part of the solution with the following programs:

• Adopt-A-Stream volunteer water quality monitoring
• Clean Air Campaign for employers
• Conserve Water Georgia - What will you do to use less water?
• Take the Georgia Green and Healthy Schools pledge
• Preserve history
• Volunteer opportunities also are available with the Parks, Recreation & Historic Sites Division.

Educators may also want to visit EEinGeorgia.org The Online Guide to Environmental Education in Georgia. EEinGeorgia.org features environmental education (EE) lesson plans based on Georgia’s curriculum standards, a searchable directory of Georgia's EE organizations and the resources they offer, a statewide calendar of EE events, EE news, and easy-to-access facts about Georgia's environment.