Stroud Water Research Center
From New Jersey to Costa Rica to North Carolina and back home at the Stroud Center, our education staff was busy this fall!
The expanded module will help high school students across the country learn how land use impacts freshwater quality in their own geographic regions.
Stroud Center Scientists Attend International Conferences; Leaf Pack Network Science Hits the Road; 24 Hours, 55 Volunteers, 807 Species; Walking the Walk at Spring Creek Farms Field Day; Cultivating the Next Generation of Scientists.
Gill, S.E., N. Marcum-Dietrich, and R. Becker-Klein. 2014. Journal of Geoscience Education 62(1):61–73.
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.
The Moorhead Environmental Complex — Sharing Stroud Science Starts Here: The board of directors cut the ribbon on a new building for environmental education and public outreach that models sustainable practices for managing water.
Gone Fishin’ — Evaluating the Threat of Agricultural Contaminants in the Río Sierpe: Stroud Center scientists worked in Costa Rican watersheds to identify contaminants as well as contaminated species that threaten humans who consume them.
The web app has a dynamic, videogame-like interface that lets students see how modifying land use in their own neighborhoods can affect water quality.
The hands-on interactive nature of the Model My Watershed® and Critical Zone Observatory projects received considerable attention from both speakers and educators.
The Stroud Center has been recording daily, monthly, seasonal, annual — and even multiyear data — in Costa Rica to gain insights on climate change.