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From local to extreme environments (FLEXE): connecting students and scientists in online forums

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Carlsen, W.S., E. Goehring, and S.C. Kerlin. 2014. Pages 81–89 in V.C.H. Tong (editor). Geoscience Research and Outreach: Schools and Public Engagement, volume 21 in Innovations in Science Education and Technology series. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht.

Fracking truck

UpStream Newsletter, December 2013

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Low Levels of Fracking Wastewater Highly Toxic to Mayflies: Stroud Center scientists find mayflies, whose presence indicates good water quality, are significantly affected by low levels of produced water.

Ruth Patrick in a stream holding clumps of aquatic plants.

UpStream Newsletter, October 2013

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Remembering Ruth Patrick: Ruth Patrick, Ph.D., a pioneer in environmental science and aquatic ecology and co-founder of the Stroud Center, died September 23, 2013 at 105 years old.

Two students perform a leaf pack experiment in Oregon.

Leaf Pack Connects Students with Nature

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Stroud Water Research Center partners with National Wildlife Federation to provide classrooms with powerful stream and water testing tool

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Global learning communities: a comparison of online domestic and international science class partnerships

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Kerlin, S., W. Carlsen, G. Kelly, and E. Goehring. Online 2012, print 2013. Journal of Science Education and Technology 22(4):475–487.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Using slimy leaves for stream water quality assessment: the leaf pack experiment

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Medved, C. 2013. Water Resources IMPACT, 15(4):17-20.

Watershed education for Plain Sect Communities

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In collaboration with Penn State Cooperative Extension and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Center and Extension educators taught students in four Mennonite schoolhouses in Lancaster County. The lessons specifically focused on…

Vivian Williams combines science and art in many of her workshops.

The Science of Water Through the World of Art

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This program at Point Lookout Preserve gives students and teachers new ways of thinking about stream ecosystems and stewardship through the creative processes of art and science.

Jen Mosher sampling a tributary of Biscuit Brook, Neversink Watershed, New York.

UpStream Newsletter, February 2013

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Meet Jen Mosher, Post-Doctoral Associate: As one of the Stroud Center’s post-doctoral researchers, exploring the outdoors is in Mosher’s job description, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Mountaintop to Tap Five Years Out: In Their Own Words

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A look at the impact of the trek that followed the route of New York City’s water from its sources in the Catskill Mountains to the center of Manhattan.