Aug 26, 2022 | PSESD, Pacific Education Institute
What difference does it make if you have access to trees in your neighborhood or schoolyard? Puget Sound ESD (121) teachers learned about the immense benefits trees provide in an August workshop with Pacific Education Institute (PEI) FieldSTEM Coordinators Tressa...
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...
Jun 29, 2022 | PSESD, Pacific Education Institute
For many people, the word “infrastructure” suggests images of roads, buildings, power supplies, and the like. But what if we could reframe our thinking so that our idea of infrastructure includes trees and forests? Educators in Puget Sound ESD (121)...
Jun 22, 2022 | ESD 112, PSESD, NWESD 189, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
When Anacortes Middle School teacher Tasha Kirby had her class make applesauce last fall, she wasn’t teaching home economics. She was using locally grown apples to help her students make the connection between climate and the food they eat. Food is central to life,...
Mar 23, 2022 | ESD 105, PSESD, NCESD 171
Nehemias Chalma, Compost Facility Manager at Natural Selection Farms, spoke to teachers in both English and Spanish cohorts about using compost to support healthy soil. Where does good food go bad? This question gave educators in ESD 105, NCESD, and PSESD something to...
