For Teachers

Welcome to Hydrologics, Portland Water District’s school-based education program. We offer a range of resources to help teachers bring water education to their school including environmental educators that visit the classroom.

The Goal of Hydrologics is to provide all students the opportunity to learn more about the water that they and all life depend on and to help them develop the skills they need to be effective stewards of our water resources. We aim to foster each child's natural curiosity and concern for the environment and to actively engage them in the learning process through hands-on activities and direct contact with the natural world. We also strive to empower students, assisting them to achieve their own environmental goals through school and community service projects. The Hydrologics program is a resource offered to all PWD customers and Sebago Lake region residents. Please view the map, to see if you and/or your school is eligible to participate.

Lessons are presented on topics such as the water cycle, watersheds, groundwater, wastewater treatment, lakes, and salmon studies. Education programs are free and are available throughout the Sebago Lake region and the Portland Water District service area. Please view the map to see if your school is eligible to participate.

		"Drop-in-the-Bucket" Workshops
		Yearlong Programs
		Classroom Hatcheries
		Teacher Workshops
		Meet our Educators
		Equipment
		Mini-Grants
		Project Wet

"Drop-in-the-Bucket" Workshops
Workshops usually encompass 1 to 3 field and/or classroom sessions on a variety of selected topics.

Yearlong Programs
PWD environmental educators meet with students monthly during the school year. The yearlong program allows students to gain a thorough understanding of environmental issues and the water cycle through a series of related lessons and activities.

Classroom Hatcheries
PWD environmental educators meet with students several times a year to administer the program, deliver fish eggs, provide educational workshops, and coordinate the culminating release. More>.


Teacher Workshops
none at this time


Meet our Educators

Lynne Richard
Lynne received a bachelor’s in education and an MSED specializing in aquatic sciences from Eastern Connecticut State University. She began her teaching career as an environmental educator at Ragged Woods Environmental Center in Willimatic, Connecticut. In 1984, Lynne left the Ragged Woods to teach science in the Connecticut public school system. After sixteen years of teaching a wide range of subjects to students from grade 5 to 12, Lynne and her husband moved to Maine.

Lynne came to the Portland Water District as senior environmental educator and is now the coordinator for the education program.  She is the Maine coordinator of Project WET, a national nonprofit delivering water education programs.