These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.
ESD 123 is engaging K-12 teachers in groundbreaking, place-based professional learning with a variety of community partners around climate science, career connections, human impacts and resources. These transformative experiences for teachers will translate into authentic learning for their students.
How do we reintroduce salmon populations back to the upper Columbia River…and how can finding a solution translate to a school STEM curriculum? Regional science teachers and scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) worked together to answer these...
"Wow, what an amazing workshop!! Loved all the GLAD strategies used and the voices of hope shared to teach about such a critical topic!" is just one piece of feedback received after the latest 3-day Voices of Hope GLAD Unit workshop. The event was held at Educational...
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...
On January 16, eleven teachers from ESD 123 and ESD 105 convened in Prosser, WA to collaborate in the development of a sample framework that models NGSS-aligned instruction and the integration of other subjects for the elementary classroom. The event was facilitated...
During the week of Nov. 5-7 local teachers gathered at ESD 123 in Pasco, Washington to deepen their knowledge of the new instructional materials from Smithsonian Science Units. Third Grade teachers learned about How Weather and Climate Affect our Lives, Fourth Grade...
Educational Service District 123 and Pacific Education Institute partnered to bring the Food Waste Storyline to the Tri-Cities at the REACH Museum. The teachers began by learning about how indigenous people of Washington view food, and how those views could inform...
The Earth Systems and Changes project brought together K-6 teachers from Southeast Washington to experience place based, local field experiences at the Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site to understand Earth systems, changes, and climate science in the context of natural and...
Teachers in Southeast Washington have dug for artifacts, consulted with virtual reality engineers and climate scientists, and brainstormed solutions to climate change issues, all as part of a state-wide climate science education initiative. ESD 123 has partnered with...
20 K-12 teachers and Informal Science Educators met at The Reach Museum in Kennewick/Richland WA to learn from U of W geology and climate scientist Heidi Roop, PNNL ecologist and data scientist, Kyle Larson and WA Green School's Becky Bronstein to learn more about the...