Jun 26, 2023 | PSESD, NWESD 189, IslandWood
This spring, IslandWood launched a new teacher professional development course called Community-Centered Climate Action, geared towards Third through Fifth grade teachers from around the Puget Sound. During the five-part Community-Centered Climate Action Course,...
Jun 12, 2023 | Teaching for the Climate Collaborative (TCC)
Itโs difficult to see hope and resilience when glaciers are melting, salmon populations are dwindling and sea levels are rising. But there are efforts to make our planet more resilient all across the planet and right in our own backyards. And that is a reason for...
Jun 1, 2023 | EarthGen (Formerly Washington Green Schools)
EarthGen launched a new way to reach teachers and provide them with the knowledge and skills they need to teach climate science. This school year, EarthGen started offering asynchronous courses on a variety of climate-related topics, including agriculture, wildfires,...
May 24, 2023 | Teaching for the Climate Collaborative (TCC)
The blustery winds of October, the ice encrusted fields of February, and the pelting rain of March and April, provided the backdrops for the Teaching for the Climate Collaborative’s four stand-alone Teaching Outside workshops. Ironically, the weather was the...
May 23, 2023 | Capital Region ESD 113
Once again, we were able to offer professionally-moderated and self-guided Canvas Courses to our State’s educators. To date, we’ve had 92 participants complete our five unique and challenging self-guided courses, with 454 still working toward completing...
May 3, 2023 | ESD 123, Pacific Education Institute
Richland Public Library provided the perfect backdrop for four Central and Eastern Washington educators to explore how solar energy interacts with surfaces and materials here on Earth. When Central Washington FieldSTEM Coordinator Megan Rivard brought out the 1873...
Apr 25, 2023 | Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, NWESD 189, IslandWood
PreK-2 Teachers came together in the Fall to explore how plants, animals and people interact with seasonal patterns and consider the impact of climate change. They learned to incorporate schoolyards and communities into their classroom learning and reflected on how...
Apr 21, 2023 | Olympic ESD 114, PSESD, NWESD 189, IslandWood
During this two-month course, teachers learned about the impacts of climate change on snowpack in the Snohomish Valley, specifically the impact that Snohomish River flooding continues to have on nearby human and nonhuman communities. This is the second year IslandWood...
Apr 17, 2023 | ESD 105, Pacific Education Institute
Teachers standing among the hedgerows of Natural Selection Farms (NSF) compost in various stages of breaking down took a collective deep breath. โLook at the color โ it smells amazing!โ Compost is one strategy for managing food waste, a major contributor to greenhouse...
