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Schuylkill Center for Environmental
Education Contact: Environmental Results: 2,500 students participated in hands-on exploration activities. EcoVan reached 2,681 students in 82 programs and 5,000 people at a Millennium Earth Day Celebration. 400 students are participating in the Water Monitoring Network. 38 Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement volunteers across the state participated in training sessions. |
Demonstration, Education & Outreach Environmental Education Center Engages Young and Old in Philadelphia County
An EcoVan, a 32-foot mobile classroom and laboratory, visits schools and community events to share information about water pollution, watersheds, wetlands, drinking water treatment and other related issues. In 2000, this program reached 2,600 students. The EcoVan also traveled to the local Earth Day celebration, where hundreds of residents tracked their water usage and took a pledge to change their behaviors to conserve more water. The Schuylkill Center also implemented the Children's Water Monitoring Network for the School District of Philadelphia. This innovative program is a network of 400 students from nine schools who study streams across Philadelphia then post their results on the network's website, www.phila.k12.pa.us/cwmn. Staff members from the center conduct development workshops and provide teachers with curriculum materials. Working with the Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement, the center helped pilot the first statewide volunteer water-monitoring program in conjunction with DEP and the Department of Aging. After training sessions, the center works with senior centers to develop intergenerational projects where seniors go into the schools to teach students about watershed concepts and their local water resources. The Schuylkill Center's activities affect nearly all of Pennsylvania's major watersheds, including the Delaware, Ohio, Erie, Potomac and Susquehanna watersheds. The center's multi-faceted approach to education and stewardship is proving that watershed protection can be fun and rewarding for both children and adults. " The success of our watershed programs would
not have been possible without the strong partnerships with other institutions,
organizations and agencies. We thank the School District of Philadelphia,
the Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement and the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection for their support." |
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