Partner stories
These stories are a collection of educator professional learning experiences and opportunities provided by ESD, CBO and Tribal School partners.
ClimeTime partners offer a variety of methods in supporting teacher professional development for climate education. These stories highlight partner successes in educating teachers across Washington state about the many ways in which climate science and the focus on local phenomena-based learning can engage both teachers and students.
By sharing these stories, ClimeTime hopes that educators, students, and anyone invested in rigorous and experiential science learning will be inspired to explore how they can engage with climate science in their region. ClimeTime values the work of Washington’s students, teachers, and community-based partners, and seeks to celebrate their commitment to engaging learning experiences.
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Chewelah Students Explore Food Waste and present at the North American Association for Environmental Education
Students from Chewelah alternative school explored why food waste is listed as the 3rd most important thing humans can do globally to drawdown their contribution to greenhouse gasses. The students collected and measured their own food waste for one day, calculated the...
Washington Green Schools Hosts Hub Meeting with ESD 114
Washington Green Schools hosted a 3-hour Hub meeting/training in Bremerton on October 23rd and Port Angeles on November 1st with a K-5 PLC of 30 teachers. These trainings focused on incorporating climate science education using a local phenomenon, forest fires,...
Earth Systems and Changes
2 cohorts of 24 teachers each met at the MC BONES Research Foundation Center in Coyote Canyon, Kennewick WA. To learn about erosion/soil deposition, fossils as indicators of climate changes, and cycles of climate change from the Ice Age Floods contrasted to climate...
Fire and Our Future: A STEM Seminar in Stevenson, WA
26 K-12 educators came together at the Columbia River Gorge Interpretive Center Museum to learn about current climate science research and the connections between wildfire and climate change.
Carbonated Water Climate Change/Ocean Acidificaton Teacher Workshop
Thirteen Middle and High School science teachers in the San Juan Islands learned about teaching climate change and ocean acidification on October 25-26. Padilla Bay educators led activities on carbon cycling and flow, climate change effects and solutions, and data...
Kids in the Forest Field Days
The first week of October we hosted about 300 5th-6th grade students from Wenatchee and East Wenatchee for our field experience. The experience consists of several stations teaching students about forest health, ecology, and fire. The field days are held at Mission...
Taking NGSS/Climate Science Foundational Unit Training on the road in ESD 105
On October 12, Sunnyside School District hosted Foundational Training for units aligned to NGSS/Climate Science Standards for 100+ Grade 1-5 teachers at Washington Elementary. The training was delivered by 9 ESD 105 Science Education Cooperative Master Trainers and...
NGSS and Climate Science Workshops
In October, ESD 112 hosted multiple NGSS and Climate Science Workshops in Camas, WA. Teachers learned about the population of pika that live in the Columbia River Gorge in order to help answer the driving question: "How can we mitigate the impacts of climate change on...
Carbon Cycle and the Impact of Climate Change
October 10th teachers learned about the pika unit which focuses on the carbon cycle and the impact of climate change on the pika. Over 300 10th grade students will experience this unit this year.