Education News

Staff from First Resource Bank and the Stroud Center hold an oversized check representing a donation.

First Resource Bank Boosts Its Support of Education Programming

Thanks to First Resource Bank for their $3,500 donation to our environmental education program through an Earned Income Tax Credit contribution.

Children dip their hands into a tub of river water with freshwater clams.

Water Protectors: Celebrating the Seneca Nation’s Efforts to Strengthen the Next Generation of Freshwater Stewards

Stroud Center educators worked with Seneca Nation leaders on meaningful freshwater education concepts to empower their citizens to improve their tribal waterways.

Adventuring in the waterfalls of the highlands of Puerto Rico.

Around the World With Kathryn Metzker

As the Stroud Center’s new watershed education specialist, Kathryn Metzker has come full circle since she first visited White Clay Creek with her classmates when she was 12.

Two Harambee Institute students looking at aquatic macroinvertebrates they collected from a stream.

PA to Meet Rise of STEM Economy With New Education Standards Featuring Environmental Literacy

STEM professionals can help solve the world’s leading environmental challenges. Learn how Pennsylvania’s new science standards have been revised to prepare the next generation for such vital work.

Mandy Nix collecting macroinvertebrates in the east branch of White Clay Creek.

Congrats and Farewell, Mandy Nix

Stroud Water Research Center congratulates and says farewell to Mandy Nix, our all-star watershed education specialist, as she begins the next chapter of her career.

A student weighs dried leaves in a mesh bag in preparation for a leaf pack project.

Teen’s Eye-Opening Experiment to Monitor Local Water Quality Wins at Science Fair

“My finding surprised me and taught me that the clean water in my community is more limited than I thought.”