Aug 25, 2022 | Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, IslandWood
We kicked off our Localizing Amplify Science Working Group with participants on our Bainbridge Island campus during the first week of August! Educators from all over Puget Sound were at IslandWood to begin a year-long collaboration to enhance the nationwide K–8...
Apr 13, 2022 | Olympic ESD 114, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
From high school students calculating the sea level rise resulting from climate change to kindergarteners tackling plastic pollution, EarthGen’s professional development workshops are bringing environmental learning and action to Washington classrooms. “Living with...
Nov 9, 2021 | NEWESD, ESD 105, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189
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)....
Oct 5, 2021 | NEWESD, ESD 105, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189
Following our state’s three year participation in helping develop the nationally recognized Middle School OpenSciEd materials, Washington State high school science teachers are stepping up to aid development of OpenSciEd’s open educational resource...
Jul 1, 2021 | ESD 112, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, NWESD 189, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
Shellfish are an important traditional food source with cultural significance for coastal Native people and the foundation of an iconic industry for Washington state. The shellfish industry here generates hundreds of millions of dollars each year and employs thousands...
Jan 15, 2021 | NEWESD, Grantees, ESD 105, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189, Cascadia CD, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools), IslandWood, Teaching for the Climate Collaborative (TCC), Pacific Education Institute, Padilla Bay, Snohomish CD
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...
Dec 2, 2020 | NEWESD, ESD 105, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
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...
Oct 7, 2019 | Olympic ESD 114
Olympic Educational Service District 114 has recently launched the Growing Elementary Science schoolyard garden initiative. This year long project began with thirty-five elementary teachers learning the science behind plant growth and how to anchor science learning...
