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Mandy Nix sorting specimens while sitting on a rock in a stream

Meet Mandy Nix: New Watershed Education Specialist

800 425 Stroud Water Research Center

Her personal mission is to foster hands-on freshwater science education that teaches us about ourselves as well as our backyard water resources.

Teachers using the Water Quality mobile app

Training the Teachers of Today to Educate the Stewards of Tomorrow

799 425 Stroud Water Research Center

The outdoors were the setting for a boots-in-the-water workshop to advance professional development for non-formal educators and classroom teachers alike.

Alliance for Watershed Education logo

River Days

825 375 Stroud Water Research Center

Join the Alliance for Watershed Education for events that encourage visitors to engage with their watershed and learn about the natural world around them.

Photo of three kayakers on the Schuylkill River.

Expedition Inspires Students to Act and Impact Local Watershed

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

The students expressed interest in the story water-quality testing told as they traveled down the river from the mines, through the farms, and into Philadelphia.

Axalta All-Pro Teachers logo with Philadelphia Eagles logo

Axalta, the Philadelphia Eagles, and Stroud Water Research Center Celebrate All-Pro Teachers with a Day of STEM in the Stream

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Teachers experienced STEM education in a real-world setting giving them the tools to cultivate the next generation of freshwater stewards.

Teachers at the Dive Deeper Summit

Teacher Stipends to Attend Dive Deeper Water Educators Summit

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Application deadline has passed. 17 Pennsylvania K-12 teachers will receive a $300 stipend to attend the 2018 summit.

Students working on designing a 3-D macroinvertebrate model

Life Lessons in Three Dimensions: Students, Stroud Center, Retired Teacher Collaborate

800 600 Stroud Water Research Center

By creating these teaching tools for other students to learn about freshwater ecosystems, the students developed their own curiosity about their outdoor environment.

Video still of Milton Hershey School students deploying a water-quality-monitoring sensor.

Computer Science Students Get Their Boots Wet

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As part of the Milton Hershey School’s Agriculture and Environmental Education pathway, the students are taking the computer science skills they learn in the classroom and applying them to real-world problems in the field.

Photo of two men building an environmental monitoring sensor

FREE 2-Day Training in DIY Environmental Sensing Networks for Streams and Rivers

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Presented in Partnership With the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring at Dickinson College
Sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency

A two-day training session on building and deploying do-it-yourself wireless stream sensor stations using the Mayfly Data Logger to collect real-time data.

Woman sorting macroinvertebrates at a stream ecology workshop

Putting the “S” in STEM – Bioassessments and Water Chemistry to Determine Stream Health

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Presented in Partnership with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Chester County Intermediate Unit. Are you looking for new resources to engage 21st century learners? This workshop is for you! This workshop is the first in a two-part series.