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Spring Teacher Workshops
RiverQuest Feature
RiverQuest Programs
RiverQuestion of the Month
 
 
 
 

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February 2008
 
 
Early Spring Teacher Workshops Explore Freshwater Ecology

Despite the snowy predictions of Punxsutawney Phil, RiverQuest is eagerly looking ahead to late winter and early spring days when teachers climb aboard to explore the rivers, before bus-loads of junior scientists arrive for fieldtrips.

Three exciting teacher workshop opportunities are scheduled, each with the unifying theme of freshwater ecology. 

Exploring the World of Freshwater Ecology 

RiverQuest teacher workshop - MARCH 6 & 8

Join RiverQuest for this 2-day introduction or refresher to the science of freshwater ecology.

River of Words: Art & Poetry for our Watershed

presented by 3 Rivers Wet Weather, RiverQuest, Arts Education Collaborative, and Carnegie Museum of Art - APRIL 2 & 9

River of Words is a national program that links environmental science to art and poetry.

RiverQuest/ASSET Teacher Institute: 

Human Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems

FEB through MAY 2008 (5 day institute) - begins February 27

A five-day institute developed especially for middle school teachers.

> Click here for more information: RiverQuest Teacher Professional Development
 

Summer Camps - Make a SPLASH!

It's never too early to look forward to summer!  The RiverQuest 2008 Summer Camp schedule is online, with popular camps like Bugs & Boats and Angler's Adventure and more, with programs designed for kids ages 5-13! 

 

      June 19 & 20, 2008: Fish & Fry Days (ages 5-6 with an adult)

      June 23-27, 2008: Angler's Adventure Camp (ages 7-13)

      June 30 & July 1, 2008: Fish & Fry Days (ages 5-6 with an adult)

      July 21-25, 2008: River Camp w/Carnegie Science Center (ages 10-12)

   

  
 

> Click here for more information: RiverQuest Summer Camps

 
Sailing into Beaver and Armstrong Counties
RiverQuest returns to Beaver County and Armstrong County this spring for nine weeks of environmental science-themed school fieldtrips, private and group charters and public tours on board a 44-foot houseboat laboratory called SCOUT.
 
 
Get on Board for Spring Saturday Adventures

Our Saturday Adventure Sails are back this spring!  We're kicking off the season on Saturday, April 5 with our first

Boy Scout/Girl Scout Day of the year, with programs to follow on most Saturdays through spring.
> Click here for more information: Saturday Sails this Spring
 

With its location at the junction of three rivers, Pittsburgh has played significant roles in human events throughout history, from well before Europeans came to the New World, to the present day: as a center of transportation, a population center, and a traveling hub.

Many consider Columbia, Pennsylvania as the birthplace of the Underground Railroad, with its proximity to Maryland and a section of town reserved for escaped slaves.

Was Pittsburgh a stop on the Underground Railroad?

Click here for February's RiverQuestion of the Month.
Map adapted from William J. Switala, Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania, courtesy Stackpole Books, www.stackpolebooks.com.  Used by permission.

      
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