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SUMMARY:Supporting Environmental Literacy Across the Curriculum with the MWEE Framework
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday\, October 8\, 2025\, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: Silver Lake Nature Center\, 1306 Bath Road\, Bristol\, PA 19007.\n\n\n\nAudience: Grades 3-12 classroom teachers\, school administrators\, curriculum designers\, preservice teachers\, and nonformal educators.\n\n\n\nCredits: Six Act 48 continuing education hours will be provided for Pa. Certified Teachers.\n\n\n\nCost: Free\, including lunch.\n\n\n\nMWEE Designation: Pa. Certified MWEE Ambassador.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\nDownload Flyer\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe environment provides endless opportunities for authentic learning experiences that support your entire curriculum. When students learn through systemic and well-designed environmental education\, they build background content knowledge to support literacy and experience authentic\, hands-on learning that advances STEM and promotes career readiness. Recognizing the complexities of implementing student-driven\, authentic\, and locally relevant environmental education that meets academic goals\, we will explore the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE). This well-established framework provides the structure and resources to support integrating environmental education in schools that aligns to PA STEELS standards\, including the Environmental Literacy and Sustainability domain. \n\n\n\nThis workshop will include an outdoor field experience. Participants should dress appropriately. The MWEE team will follow up with site-specific details prior to the workshop date. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is provided in partnership with Heritage Conservancy and supported by their Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Education Grant.
URL:https://pagatewaytogreen.org/event/supporting-elit-with-the-mwee-fall-2025/
LOCATION:Silver Lake Nature Center\, 1306 Bath Road\, Bristol\, Pennsylvania\, 19007\, United States
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SUMMARY:Aquatic WILD Educator Workshop
DESCRIPTION:When: Monday\, October 13\, 2025\, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: Pymatuning State Park\, Jamestown Marina Classroom\, 2660 Williamsfield Road\, Jamestown\, PA 16134-3560.\n\n\n\nAudience: K-12 classroom teachers\, administrators\, and curriculum designers\, preservice teachers\, nonformal educators\, and community members.\n\n\n\nCredits: Six Act 48 continuing education hours will be provided for Pa. Certified Teachers.\n\n\n\nCost: $10\, as this workshop is not grant funded.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nLearn More\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin Environmental Education Staff from Presque Isle\, Pymatuning\, and M.K. Goddard State Parks to dive into the Aquatic WILD K-12 Curriculum.  \n\n\n\nWe will be showcasing various lessons for various grade levels in the book and be offering hands-on field experience in the afternoon. Hands-on activities include electroshocking fish with Mark Kirk from Allegheny College\, macroinvertebrate collection and identification in Sugar Run\, and using a seine net to catch fish in the lake.  \n\n\n\nThere is a fee of $10 for the workshop. Participants will receive Aquatic WILD Curriculum & Activity Guide\, 6 Act 48 hours\, as well as multiple fish and plant identification guides. All equipment will be provided.  \n\n\n\nTo register\, contact Jared McGary at jamcgary@pa.gov or call 724-932-3142 ext. 109.
URL:https://pagatewaytogreen.org/event/aquatic-wild-educator-workshop-pymatuning-2025/
LOCATION:Pymatuning State Park\, 2660 Williamsfield Road\, Jamestown\, Pennsylvania\, 16134-3560\, United States
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SUMMARY:STEELS in Your Schoolyard: Teaching Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Through Place-Based Learning
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday\, October 15\, 2025\, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: 55 Miller Street\, Enola PA 17025-1640.\n\n\n\nAudience: K-12 classroom teachers\, preservice teachers\, and nonformal educators.\n\n\n\nCredits: Six Act 48 continuing education hours will be provided for Pa. Certified Teachers.\n\n\n\nCost: Free.\n\n\n\nMWEE Designation: Pa. Certified MWEE Ambassador.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin the CAIU and Chesapeake Bay Foundation to transform your schoolyard into a powerful learning space where students can investigate\, explore\, and understand their local environment. In this hands-on workshop\, educators will learn how to design and implement Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (ELS)-focused experiences that meet the Pennsylvania STEELS standards. Participants will explore strategies for connecting students to their local ecosystem\, designing investigations that matter to their community\, and fostering student action. You’ll leave with practical tools and a plan for bringing STEELS-aligned environmental learning outside.
URL:https://pagatewaytogreen.org/event/steels-in-your-schoolyard/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania
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SUMMARY:MWEEs and the Leaf Pack Network
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday\, October 15\, 2025\, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, PA 19311.\n\n\n\nAudience: K-12 classroom teachers\, school administrators\, curriculum designers\, and nonformal educators.\n\n\n\nCredits: Six Act 48 continuing education hours will be provided for Pa. Certified Teachers.\n\n\n\nCost: Free\, including lunch.\n\n\n\nMWEE Designation: Pa. Certified MWEE Ambassador.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) is a key component of the PA STEELS Standards for Environmental Literacy and connects seamlessly across all science disciplines. \n\n\n\nJoin us on October 15 for a special MWEE Ambassador Training featuring the Leaf Pack Network! Participants will: \n\n\n\n\n– Learn the fundamentals of the MWEE framework.\n\n\n\n– Explore how the Leaf Pack Network can bring stream ecology into the classroom.\n\n\n\n– Connect STEELS standards with hands-on\, outdoor learning experiences.\n\n\n\n– Learn about environmental issues and outdoor learning.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis full-day outdoor training will be held at the Stroud Center\, where you’ll step into their research stream to collect and identify macroinvertebrates — a fun\, immersive way to engage with watershed science. \n\n\n\nPlease dress for outdoor exploration and fall weather! As the event approaches\, we’ll share a detailed agenda and instructions. \n\n\n\nWe can’t wait to learn with you while enjoying the crisp air and vibrant fall colors!
URL:https://pagatewaytogreen.org/event/mwees-and-the-leaf-pack-network/
LOCATION:Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, Pennsylvania\, 19311\, United States
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SUMMARY:MWEEs and the Watershed: Inquiry and Application
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday\, October 15\, 2025\, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: 200 Shady Lane\, Suite 115\, Philipsburg\, PA 16866.\n\n\n\nAudience: K-12 classroom teachers.\n\n\n\nCredits: Six Act 48 continuing education hours will be provided for Pa. Certified Teachers.\n\n\n\nCost: Free\, including lunch.\n\n\n\nMWEE Designation: Pa. Certified MWEE Ambassador.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\nDownload Flyer\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nExplore how a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) can engage students in hands-on\, real-world learning about local streams and rivers. Gain practical strategies to build environmental literacy\, inspire stewardship\, and spark critical thinking through immersive watershed experiences.
URL:https://pagatewaytogreen.org/event/mwees-and-the-watershed-inquiry-and-application/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania
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SUMMARY:PA ELit Network Cross-Sector Partners Meeting
DESCRIPTION:When: Friday\, October 17\, 2025\, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: Virtually via Zoom.\n\n\n\nAudience: K-12 classroom teachers\, school administrators\, curriculum designers\, preservice teachers\, nonformal educators\, and community members.\n\n\n\nCost: Free.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nJoin Meeting\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWe look forward to your participation in the Pennsylvania Environmental Literacy (PA ELit) Network’s Statewide Cross-sector Partners meeting. We will discuss environmental literacy goals\, initiatives\, and outcomes in Pennsylvania.  \n\n\n\nMeeting agenda to come.  \n\n\n\nVirtual Meeting Information:  \n\n\n\n\n– Join via Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/99784720757?pwd=4TDEt6DaDb1HQzEZTBriUmIPwjWbrb.1\n\n\n\n– Password: 486012
URL:https://pagatewaytogreen.org/event/pa-elit-network-cross-sector-partners-meeting-october-2025/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T093000
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SUMMARY:Aquatic WILD Educator Workshop
DESCRIPTION:When: Saturday\, October 18\, 2025\, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: Lackawanna State Park\, 1839 Abington Road\, North Abington Township\, PA 18414-9785.\n\n\n\nAudience: K-12 classroom teachers\, administrators\, and curriculum designers\, preservice teachers\, nonformal educators\, and community members.\n\n\n\nCredits: Four and a half Act 48 continuing education hours will be provided for Pa. Certified Teachers.\n\n\n\nCost: $15\, as this workshop is not grant funded.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAquatic WILD utilizes the successful K-12 format of the Project WILD Guide with 55 lessons that emphasize aquatic wildlife and aquatic ecology. This professional development workshop will include first-hand experiences with a variety of lessons included in the guide to help you meet the new PA STEELS Standards through this interdisciplinary environmental education curriculum.  \n\n\n\nOpen to classroom teachers and nonformal educators (including\, but not limited to\, preservice teachers\, homeschool parents\, naturalists\, and scout leaders)\, all participants will receive the Aquatic WILD K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide. Four and a half (4.5) Act 48 hours are available to educators holding Pennsylvania public school certifications.  \n\n\n\nRegistration is required\, as space is limited. This workshop does have a $15 fee to attend. Payment details will be included in your registration confirmation email.
URL:https://pagatewaytogreen.org/event/aquatic-wild-educator-workshop-lackawanna-2025/
LOCATION:Lackawanna State Park\, 1839 Abington Road\, North Abington Township\, Pennsylvania\, 18414-9785\, United States
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