Fairmount Water Works

Science Saturday – “A Day in the Life of the Schuylkill River: The Exploration Continues”
2017-06-17 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
Spring is a time when life in the stream comes alive. Macroinvertebrates are organisms that are big enough for you to see with the bare eye, but without backbones. Mayflies, water pennies, caddisflies, and stoneflies…scientists use these freshwater creatures as natural indicators of river health. In our water lab, act like a scientist to inspect and characterize your own virtual river sample. Do they have legs or shells? Are they “shredders”, “grazers”, or “collectors”? Learn all about these creatures during this family-friendly program.

Science Saturday – "A Day in the Life of the Schuylkill River: The Exploration Continues"
2017-06-24 14:00 - 16:00

Science Saturday – "What's for Lunch?"
2017-07-01 14:00 - 16:00
Did you know that we have river otters right here in the Schuylkill River? Come and learn about some of the amazing animals that not only chooses to call Philadelphia home, but also how they form relationships between other animals and form food webs! In our lab, we will be creating food webs to show how every organism plays a role in the ecosystem, ranging from the smallest algae to massive birds of prey! Visitors of all ages can learn more about the delicate balance that is required to maintain a food web, and how the addition or removal of a species can disrupt the entire system!

Science Saturday - "What's for Lunch?"
2017-07-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-07-15 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-07-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-07-29 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-08-05 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-08-12 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-08-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-08-26 14:00 - 16:00 and 5 more dates

Science Saturday: "The Schuylkill River & You!"
2017-10-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-10-14 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-10-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-10-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-11-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-11-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-11-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-11-25 14:00 - 16:00 and 3 more dates
Discover the many ways we are connected to the Schuylkill River, and how we can protect these waters from the harmful effects of water pollution.
Rivers provide drinking water and a habitat for wildlife. Join us at the river’s edge as we explore our past and present relationship with the Schuylkill River in particular and our environmental impact. Activities include:

“Fishing Around” – Survey the number of fish and species in your “river” to help determine how polluted it is.
“Where Does the Water Go?” – Follow the journey of water from the river, to our treatment plants, and to your home!
“Your Impact on the Schuylkill” – Learn how to reduce your carbon footprint by reducing the amount of trash you produce. Make the pledge to protect our river!

Setting the Thanksgiving Water Table
2017-11-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2017-11-22 11:00 - 13:00, 2017-11-25 11:00 - 13:00
Water is part of everything we eat, drink, and use. Your traditional Thanksgiving recipes, like one for pumpkin pie, calls for little to no cups of water, but from the time the pumpkin starts growing in the pumpkin patch to the moment it reaches your dinner table the pie you consumed uses almost 234 gallons of water to make. If a pie uses that much water, to make, then how much water does it take to create the feast that we indulge in on Thanksgiving Day?
Join us at the Fairmount Water Works for our Thanksgiving holiday pop-up activity. All visitors are invited to discover the incredible amounts of water that it takes for our holiday meal staples to reach the Thanksgiving table. Visitors will have the opportunity to create a plate with their own holiday meal favorites and calculate the “water footprint” of their individual feast.
