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The Education Department interprets and communicates the research of our scientists and watershed restoration staff for many different audiences by developing and delivering K-12 school programs, training and professional development workshops, community outreach events, and curricula.

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Education Staff

Steve Kerlin, Ph.D.

Steve Kerlin, Ph.D.

Director of Education
David Kline

David Kline

Watershed Education Specialist
Kathryn Metzker

Kathryn Metzker

Watershed Education Specialist
Steve Mohapp

Steve Mohapp

Environmental Educator
Tara Muenz

Tara Muenz

Assistant Director of Education, Leaf Pack Network® Administrator

Education News

Elementary schools students use binoculars to look for birds in Philadelphia.
Celebrate Living Schoolyards Month
You can celebrate by bringing your students and lessons outdoors. If your school doesn’t have an outdoor learning space, you can create one!
Five girls walking in a stream.
Scientists for a Day
Students visiting the Stroud Center gather data to help answer a guiding question: “How healthy is the East Branch of White Clay Creek?”
A child in a wheelchair uses a net to capture creek critters.
Wild About Water
Creek Critters, a book for kids created in partnership with Stroud Water Research Center, inspires scientific discovery in a Utah school.
Children and parents look at wild fish humanely captured from White Clay Creek.
Philly-Area Families and Friends of the Stroud Center Celebrate World Water Day for a Second Year
Squeals of delight echoed through the woods as children, along with their parents, got up-close glimpses of fish living in White Clay Creek.
Four elementary school students at outdoor environmental club.
Environmental Literacy and Justice for All
The Stroud Center is helping teachers bring meaningful STEM experiences to city students through environmental and outdoor clubs.
A debris dam of large branches catches leaves in a stream which then host macroinvertebrates and microbes.
How Fallen Leaves Are a Tree’s Gift to a Stream
Former Stroud Center intern and now restoration professional at the Alliance of the Chesapeake Bay, Rebecca Lauver reflects on a dietary staple of healthy streams.