These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.
Over the course of two days, April 27th and April 29th, eight Tonasket Elementary School teachers and 63 5th grade students visited the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area located near Conconully, WA. The purpose of these visits was to take their classroom science learning...
During the months of March and April 2021, 10 educators from across Washington joined Pacific Education Institute staff and faculty online to write Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines on the topic of urban forestry. The goal was to create developmentally...
On a snowshoe hike Kat Hall, with The Lands Council, uses snow science to teach about snow-water equivalent (SWE), and how that may have impacts on the landscapes throughout the seasons.
During February 2021, 26 middle school and high school educators from across the ESD 113 region attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Fire for Secondary Educators, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Hattie...
During the 2020-2021 school year 28 educators from the ESD 113 region met over the span of five sessions to learn more about climate science, teaching students outdoors and crafting 5E lessons. Information about the first three sessions of this series can be seen in...
A new virtual training, COVID and Climate Change helps teachers explore the relationships among climate change, COVID, and social injustice. This professional learning workshop, a collaboration between EarthGen and ESD 112, was first offered on January 23 and attended...
During the week of February 8th, 2021, 19 teachers from ten Central and Eastern Washington school districts attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Renewable Energy-Solar, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinator...
During the week of February 8th, 2021, 22 teachers from nine districts across Washington attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Food Waste for Bilingual Teachers, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinator Molly...
During the week of January 25th 2021, 24 teachers from 12 school districts across Washington state attended a three-day online workshop, Solutions Oriented Learning Storylines: Coastal Hazards, with Pacific Education Institute’s FieldSTEM Coordinators Karen Lippy and...