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SUMMARY:2025 Fall Salt Stream Snapshot Wrap-Up
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Valley Forge Trout Unlimited\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, November 19\, 2025. Doors open at 6 p.m. for light refreshments. The presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. A virtual option will be available.\n\n\n\nWhere: Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, PA.\n\n\n\nAudience: Anyone interested in learning about and protecting fresh water.\n\n\n\nCost: Free. Registration is required and will close at noon on November 19.\n\n\n\n\nRecording available on YouTube \n\n\n\nOver two weeks in October 2025\, Stroud Water Research Center\, together with nearly 100 of its partner organizations throughout the mid-Atlantic region\, mobilized for the Fall Salt Pollution Stream Snapshot\, a fall community science stream monitoring event to characterize year-round salt pollution levels and patterns in streams and rivers. \n\n\n\nThis effort builds on the Winter Salt Snapshot held in January during Winter Salt Week\, when volunteers documented the immediate impacts of winter road salt use. \n\n\n\nThe October event extended that work by sampling during baseflow conditions — when water levels are stable and not influenced by storm runoff — to show how salt pollution persists months after the last snow and ice. Data collected will be added to an online public salt map after the event. Learn more. \n\n\n\nJoin us to hear the results\, participate in the discussion\, and learn ways you can help keep our fresh water … fresh!
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/2025-fall-salt-stream-snapshot-wrap-up/
LOCATION:Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, PA\, 19311\, United States
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SUMMARY:Watershed Education on the Conestoga River
DESCRIPTION:When: July 29 through August 2\, 2024\, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.\n\n\n\nWhere: Online assignments the week before and week after\, on the Millersville University (MU) campus\, and on the Conestoga River.\n\n\n\nAudience: This hybrid course is open to graduate students\, formal and nonformal educators\, and school administrators.\n\n\n\nCredits: 3 graduate credits (equivalent 90 hours of Act 48 for Pennsylvania Certified Teachers).\n\n\n\nCost: Summer tuition and fees.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nSteve Kerlin\, Ph.D.\, director of education at Stroud Water Research Center and MU adjunct\, will lead this advanced course in watershed education knowledge and pedagogy for formal and nonformal education settings. Participants will complete the Pa. Meaningful Watershed Education Experience Educator Certification as part of the course. \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid course with components online\, on campus\, and canoeing on the Conestoga River. \n\n\n\nMillersville University Summer Institutes provide educators and administrators with quality instruction\, knowledgeable speakers and faculty\, and strategies and techniques to take back to the classroom. \n\n\n\nPresented by:
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/watershed-education-on-the-conestoga-river/
LOCATION:PA
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SUMMARY:Pa. MWEE Certified Facilitator Professional Development Program
DESCRIPTION:Join us for three 2-hour online sessions and one 6-hour in-person session to dive deeper into the Pa. MWEE framework and Pennsylvania Science\, Technology & Engineering\, Environmental Literacy\, and Sustainability (STEELS) standards toward becoming a Pa. MWEE Certified Facilitator. Investigation of local environmental issues and outdoor field experiences are included in a model MWEE. \n\n\n\nWhen: Three virtual sessions and one in-person session (all four are required):  \n\n\n\n\nVirtual session on Monday\, October 16\, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. \n\n\n\nVirtual session on Monday\, October 23\, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. \n\n\n\nVirtual session on Monday\, October 30\, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. \n\n\n\nIn-person session on Friday\, November 3 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n\nWhere: Location of the in-person session is to be determined and will be central to the majority of the registrants. \n\n\n\nAudience: Formal and nonformal educators who have already completed their Pa. Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (Pa. MWEE) Ambassador Certification since 2018. \n\n\n\nCost: FREE! Twelve hours of Act 48 continuing education hours will be provided for any Pa. Certified Educators. \n\n\n\nRegistration: Seats are limited and registration is required by Wednesday\, October 11\, 2023. A waitlist will be available for additional interested participants. \n\n\n\nLunch will be provided for the in-person session. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\n\nGain the knowledge\, skills\, and processes to be able to lead Pa. MWEE Introduction\, Certified Ambassador\, Supplemental Content & Field Skills\, and Certified Educator professional development\, as approved by the  Pa. Environmental Literacy Steering Committee.\n\n\n\nPlan a model MWEE to learn how to assist local school districts and nonformal environmental education providers to use the MWEE Environmental Learning Model (ELM) and the STEELS standards to plan and implement MWEEs.\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator Requirements\n\n\n\nTo become a Pa. MWEE Certified Facilitator\, participants must attend all three virtual sessions and the one in-person session and then co-plan and lead their first Pa. MWEE-related professional development program with a  Pa. MWEE Certified Facilitator Trainer. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please contact Steve Kerlin at skerlin@stroudcenter.org or Tamara Peffer at tpeffer@pa.gov. \n\n\n\nPresented in Partnership with\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis material is based upon work supported by NOAA Grant No. NA22NMF4570318. Any opinions\, findings\, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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SUMMARY:Making Connections: Pa. Department of  Education STEELS Standards and the MWEE
DESCRIPTION:Part 1: Virtual half-day session\, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nPart 2: Full day in-person session. Pick the session closest to you:\n\nTuesday\, February 28\, 2023\, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.\, Pattan East (Malvern)\n\n\n\nWednesday\, March 1\, 2023\, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.\, Pattan Central (Harrisburg)\n\n\n\nThursday\, March 2\, 2023\, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.\, Pattan West (Pittsburgh)\n\n\n\n\n\nAudience: School leaders such as curriculum coordinators\, principals\, science department heads\, teacher leaders\, intermediate unit staff\, and non-formal environmental education providers that work with schools.\n\n\n\nCost: FREE. Act 48 hours and lunch are provided!\n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact Bart Merrick\, bart.merrick@noaa.gov.\n\n\n\n\nSpace is limited! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nThe newly adopted Pennsylvania Integrated Standards for Science\, Technology & Engineering\, and Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) were developed jointly to ensure consistency\, coherence\, and a cohesive K–12 integrated approach to science education in the Commonwealth. \n\n\n\nThe STEELS Hub provides educators with the resources to implement and support the new standards. At this hub\, formal educators\, school administrators\, and non-formal educators can find the new standards\, curriculum frameworks\, instructional and curriculum resources\, opportunities for professional development\, assessment\, and safety guidelines. More resources continue to be added. \n\n\n\nA FREE 2-Day Professional Development for Educators\n\n\n\nThe new STEELS standards are a powerful framework for student-centered learning. Join colleagues from across Pennsylvania to engage with the new standards and explore connections to the Meaningful Watershed Education Experience (MWEE). \n\n\n\nPennsylvania Department of Education\, NOAA\, Stroud Water Research Center\, and Pennsylvania Sea Grant staff look forward to seeing education leaders from across the state and helping schools prepare to implement the new standards! \n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with
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SUMMARY:Fish and Wildlife Management Hybrid Merit Badge Program
DESCRIPTION:Mallard ducks at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania. By Ron Holmes/USFWS\, CC BY 2.0. \n\n\n\nWhen and where: This hybrid merit badge program consists of virtual and in-person events. Introductory Zoom meeting: Monday\, October 24\, 2022\, 6:30–8 p.m. Scouts must complete the online requirements by 8 p.m. on Sunday\, November 13\, 2022.In-person program: Saturday\, November 19\, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. at Chester County Council’s Program\, Activity & Resource Campus (PARC)\, 1 Scouting Way\, Exton\, PA\, 19341. Audience: Any interested Scouts BSA Troops or scouts.Cost: FREE! This program is generously funded through a grant from the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.Registration: Pre-registration is required and limited to 20 scouts.\n\n\n\nThis program is full. Add your scout to the waitlist and we will notify you if a spot becomes available. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Waitlist\n\n\n\n\nThe Education Department at Stroud Water Research Center is excited to offer the Fish and Wildlife Management Merit Badge in a hybrid delivery format. The hybrid merit badge model will include an introductory Zoom meeting  and one day of in-person programming.  \n\n\n\nThe introductory meeting will review the merit badge requirements\, introduce the hybrid online learning platform\, and inform scouts of the requirements they must complete online prior to attending the in-person program day. Enrolled scouts will then have two weeks to complete and submit the online requirements\, which will be reviewed and accepted or returned if more information is required.  \n\n\n\nThe in-person program will include the remaining requirements and discussions to fulfill the Fish and Wildlife Management Merit badge\, including a required fishery or wildlife habitat improvement project. \n\n\n\nWe invite any interested Scouts BSA Troops or scouts to register for this hybrid merit badge program. Preference will be given to scouts or troops who were unable to attend the program last spring. Registration is not automatic acceptance in this program\, although registration is required to be considered for this hybrid merit badge program. \n\n\n\nPlease note\, the hybrid portion of this merit badge program will occur via the Stroud Center’s online learning portal. To maintain youth protection protocols and to access the online course\, parents or adult caregivers must use their email addresses to register scouts for this hybrid program and monitor their online activities. All communications will go through the online portal or to the adult’s email address (and another registered leader).  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact David Kline. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe implementation of this merit badge program in this hybrid format is made possible by an R3 grant from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
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LOCATION:Scouts BSA Chester County Council’s PARC\, 1 Scouting Way\, Exton\, Pennsylvania\, 19341\, United States
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