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...
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...
