AWE Center offer a wide variety of online and digital programming– enjoy it from anywhere, anytime!
Early Learners (PreK-1st)
- Preschool Circle Time videos by Berks Nature
- Nature Tots Facebook live video by John Heinz NWR
- Delaware Nature Society‘s Nature School at Home for Preschoolers
- Storytime “Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean” video with Heritage Conservancy
- Signs of Spring video by Heritage Conservancy
- Whose Tracks are Those? video by Heritage Conservancy
- Delaware Nature Society‘s Nature Scavenger Hunt
- Whatever Floats Your Boat (grades K-5)
- Go Fish: A Healthy River is Teaming with Diversity (grades K-3)
- Storytime “In My Backyard” with TTF Watershed (grades K-4)
- Storytime “Paddle Perch Climb: Bird Feet Are Neat” with TTF Watershed (PreK-3)
Elementary (grades 2-5)
- What is a Watershed? video by Heritage Conservancy
- Rain Rain….a Hands-On Precipitation Demonstration video by Heritage Conservancy
- Water Cycle Adventure! with LGNC
- Build a Fairy House in Your Backyard with Delaware Nature Society
- Delaware Nature Society‘s Nature Scavenger Hunt
- Green City, Clean Waters: How Green Is my (Delaware River) Valley(grades 3-8)
- Whatever Floats Your Boat (grades K-5)
- Go Fish: A Healthy River is Teaming with Diversity (grades K-3)
- Drinking Water Treatment Process: Simple Water Filtration (grades 3-5)
- Tip Top Tap: Taste and Odor (grades 3-8)
- The Natural Water Cycle
- Drinking Water Treatment Process
- Waste Water Treatment Process
- LGNC Online: Nature in Your Yard, Spring 2020!
- LGNC Online: Skunk Cabbage
- What Do Birds Do? Facebook live video by John Heinz NWR
- Story Time “The Secret Pool” from Heritage Conservancy
Middle School (grades 6-8)
- What is a Watershed? video by Heritage Conservancy (early middle)
- Rain Rain….a Hands-On Precipitation Demonstration video by Heritage Conservancy (early middle)
- Green City, Clean Waters: How Green Is my (Delaware River) Valley(grades 3-8)
- Tip Top Tap: Taste and Odor (grades 3-8)
- Mighty Mussels
- The Natural Water Cycle
- Drinking Water Treatment Process
- Waste Water Treatment Process
- LGNC Online: Lehigh Gap History for Kids!
- LGNC Online: Eastern Hemlock
- LGNC Online: Nature in Your Yard, Spring 2020!
High School (grades 9-12)
- Downloadable River Alive! curriculum for grades 9-12 from the Independence Seaport Museum
- Explore the Independence Seaport Museum‘s online exhibits, including the newest installation, Light on Steel on Water
- Build your own cruiser Olympia from the Independence Seaport Museum
- Explore the Independence Seaport Museum‘s online catalog of Philadelphia’s maritime history
- Sea Glass Wrapping Tutorial from Center for Aquatic Sciences
All Ages
- Schuylkill River Greenways National Heritage Area Junior Ranger Program
- Historic Ships Bingo (Olympia Bingo; Becuna Bingo; Diligence Bingo) from the Independence Seaport Museum
- Coloring sheets from the Independence Seaport Museum: Cruiser Olympia; Fly-fishing lures; Mayfly nymph
Minnow & Catfish; Freshwater mussel anatomy; Giant Swallowtail butterfly - Use Delaware Nature Society‘s guides to help pollinators, birds & wildlife & learn how to combat spreading non-native species
- Mighty Mussels
- Award-Winning Movie on the Historic Fairmount Water Works
- Then and Now Photographs of the Fairmount Water Works
- PWD Drinking Water Treatment Process
- PWD Sewage Treatment – City Districts
- PWD Wastewater Treatment Process
- PWD Water Use Cycle
- Suggested water & watershed themed books from Fairmount Water Works (Download the the full list)
- LGNC Online: Meet Maize the Snake!
- Meet a Turtle! Facebook live video by John Heinz NWR
- All About Crayfish Facebook live video by John Heinz NWR
- Center for Aquatic Sciences‘ Back to Nature activity sheets in English & Spanish
- Spring into Action (Primavera en Acción)
- Backyard Birding (Buscando pájaros en tu patio)
- Catching the Wind (Atrapando el Viento)
- Fun With Frogs (Diversíon con Ranas
- Rain Check (Mirando la Lluvia)
- Bubbles (Burbujas)
- Birds on the Move (Pájaros en Moviemento)
- Nature Sleuthing: Wildlife Homes
- Decomposers
- It’s About Thyme
- What Is A Watershed?
- Pollinators
- Magnificent Mud
- One, Two, Tree!
- Here Comes the Sun
- Beachcombing
- To the Moon
- Butterflies & Moths
- Shell-e-brate the Summer
- Lets Rock and Roll
- Learn about all sorts of wildlife, plants, and animals with Tulpehaking Nature Center
- Center for Aquatic Sciences‘ Saturday Species Spotlight series:
- Jackie the diamondback terrapin
- Tec the plated lizard
- Mortimer the eastern screech owl
- Natasha the tortoise
- Learn about horseshoe crabs
- Jiffy the corn snake
- Plexi the legless lizard
- Angie the diamondback terrapin
- Madagascar hissing cockroach
- Needles the pine snake
- Fluffy the American alligator
- All About Amphibians
- Audubon PA’s YouTube channel
- Get to know iNaturalist with TTF
- Don’t be a Drip! Online Rain Barrel Workshop with TTF
- Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk with the Pocono Environmental Education Center
- PEEC‘s ‘The Beaver Chronicles’ video series Part I, Part II, & Part III
- PEEC‘s Salamander video series, ‘Salamander Dance‘
- Tulpehaking Nature Center’s #FindMoreOutdoors series:
- Build a Pollinator Box at home with TTF Watershed
- What Is A Watershed? by LGNC
- “LGNC en Línea: Zarigüeyas” (“Opossums”) video by LGNC
- TTF Watershed “Connecting during COVID” resources page
- Virtual TTF Watershed tours in English and Spanish
- VIRTUALLY CAMDEN video series by Center for Aquatic Sciences
- #SchuylkillCenterAtHome video series
- Frog Slog from Watershed Institute
- Virtual tours of Tacony Creek Park, Ethel Jordan Park, Abington Friends School & Vernon Park from TTF Watershed
Adults
- John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge‘s book club
- Center for Aquatic Sciences ‘Page Flippers Book Club’
- TTF‘s Stormwater Management at Home & Online and webinar recording
- Explore the Independence Seaport Museum‘s online exhibits, including the newest installation, Light on Steel on Water
- Build your own cruiser Olympia from the Independence Seaport Museum
- Explore the Independence Seaport Museum‘s online catalog of Philadelphia’s maritime history
- Learn how to combat spreading non-native species
- The Nature Conservancy‘s Coffee Series:
- ‘Wonders of Wildflowers’
- ‘Eagles in PA’
- ‘All Along the Delaware‘
- ‘Rain Gardens & Native Plants‘
- ‘Earth Day‘
- ‘How We Use Fire in Nature‘
- Energy Efficiency at Home
- Family Forests & Carbon Credits: What Amazon’s $10 million investment means for PA
- Horseshoe Crabs: Living Dinosaurs
- Backyard Birding
- Eco-Friendly Gardening
- Climate Change & Weather
- Moth Week
- Invasive Plant Species Management
- Resilient Lands & Water Network
- Delaware Nature Society‘s “Nature’s Best Hope” Online Lecture Series
- The Watershed Institute‘s River Friendly lunchtime webinar series
- Rain Barrels & Rain Gardens
- New Jersey Wildlife: Coyotes & Bluebirds
- Backyard Tree ID & Invasive Insects
- Organic Yard Care & Lawn Alternatives
- Organic Pest Management (video not available yet)
- Mindfulness Moment with Trees and Mindfulness moment with Water videos by Heritage Conservancy
- Explore the Independence Seaport Museum‘s online exhibits, including the newest installation, Light on Steel on Water
- Build your own cruiser Olympia from the Independence Seaport Museum
- Explore the Independence Seaport Museum‘s online catalog of Philadelphia’s maritime history
- Learn how to combat spreading non-native species
- Thursday Night L!VE series from Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
- “How a Canal Built a Community” from Heritage Conservancy