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Typically each spring, thousands of K-12 students attend 4-H environmental education programs at Georgia 4-H facilities across the state from the mountains to the sea. They hold snakes, hike through creeks and marshes, visit historic sites and enjoy nature -- all with a goal of learning about science in the context of the environment and bringing learning to life using Georgia as a classroom without walls. Since the COVID-19 outbreak closed school buildings from mid-March through May 2020, portions of the Georgia 4-H Environmental Education Program were shifted to a virtual format. Each 4-H facility provided a short program, either via Facebook Live or a pre-recorded video, on an assigned day of the week: Mondays at the Mound (Rock Eagle 4-H Center), Tuesdays on Tybee (Burton 4-H Center), Wahsega Wednesdays, Thursdays with Camp Jekyll and Tidelands, and Fortson Farm Fridays. The programs were offered each weekday afternoon from March 30 through May 22. The lessons covered a range of topics such as herpetology, entomology and beach or stream ecology. They also highlighted amenities at the 4-H centers, including historic landmarks, salt marshes, tidal creeks, natural history museums and species exhibits. For those who couldn’t join the presentation at the initial time of release, they were all also archived on YouTube for additional viewing. From March to May, F