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Still from the caddisfly video.

Caddisflies

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Learn about the ecosystem benefits of net-spinning caddisflies, as well as how they interact with their environment.

Still from the electrofishing video.

Fish Electroshocking to Determine Stream Health

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Have you ever wondered what swims by your feet in your local creek? In this month’s episode of Science Education Feature, Dr. Valerie Ouellet uses electroshocking to identify the creatures…

Still from the baby brook trout video.

Feeding Baby Brook Trout

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Wild trout need cold, clean fresh water, which you would find in a shaded stream, a stream that has many trees growing right by it.

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Snake Eating Fish

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Stroud Center scientists are often outside working in and around streams, and sometimes just happen to catch a view of the coolest things!

Teacher and kids in White Clay Creek search for aquatic insects.

Environmental Education: Hands-On, Boots in the Water Learning

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We develop environmental education programs for indoor, outdoor, and digital classrooms, reaching thousands of adults and children each year.

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Upland Country Day School Curriculum Development

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Stroud Water Research Center educators worked with Upland Country Day School in 2009 to develop quantitative watershed activities and curricula for their fifth grade science curriculum. Their seventh grade class…

Dogwood trees blooming along the banks of White Clay Creek.

Watershed Welcome Packet

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“Welcome to Our Neighborhood, White Clay Creek Watershed” Packets were developed in partnership with the Education Subcommittee of the White Clay Watershed Association.

A child planting a tree.

Tree Plantings

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A partnership with multiple organizations to plant re-establish streamside forests in southeastern Pennsylvania. We have worked with ERTHNXT (formerly the Future of Life Foundation), the Chesapeake Bay Council of the…

Teachers cross a bridge during a stream study.

Summer Institute

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How Best Management Practices Are Protecting Your Drinking Water Twenty educators participated in a week-long summer program of field experiences and hands-on activities in 2009. Teachers learned effective and innovative…

White Clay Creek flooding across a roadway near the Stroud Center.

Stormwater Project: From Classroom to Creek

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This was a program to educate middle school students about water issues in Chester, Ridley and Crum Creek watersheds. Stroud Water Research Center facilitated classroom programs and a storm drain…