Jul 2, 2025 | NWESD 189, Pacific Education Institute, Padilla Bay
Is erosion always bad? Eighteen teachers from eleven northwest school districts grappled with this question at an in-person Connecting Communities Through Wetland Education workshop in March, a collaborative effort between Padilla Bay Estuarine Reserve and PEI.โฏ The...
Jul 2, 2025 | EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
Throughout May and June, 12 educators, parents and high school students participated in a virtual book study centered on Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnsonโs insightful book, โWhat If We Get It Right?โ. Interspersed with heartfelt stories, artistic pieces, and interviews...
Jun 25, 2025 | Project Portraits
YOUTH VOICES FOR CLIMATE ACTION YOUTH WISDOM COUNCIL UTILIZES PHOTOVOICE TO RAISE THEIR VOICE Overview This project highlights the often-overlooked environmental consequences of construction, deforestation, and industrialization, including the reshaping of natural...
Jun 24, 2025 | ESD 123 Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? We had celebrated Earth Day the month before our Climate Emotions and Creative Expressions lesson. I tied the lesson back to our Earth Day activities the month before. First, I showed the students the read aloud story 10 Things I Can...
Jun 24, 2025 | Earthgen Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? All year students have been learning through slow reveal graphs. I used an animated slow reveal graph that showed the average monthly global surface temperatures from the 1880’s to 2024. Initially, students were not shown any...
Jun 24, 2025 | Earthgen Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? I teach for an online school, which means are students are accessing and completing their schoolwork while living anywhere in Washington. I teach Creative Writing for 11 & 12th graders. I was inspired by what I was learning from...
Jun 24, 2025 | Earthgen Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? First, I found examples of playground improvement projects in Washington State, specifically a partnership between Tacoma Public Schools and Tacoma Parks. These two organizations are partnering to create community parks at schools with...
Jun 24, 2025 | ESD 112 Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? As part of our Climate Change/Environmental Unit, I elected to give students an assignment relating to their emotions around climate change. The students were given time to reflect on their emotions and then start to draw and write....
Jun 24, 2025 | EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
In the winter and spring of 2025, 24 educators from across Washington state participated in EarthGenโs STEM Seminar: Climate Emotions and Creative Expressions. Through online asynchronous work and a series of virtual synchronous sessions, participants explored data,...
Jun 24, 2025 | NEWESD 101, Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment
In partnership with Spokane Public School District (SPS) and Northeast Washington Educational Service District 101(ESD 101), the Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment facilitated the creation of the SPS Climate Integration Task Force. The Climate...
Jun 24, 2025 | Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, IslandWood
Over the course of the 2024-25 school year, more than 60 teachers from across Western Washington connected Amplify Science units to their studentsโ funds of knowledge, experiences, and communities. They were introduced to a unit-specific โlocalizing guideโ that...
Jun 24, 2025 | Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, NWESD 189, IslandWood
On May 28th, teachers from across the Puget Sound region came together with district leads, developers, and IslandWood staff to share and celebrate the work they did this year on eight new โlocalizing guidesโ for OpenSciEd and Amplify Science units. Each localizing...
