What’s your favorite meal? Is it macaroni and cheese or pizza? Arroz con pollo or oatmeal? No matter what the food, where it is grown, or how it is disposed of, there is an impact on the environment and people. These facts were made evident to elementary school...
While working through the Teaching Outside module teachers were asked to spend some of their own learning outside. “Having to be outside for a required assignment was wonderful. I have felt so cooped up the past few months, and so much of my work requires me to be...
Storytelling, a powerful art form that allows for the passing of knowledge, tradition, and different ways of being. Storytelling can grasp the creative reflections of thought, emotion, and the interconnectedness of it all. Environmental Storytelling Can Help Spread...
Over the course of two days, April 27th and April 29th, eight Tonasket Elementary School teachers and 63 5th grade students visited the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area located near Conconully, WA. The purpose of these visits was to take their classroom science learning...
During the months of March and April 2021, 10 educators from across Washington joined Pacific Education Institute staff and faculty online to write Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines on the topic of urban forestry. The goal was to create developmentally...
On a snowshoe hike Kat Hall, with The Lands Council, uses snow science to teach about snow-water equivalent (SWE), and how that may have impacts on the landscapes throughout the...
During February 2021, 26 middle school and high school educators from across the ESD 113 region attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Fire for Secondary Educators, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Hattie...
During the 2020-2021 school year 28 educators from the ESD 113 region met over the span of five sessions to learn more about climate science, teaching students outdoors and crafting 5E lessons. Information about the first three sessions of this series can be seen in...
Collaborate with IslandWood staff and other teachers to make climate science engaging and meaningful for your 6th-12th grade students. Our professional development opportunities are designed to support powerful learning experiences that connect to students’ lives.[...]
Respect and responsibility for our environment is explored through analyzing the interaction of human and natural systems and subsystems. Salmon and their local ecosystems are a focus with students observing, drawing, and cutting out a[...]
Attention Formal Educators of Grades K-12! Join Pacific Education Institute (PEI) and our ClimeTime partners to take a deep dive into urban forestry in Washington State. Participants will learn about the Solutions Oriented Learning Storyline[...]
Join us to learn how to frame an upcoming science unit around an interesting problem of environmental justice. Participants attending this series will receive the information and support to take an existing unit of student[...]
Attention all 6-12 Formal Educators in WA! Join the Pacific Education Institute (PEI) and our ClimeTime partners for a deep dive into the role of wildfires in Washington’s historic and current landscape, focusing on the[...]
Communicating Climate Change to Educators and Communities: A STEM Teaching Tools Writing Collaboration Join the University of Washington for a writing collaboration to expand the STEM Teaching Tools collection around issues of climate science and[...]
