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Rock Eagle 4-H Environmental Education: Where Education Comes Alive!

Rock Eagle Environmental Education offers hands-on, inquiry-based learning in Georgia's Piedmont region. With a 110-acre lake and 1,428 acres of forested land, it provides a unique outdoor classroom for students. Choose from a variety of classes, including Ecology, Team Building, Living History, and Outdoor Skills. Enjoy team initiatives, challenge courses, canoeing, pioneer tools, and more. Accommodations include traditional and new cabins, meeting space, and a dining hall that can accommodate dietary restrictions.

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Rock Eagle 4-H Environmental Education: Where Education Comes Alive!

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  1. Rock Eagle 4-H Environmental Education Where education comes alive.

  2. Rock Eagle is a part of UGA.

  3. Location: Eatonton, GA • Located in Georgia’s Piedmont. • Adjacent to Oconee National Forest. • 1,428 acres of forested land, including a 110 acre lake. • Namesake: Rock Eagle Effigy estimated over 500 years old!

  4. Program History • Georgia 4-H Environmental Education started in 1979 at Rock Eagle. • Expand classroom walls to include local natural environment for hands-on, inquiry based, real-world learning. • Correlated to current state standards (GPS). • Classes offered in Ecology, Team Building, Living History, and Outdoor Skills.

  5. Day Classes • Team Building • Team Initiatives • Challenge Courses • High Ropes • Outdoor Skills • Canoeing • Orienteering • Living History • Native American Studies • Pioneer Tools • Pioneer Life • Rock Eagle Hike • Ecology • Forest Ecology & Management • Herpetology • Lake Ecology & Assessment • Ornithology • Watershed Studies

  6. Campfire • Historic Campfire • Night Hike • Sensory Awareness • Snakes • Raptors • Native American Games • Museum Tour Evening Classes

  7. Traditional Cabins Rock Eagle cabins sleep 22 people per cabin.

  8. New Cabins Rock Eagle cabins sleep 22 people per cabin.

  9. Every group gets a home building. The Facilities • Bathrooms • Water Fountain • Heat/ Air Conditioning • LCD/ PA System Available • Meeting Space • WiFi

  10. The Dining Hall Every school gets a home building. Rock Eagle is able to accommodate most dietary restrictions with advance notice.

  11. The Staff • Each have a Four Year Degree. • Multi-Cultural from Across the World. • Criminal Background Checked. • Well Trained.

  12. We look forward to seeing you… at the Rock! www.rockeagle4h.org/ee

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