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Learning Centers
Below is only a partial list of and links to environmental learning centers in the mid-atlantic region. However, EPA Region 3 by listing these links, in no way endorses the information they contain nor is responsible in any way for their content or accuracy.
Delaware District
of Columbia Maryland
Pennsylvania Virginia
West Virginia
The following information being linked to by the U.S.EPA Web site is provided as a service to visitors to the EPA Mid-Atlantic States Environmental Education Web site. The U.S. EPA is not associated with or responsible for the content of these sites.
Delaware
Center for Applied Coastal Research, U. of Delaware
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, U. of Delaware
University of Delaware Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Wesley College Environmental Sciences Program
District of Columbia
Georgetown University International Environmental Law Review (GIELR)
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute
National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institute
Maryland
Accokeek Foundation Ecosystem Farm - Accokeek
Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center - Millerville
Baltimore Zoo - Baltimore
Blackwater Wildlife Refuge - Cambridge
Calvert Marine Museum - Solomons
Center for Environmental Science - U. of Maryland
Columbus Center - Baltimore
Horn Point Environmental Laboratory - Cambridge
Howard B. Owens Science Center - Lanham
Irvine Natural Science Center - Stevenson
Johns Hopkins University Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Maryland Science Center - Baltimore
National Aquarium - Boston
Patuxent Research Refuge and National Wildlife Visitor Center - Laurel
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - Edgewater
Pennsylvania
For a complete list of environmental education centers in Pennsylvania, check out the facilities section of the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education Website.
For a complete list of Pa. Colleges and Universities Offering Teacher Certification in EE. check out the Higher Education Section of the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education.
Academy of Natural Sciences - Philadelphia
Awbury Arboretum Association - Philadelphia
Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences - Duquesne U.
Carnegie Mellon Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Pittsburgh
Carnegie Science Center - Pittsburgh
Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center - Philadelphia
Erie Zoo - Erie
Every Environmental Education Center in the State of Pennsylvania listed by County
Franklin Institute Science Museum - Philadelphia
Frick Environmental Center - Pittsburgh
Gettysburg College Environmental Studies Program
Historic Bartram Gardens - Philadelphia
Jennings Environmental Education Center - Butler
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge - Philadelphia
Lancaster County Environmental Center and Shuts Environmental Library - Lancaster, PA
Longwood Gardens - Chadds Ford
MidAtlantic Environmental Hygiene Resource Center - Philadelphia
Museum of Scientific Discovery - Harrisburg
National Aviary - Pittsburgh
Nolde Forest Environmental Center - Berks County
North Museum of Natural History and Science - Lancaster
Penn State Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education - Slippery Rock
Philadelphia Zoo - Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoological Garden - Philadelphia
Riverbend Environmental Education Center - Gladwyne, PA
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education - Philadelphia
Schuylkill Center Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic - Philadelphia
304 Port Royal Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19128 (215) 482-8217
Stroud Water Research Center - Avondale
Temple University Environmental Studies Program
Wagner Free Institute of Science - Philadelphia
West Park Environmental Center - four miles west of New Castle
Wilkes University Environmental Quality Center - Wilkes-Barre
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association - Ambler
University of PA Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Virginia
The Cove Ridge Center at Natural Tunnel State Park
Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve
James Madison University Department of Geology and Environmental Science
Old Dominion University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Science Museum of Virginia - Richmond
Science Museum of Western Virginia - Roanoke
University of Virginia Department of Urban and Environmental Planning
Virginia Air and Space Center and Hampton Roads History Center - Hampton
Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies
Virginia Living Museum - Newport News
Virginia Marine Science Museum - Virginia Beach
Virginia Naturally Kids' Cave - State of Virginia
Virginia Museum of Natural History - Martinsville
Virginia Water Resources Research Center
Washington and Lee University Environmental Studies Program
The Wildlife Center of Virginia
Wolf Creek Indian Village and Museum
West Virginia
National Conservation Training Center - Shepherdstown