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Leaf Pack Network Newsletter #14, Fall 2015

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.
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Expanding the Leaf Pack Network to South and Central America

Expanding the Leaf Pack Network to South and Central America

In two packed workshops, Dr. Bern Sweeney and Christina Medved introduced the new Spanish-language version of Leaf Pack during a weeklong program in the Amazonian headwaters of Peru — the latest development in ongoing efforts to expand the program across Latin America and ultimately around the world.