SPLASH
As a former science educator and education writer, I was fascinated by a stern-wheel steamboat in the Delaware River offshore of New Hope, Pennsylvania. The SPLASH is an authentic replica of an 1880 steamboat that operated in this area.
SPLASH is an acronym of "Student Participation in Learning Aquatic Science and History". The idea is that student groups use the boat during the summer season for onboard lessons in ecology, pollution sources, water quality testing, river organisms and local history (George Washington's famous 1776 Delaware River crossing was about 7 miles south of New Hope.)
SPLASH docks and sails from Lambertville, New Jersey, but is on the Pennsylvania side of the river in this picture.
A link to their site:
SPLASH
As a former science educator and education writer, I was fascinated by a stern-wheel steamboat in the Delaware River offshore of New Hope, Pennsylvania. The SPLASH is an authentic replica of an 1880 steamboat that operated in this area.
SPLASH is an acronym of "Student Participation in Learning Aquatic Science and History". The idea is that student groups use the boat during the summer season for onboard lessons in ecology, pollution sources, water quality testing, river organisms and local history (George Washington's famous 1776 Delaware River crossing was about 7 miles south of New Hope.)
SPLASH docks and sails from Lambertville, New Jersey, but is on the Pennsylvania side of the river in this picture.
A link to their site: