W.R. Grace
Tyrone Plant
Tyrone, Pennsylvania, United States
Certified through 2025
Project Name
Project Type
Student Educational Field Trips
Formal Learning
About the Program
The Tyrone Plant, located in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, is part of the Albemarle Corporation, a leader in producing lithium, bromide and catalyst solutions. The fifty-acre facility is just over 100 miles east of Pittsburgh and boasts a nature trail that passes through meadows, wetlands and forest. The trail is used as a setting to provide hands-on learning about ecosystem processes to local students.
Practices and Impacts
The Tyrone Plant, located in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, is part of the Albemarle Corporation, a leader in producing lithium, bromide and catalyst solutions. The fifty-acre facility is just over 100 miles east of Pittsburgh and boasts a nature trail that passes through meadows, wetlands and forest. The trail is used as a setting to provide hands-on learning about ecosystem processes to local students.
Practices and Impacts
- Since the project's inception in 2010, the team has provided hands-on learning opportunities to local fourth, fifth and sixth grade school students. In 2019, the team provided six field trips in the fall, where students participated in a four-hour educational nature walk, including activities such as dissecting a plant and planting a tree.
- In 2020, the team worked with a local library to create virtual learning opportunities through brochures and online guided video activities and tours of the nature trail.
- The team completes yearly maintenance on the trail and makes improvements to trail structures and other site infrastructure.
