Educational Programming: Woodland Hills
By collaborating with fifth and sixth grade science teachers, we’re able to provide hundreds of students each year with high-quality hands-on lessons as part of a mini unit that culminates with a service-learning trip to the NMR Restoration area where students take an interpretive hike and assist with invasive plant removal.
The four-part mini unit addresses PA State Education Standards in the areas of Math, Science and Reading and consists of four lessons: watersheds and wetlands, water pollution, macroinvertebrates and stormwater management.
As a partner with WHSD since 2017, UpstreamPgh also collaborated on a continuing education workshop to guide district educators in utilizing the Stroud Water Research Center’s Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) curriculum in their lesson planning.
Partners
Woodland Hills School District
Funding
Fisher Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Frick Fund of the Buhl Foundation
Grable Foundation
Rita McGinley Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
American Eagle Outfitters Foundation
Dylan Todd Simonds Foundation
