Dec 17, 2020 | Project Portraits
Network design and support Implementing NGSS-aligned and Climate Science learning in Washington Overview The ClimeTime network leadership team consists of state educational leaders from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), the...
Dec 17, 2020 | Project Portraits, PSESD Project Portraits
Covid-19 Adaptations to support the ClimeTime network Overview In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ClimeTime leadership team and partner organizations adapted the network and project activities in several ways. First, the network convening held in March 2020 was...
Dec 14, 2020 | Project Portraits, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools) Project Portraits
Bringing climate science home with STEM Seminars from EarthGen Overview EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools) STEM Seminars provide hands-on, place-based professional development that equips teachers to engage their students in climate science learning. By...
Dec 8, 2020 | Capital Region ESD 113, Pacific Education Institute
This fall 24 teachers from the ESD 113 region met to learn more about climate science for K-3 learners. The series included three 2-hour sessions. Topics included climate science connections for young learners, how to get students outside during distance learning, and...
Dec 2, 2020 | NEWESD 101, ESD 105, ESD 112, Capital Region ESD 113, Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, ESD 123, NCESD 171, NWESD 189, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
Adults usually try to reduce kidsโ screen time, but when COVID-19 closed schools to in-person learning last spring, schools had no choice but to move classes online. With little experience in remote instruction, teachers have been challenged to get kids actively...
Dec 2, 2020 | Pacific Education Institute
During the week of November 2nd 2020, 23 teachers from nine districts across the Puget Sound region attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Coastal Hazards, with Pacific Education Instituteโs FieldSTEM Coordinators Tressa Arbow,...
Dec 1, 2020 | Project Portraits, Pacific Education Institute Project Portraits
Teaching the critical link between food waste and climate change OverviewSince 2018, the Pacific Education Institute (PEI) has facilitated seven Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines (SOLS): Food Waste workshops statewide, serving 126 K-12 teachers from 31 school...
Dec 1, 2020 | ESD 112 Project Portraits, Project Portraits
STEM Storylines Growing student engagement with local connections Overview The STEM Storylines are core K-5 instructional units developed over the past four years that support learning focused on bundles of NGSS and the Science and Engineering Practices. Each...
Nov 6, 2020 | Pacific Education Institute
During the week of October 19th, 2020, 18 teachers from Pasco School District attended aโฏthree-day online workshop,โฏSolutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Renewable Energy-Solar, with Pacific Education InstituteโsโฏFieldSTEMโฏCoordinator Mike Nepean and Faculty...
Nov 5, 2020 | Pacific Education Institute
During the week of October 19th, 2020,โฏ17โฏteachers fromโฏthe Puget Sound region attended aโฏthree-day online workshop,โฏSolutions Oriented Learning Storylines:โฏRenewable Energy-Solar, with Pacific Education InstituteโsโฏFieldSTEMโฏCoordinatorsโฏMolly Griffiths, Tressa Arbow...
Oct 27, 2020 | Pacific Education Institute
During the week of October 12th, 2020, 25 teachers from across the South Sound and the Olympic Peninsula attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Coastal Hazards, with Pacific Education Instituteโs FieldSTEM Coordinators Julie...
Aug 24, 2020 | Pacific Education Institute
During the week of August 10th, 2020, 12 educators from across western Washington joined Pacific Education Institute staff and faculty online to write Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines on the topic of coastal hazards. The goal was to create developmentally...
