The Stroud Water Research Center will hold a Watershed Tour Summer Institute for teachers on June 26-29.

The Institute, titled “Explore, Create, Get Wet” is free and open to all upper elementary and middle school teachers in small urban centers within Chester, Montgomery and Delaware counties.

Participants will learn the science of streams and where drinking water comes from. All participants will receive a copy of “Watershed Tour,” a curriculum developed by the Stroud Center staff, offering hands-on classroom activities with a follow-up outdoor investigation at several different sites.

Lessons will focus on providing a framework for students to work in cooperative groups to gather chemical and biological data to evaluate water samples and to relate their findings to the water they use every day. Local cultural history and the written and visual arts will enhance the science.

Participants will receive 24 hours of Act 48 Continuing Professional Education hours The workshop is funded by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Registration deadline June 3, 2006. Space is limited so register early.

For a registration form and more information please visit the Watershed Tour Summer Institute webpage. For questions contact Vivian Williams at 610-268-2153, ext. 249 or e-mail vwilliams@stroudcenter.org .

12/16/2005