- Stream Investigations Full Day program
4 hours 15 minutes
Combine research with personal field observations! The day begins with a active demonstration that introduces students to life in a lotic (flowing) water environment, some of the special adaptations organisms need to survive in moving ...
- Winter Wonders
1 hour
Too cold to explore outside? Our Educator will come to your classroom for this indoor program about the Wonders of Winter! Through stories, games, and interactive activities, this lesson will teach your students what makes the winter se ...
- Danny Deer's Fall Mysteries
1 hour
For Pre-K and Kindergarten
- Winter Secrets
1 hour 15 minutes
Ever wonder what animals do during the winter? How they find food and shelter? These secrets and more will be revealed during this program! Through stories and interactive activities, our educator will show your students how these amazi ...
- Introductions to Field and Stream Communities Full Day program
4 hours 15 minutes
Meet the different communities of the Perkiomen Watershed! We'll explore the creek in the morning, meeting the many macroinvertebrates that live there. After lunch we'll explore the field and forest edges to see how those communities co ...
- Animal Adventure Hour
1 hour
Want to learn more about the Animals that call the Perkiomen Create Watershed their home? Choose from one of our many animal Adventure Hours! Through stories, games and hands-on activities, your student will learn all about that scaley, ...
- Introduction to Stream Communities
2 hours
Travel to the East Branch Creek and uncover the secrets of life in a stream community. How does the energy needed to sustain life travel through this community? Good question! We’ll find out as we meet a variety of animals, get our boot ...
- Scout Program
2 hours
- Animal Adaptations
1 hour 15 minutes
In this program students will learn all about the various adaptations in the Animal Kingdom. Through examining taxidermy and animal artifacts, students will learn about how animals have adapted and evolved to survive in their habitats. ...
- Spring Sense-ations
1 hour 15 minutes
In this program, students will learn to use their senses and identify the various sights, smells, and other signs of Spring.
For Pre-K and Kindergarten students. - Introduction to Watershed
1 hour 15 minutes
What is a Watershed? How do they form? How do they affect the people who live there? This lesson answers all of those questions and more! Through the use of interactive maps and models, our educator will teach your students the basics o ...
- Stream Morphology
1 hour 30 minutes
How did that stream get there? Using hands-on activities, students determine the factors involved in stream formation, including water source, substrate, incline, velocity, and turbidity. We then journey to the East Branch Creek to id ...
- Introduction to Field Communities Half Day program
2 hours
Out of our “magic bag” come the four abiotic essentials needed to support life in the field community. With these in tow we take off on a consumer hunt, identify the producers, “Get Down!” with the decomposers, and make mini-communities ...
- Sunlight Energy Flow
1 hour
Recommended for 3rd to 5th grade students. This active "Theater-in-the-Round" classroom presentation creatively covers the process of photosynthesis, the many links in a food chain, and answers the question, "What is the role of sunlig ...
- Stream Morphology (Copy)
1 hour 30 minutes
How did that stream get there? Using hands-on activities, students determine the factors involved in stream formation, including water source, substrate, incline, velocity, and turbidity. We then journey to the East Branch Creek to id ...
- Exploring the East Branch Summer Program
2 hours
We'll put on our water shoes, search for animal homes, and investigate this remarkable watery environment. Following a hike through the woods, we arrive at our gravel bar destination where we will learn how to carefully move through th ...