Oct 30, 2019 | Capital Region ESD 113, Pacific Education Institute
On October 23rd, 34 3rd-5th grade educators from the South Sound and beyond gathered in Tumwater at the ESD 113 facility to attend the first in a series of “Locally Relevant Climate Science” workshops put on by that agency and the Pacific Education...
Oct 18, 2019 | Pacific Education Institute
For two days this month (October 9th and 10th), 10 educators learned about the role of regenerative agriculture in Washington’s key industry and its contribution to climate resiliency. PEI’s Central FieldSTEM Coordinator Megan Rivard led attendees in...
Oct 16, 2019 | Pacific Education Institute
On September 19th and 20th, 18 formal and informal educators attended PEI’s two-day workshop at the Salmon Center in Belfair to learn about erosion and food waste storylines that address climate change. Each of these incorporates NGSS aligned 3-Dimensional...
Oct 10, 2019 | Pacific Education Institute
For two days last month (September 26th-27th), 23 educators from around the South Sound gathered at Washington State University’s Allmendinger Center in Puyallup to take a deep dive into the role of Washington’s forests in climate change resiliency....
Sep 23, 2019 | Pacific Education Institute
Over the course of three days (August 19th-21st), half a dozen educators from around the state joined Pacific Education Institute staff in Castle Rock to write curriculum on fire science, with the goal that they will help facilitate PEI workshops on this topic during...
Sep 23, 2019 | Pacific Education Institute
August 15th and 16th, in picturesque Battle Ground, 18 educators, along with 3 community partners, attended a Pacific Education Institute workshop on the role of Washington’s forests in climate change resiliency. PEI faculty gave presentations on local anchoring...
Mar 22, 2019 | Pacific Education Institute
Participants began the PEI-hosted workshop ‘Locally Relevant 3-D Climate Science Storylines’, held on March 2nd at the Squaxin Island Tribe Museum, on a trail next to a lake that the Tribe created to cultivate traditionally-used native plant species. There, Tribal...
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...
