America's Largest
Classroom
Hands on the Land (HOL) is a network of field classrooms stretching across
America from Alaska to Florida. HOL is sponsored by Partners in Resource
Education, a collaboration of five Federal agencies, a non-profit foundation,
schools, and other private sector partners. Click the icons to the right
to learn more about HOL's sponsors. And if you'd like to learn more about
the field classrooms themselves, click Site
Profiles at the top of the page.
Public lands comprise approximately one-third of the acreage of the U.S.,
and you'll soon see they are rich in historical, archeological and environmental
learning opportunities. Through the HOL network of field classrooms, Federal
agencies are providing a diverse array of hands-on learning opportunities
for teachers and students. And, in addition to the field activities at
each site, teachers and students are learning from each other through
the HOL web site. This web site allows teachers and students to share
information and learn about their local ecosystems, creative teaching
strategies, and much more!
The web site is designed primarily for Teachers and Program Providers
(A Program Provider is a Federal employee responsible for managing education
programs on one of our nation's Federal public lands such as national
forests, parks, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other private
lands available to HOL).
Are You Ready to be Outdoors?
We invite you to explore our web site to learn more about the wonderful
learning experiences that our Federal lands provide for our nation's schools.
We hope you'll become as excited as we are about this wonderful opportunity,
and that you'll consider supporting our efforts to improve student learning
through environmental education by joining the HOL Network. After you've
had the chance to explore our site, we encourage you to click here
to learn how you can join.
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Awards and Achievements
Hands on the Land Network received the 2002
Computerworld's 21st Century Achievement Awards, category: in Environment,
Energy and Agriculture (nominated by Macromedia Corporation).
For More Information
To learn more about Hands on the Land or to receive a brochure about
our programs, please contact Dave
Miller, HoL Project Director.
To recommend a link, report a problem or make general suggestions, please
contact our web
site administrator.
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Take a look at what federal agencies and their partners are doing to connect children and nature.
