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Leaf Pack Network Newsletter #15, Spring 2016
In this issue: Leaf Pack Network is 15 Years Old; Expanded WikiWatershed® Toolkit Debuts; Welcome New Groups; Macroinvertebrate ID; Amazing Mayfly Video.
Leaf Pack Network Newsletter #14, Fall 2015
In this issue: Where to find LPN online; Our Newest Ambassador; Leaves, Leaves Everywhere; Macroinvertebrates.org; Leaf Pack Experiment Video; Trout Grow on Trees.
Leaf Pack Stream Ecology Kit
Students will learn to design, implement, and analyze a scientific investigation while discovering the value of aquatic macroinvertebrates as living indicators of water quality. The kit is reusable and flexible, adaptable to
Educating to Ensure Water Quality and Availability
Christina Medved gave a leaf pack presentation at the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Environmental Education Conference and she gave a three-hour “Streams Within a Watershed Context” workshop at Kean University.
Leaf Pack Administrator Shares Knowledge at Society for Freshwater Science Meeting
Education Programs Manager and Leaf Pack Network® Administrator Christina Medved attended the annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science held in Jacksonville, Fla., in May 2013.
Educators Talk Leaf Pack at Conferences
With the support of the LaMotte Company, Christina Medved attended the National Science Teachers Association Area Conference in Atlanta to provide a Leaf Pack Workshop and help promote LaMotte and Stroud’s Leaf Pack Experiment Kit.
Using Leaf Packs to Measure Water Quality in Peru
ACEER and Stroud Water Research Center used leaf packs and direct collection of macroinvertebrates to assess stream health along the Transoceanic Highway.
Leaf Pack Workshop in Gettysburg
Nine individuals participated in a two-day Leaf Pack Network workshop at Gettysburg College. School teachers took the workshop in efforts to better understand stream ecology and also to be introduced to a new method of sampling streams — using leaf packs.
Leaf Pack and Watershed Tour™ Workshop at Regional Conference for National Science Teachers Association
In collaboration with LaMotte, Stroud Water Research Center educator Christina Medved led two workshops at the regional NSTA conference in Nashville in December 2011.
Leaf Pack Workshops at Wilson College, National Science Teacher Association Conference
Stroud Education Program Manager Christina Medved led a two-day Leaf Pack Network workshop for 16 teachers at Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa. The teachers learned about general stream ecology and how to sample streams using leaf packs.
Medved Interviewed About Leaf Pack
John Latimer, a staff writer with the Lebanon Daily News, met up with Christina Medved to get the scoop on why a group of teachers, ecologists, and municipal officials were getting their feet wet in Raccoon Creek.
Leaf Pack Network Helps Urban Kids Explore Salty Waters in Death Valley
If you visit Salt Creek, Death Valley on any given afternoon in the spring, you might have to navigate through school kids staring into the frothing waters. The kids have come to make leaf packs, designed as a tool to assess stream health, but have stopped to watch the pupfish breed in the shallow rivulets of Salt Creek.
