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...
Mar 13, 2019 | Olympic ESD 114, Pacific Education Institute
On March 12th and 13th, eighteen elementary school teachers learn about NGSS 3D assessment and utilizing FA tasks within the context of a research-based informal formative assessment cycle. The event was designed and delivered by ESD 114 and Pacific Education...
Feb 26, 2019 | Olympic ESD 114
On February 25-26, 6th grade teachers from three school districts on the Olympic Peninsula participated in learning about a new OER sixth grade unit called Thermal Energy. Teachers will be piloting the unit in their classrooms this coming spring. The number of...
Feb 2, 2019 | Olympic ESD 114, WA Green Schools
In ESD 114, 21 5th grade teachers gathered to learn about Washington Green School’s 5th grade unit called Zombie Guacamole. In this NGSS-driven and phenomenon-based curriculum, students explore the factors of decomposition to understand how a bowl of guacamole...
Nov 1, 2018 | Olympic ESD 114, WA Green Schools
Washington Green Schools hosted a 3-hour Hub meeting/training in Bremerton on October 23rd and Port Angeles on November 1st with a K-5 PLC of 30 teachers. These trainings focused on incorporating climate science education using a local phenomenon, forest fires,...
