Exploring Our Urban Watershed – SOLD OUT
SOLD OUT Explore what lives in our waters and what indicators we use to determine the health of our waterways. You will collect water samples and discover some of the […]
Events for June 17, 2023 - April 29, 2023
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Delaware River Festival
So excited about this year's Delaware River Festival! At our table, show off your creativity and create river murals with watercolors.
Special Tour: We Drink the River
Where does our tap water come from? Where does our waste water go? Join the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center for a behind the scenes bus tour of the Philadelphia […]
The Watershed is an Open Book
A Hands-On Early Literacy Program for 5-8 Year Olds and Their Families! Workshops with a seasonal theme to help build reading readiness using “teachable” moments in your own neighborhood. Great incentives for frequent attendance, such as backpacks loaded with things to help your child read, explore, and play in the outdoors! Partners: Gideon Elementary School […]
The Watershed is an Open Book
Hands-On Early Literacy Program for 5-8 Year Olds & Their Families If you live in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia, this program is for you! Monthly workshops to […]
Points of View Speaker Series: City Water, City Life
In City Water, City Life, historian and author Carl Smith explores the development of the first successful waterworks systems in Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago between the 1790s and the 1860s. […]
Virtual Teacher Training
If you are a teacher looking to engage with students, this training is for you! For Earth Day and Climate Change Activism Week: Be part of an online network of teachers as we navigate through Understanding the Urban Watershed, FWWIC’s online curriculum. It is packed with resources that easily adapt to distance learning. These are 1 […]