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Still from the science education video.

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.

Upland Country Day School logo.

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 WaterTwenty educators participated in a week-long summer program of field experiences and hands-on activities in 2009. Teachers learned effective and innovative methods…

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 stenciling…

Four students hug on a mountaintop in New York.

Mountaintop to Tap Trek

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A Three-Week Trek Across the New York City Water Supply SystemIn the summer of 2007, six students from New York Harbor School in Brooklyn and six students from Sidney High…

Photo of the Stormwater, Trees and Our Drinking Water brochure

Media Borough Stormwater Brochure

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Stroud Water Research Center educators worked with Media Borough to produce “Stormwater, Trees and Our Drinking Water.” The purpose of the publication was to educate the public “about the importance…

Map of stream reaches designated as impaired (in red) by the PA DEP.

Stream Watch: Leaf Pack as a Monitoring Tool

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A project to help community volunteers assess the water quality of the White Clay Creek watershed. In tandem with leaf packs placed at eight White Clay Creek Stream Watch sampling…