Jun 4, 2024 | Teaching for the Climate Collaborative (TCC)
Whatcom County elementary educators gathered at local schools to engage in the Teaching for the Climate Collaborativeโs 2-hour experiential and place-based Teaching Outside course on March 21, 2024 and April 25, 2024. This course is designed to provide teachers with...
May 30, 2024 | Pacific Education Institute
When Elizabeth Nightingale announced that she would offer forestry classes next fall, Eatonville High School students responded enthusiastically. By April, the classes were full โ even though they wonโt start until September. โIโve gotten a lot of interest,โ says...
May 30, 2024 | PSESD Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? I extended my teaching to include our outdoor spaces and food forests. I use the food forests with our after school garden club, but I hadn’t incorporated it much into our teaching. Over the past few weeks, we’ve spent more...
May 30, 2024 | Pacific Education Institute Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? We took our students outside to do ELA, science, and math. It was a blast! The students loved to be outside and even after the “new” wore off they still enjoyed being outside more than inside. First Activity Students had to...
May 22, 2024 | PSESD Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? We have tried just going outside in general. We’ve taken our creative writing outside on clipboards. We’ve gone around the campus and picked up trash and had conversations about the impact that we have on our environments...
May 2, 2024 | Earthgen Classroom, ESD 105 Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? My class is made up of 9 self-contained autism students. They have very limited background knowledge about the world around them and how they impact the community. We learned about landfills, how to reduce, reuse, and recycle, how...
Apr 26, 2024 | Earthgen Classroom, ESD 105 Classroom
What was tried in the classroom? We read books and held discussions. We also did a input chart and did a classroom experiment to weight our classroom food waste. How’d it go? Students were very engaged and want to learn more. Food Waste at Green...
Mar 5, 2024 | ESD 105, ESD 123, NCESD 171
Often we end a story with the statement, โThe End,โ but in the case of our latest Our Climate Is Changing, Why Arenโt We? Letโs Get Started Using Childrenโs Literature workshop series which wrapped up February 29th, participating teachers are just getting started...
Feb 22, 2024 | ESD 112, EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
On February 8, teachers from across the region gathered for the โClimate Justice League, Assemble!โ workshop. Held at Vancouverโs Water Educational Resource Center, the workshop aimed to deepen participantsโ understanding of climate justice. Through self-reflection,...
