Jul 23, 2020 | ESD 105, WA Green Schools
Standing in the shadows of giant wind turbines, it’s hard not to be awestruck. For Yakima-area teachers, a field trip to the Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility outside Ellensburg not only inspired wonder, it connected them with local resources to engage their students...
Mar 9, 2020 | Capital Region ESD 113, WA Green Schools
March 4th, 2020, Becky Bronstein of Washington Green Schools met 15 middle school teachers in Chehalis, WA to better develop their understanding of floods and droughts. They centered their discussions on relating these issues to their students’ lives...
Jan 28, 2020 | ESD 123, WA Green Schools
Ask any teacher from a rural school district if they feel they have adequate opportunities for quality professional development in their community and most will tell you they do not. They will likely follow that up with a request, not for themselves, but for their...
Jan 24, 2020 | ESD 112, WA Green Schools
It’s a delicate, yet important educational recipe. When imaginative curriculum, mandatory standards and critical areas of focus are combined, the outcome can be a delightful instructive concoction. This was precisely the outcome for the recent Climate Justice League...
Dec 6, 2019 | ESD 112, WA Green Schools
More than two dozen teachers from Southwest Washington school districts attended a STEM Seminar at Vancouver Community Library on Tuesday, December 3 to learn about connections between climate change and human health. The full-day professional development opportunity...
Oct 18, 2019 | ESD 105, WA Green Schools
The construction of a “lift” to contain the day’s collection of recyclable solid waste is observed by teachers. Twenty-five elementary teachers from eight school districts in Central Washington gathered in mid-October to learn about ways to use...
Oct 18, 2019 | Capital Region ESD 113, WA Green Schools
Washington Green Schools facilitated the first of four meetings at the Capital Region ESD 113 Event Center. The October 16th event focused on the impacts climate change is having on snow-pack dependent organisms. 22 teachers, representing 14 school districts, took an...
Apr 18, 2019 | WA Green Schools
On April 18th, 2019, the team at Washington Green Schools hosted their latest in a series of Climate Science STEM Seminars. This session focused on the relationship between agriculture and the changing climate and was hosted at the Windy Hills Winery in Ridgefield,...
