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These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.

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Northwest ESD is approaching equity in access to climate science learning through the spheres of P-K learning, indigenous ways of knowing science and pedagogical tools that engage all learners.

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Regional Science Coordinators are growing and supporting OpenSciEd use amongst middle school science teachers

Regional Science Coordinators are growing and supporting OpenSciEd use amongst middle school science teachers

Between 2018 and 2021, Washington State Regional Science Coordinators and a tea of dedicated middle school science teachers engaged in field testing OpenSciEd instructional units to help inform the development of a complete Grades 6-8 open educational resource (OER)....

ClimeTime cited in leading science journal

ClimeTime cited in leading science journal

The Washington state program ClimeTime, which is facilitated by the state’s nine Education Service Districts (ESDs) and community partners, was recently cited as a popular and effective model for educator education in climate science. The Journal of Science Policy and...

New Tools Engage Students in Virtual Climate Science Learning

New Tools Engage Students in Virtual Climate Science Learning

Adults usually try to reduce kids’ screen time, but when COVID-19 closed schools to in-person learning last spring, schools had no choice but to move classes online. With little experience in remote instruction, teachers have been challenged to get kids actively...

CASTL Reflective Planning Day #1

CASTL Reflective Planning Day #1

This summer, NWESD welcomes 28 new teachers into our Ambitious Science Teaching network by engaging them in ocean acidification as a context to learning about explanatory modeling. On October 15th, our 28 summer participants joined many of our alumni to learn about...

Teaching Climate Science to Early Learners (Pre K-K)

Teaching Climate Science to Early Learners (Pre K-K)

Pre-K and K teachers gathered to learn how to engage young learners in NGSS aligned Climate Science Instruction. Unit ideas and play based station activities were created by teacher leaders and were shared with participants who engaged with the activities and reviewed...