NWESD Science Announcements and Opportunities

From: Office of Public Engagement < noreply-subscriptions@epa.gov > Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 10:18 AM To: Hanft, Sally < Hanft.Sally@epa.gov > Subject: Applications Now Being Accepted for K-12 Student and Teacher Awards Applications Now Being Accepted for K-12 Student and Teacher Awards WASHINGTON — Applications are now being accepted for the President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) and The Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Award (PIAEE).  Applications are due March 8, 2019.    EPA is seeking PEYA and PIAEE awards applications that highlight environmental stewardship in a variety of areas, including the following: environmental sustainability: a healthy school environment including projects that reduce food waste in school cafeterias; environmentally friendly agriculture practices; reducing human contributions to ocean litter and how to prevent it; school gardens; recycling; or using STEM to teach environment

OSPI Item Cluster Writing Work Group Application This is your invitation to APPLY for item cluster writing work groups for the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS). Item Cluster Writing Work Groups: Teams of two writers produce stimuli and items aligned to the state learning standards. The teams also draft rubrics designed to measure student understanding of the science standards. Grade 5           March 25-27 Grade 8           March 25-27 High School      April 15-19 Participants will be chosen to provide a well-balanced work group in terms of previous science assessment experience, content and grade-level expertise, and state demographics. Each work group will include both experienced and new applicants. The science assessments are three-dimensional—assessing Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts in the context of Physical Sciences; Life Sciences; Earth and Space Sciences; and Engineering, Technology, and Applica

The 2019 Spellman High Voltage Electronics Clean Tech Competition is here! Help us as we move " Toward A Greener Tomorrow " Registration closes March 15! Win up to $10,000! Dear Rebecca Wallace (of OSPI),      To many, the future of our planet is uncertain. They believe that the damage we have done to our oceans, our lakes, our forests, our grasslands and everything in between is irreversible. They think we have no way of coming back from it. Well we do not agree, and our theme is extremely symbolic of that! The Clean Tech Competition has been going since 2012 on the ideal that our future is not certain. We believe we are far from along in this, and we hope that you and your students feel the same way. If they have begun to work on a solution, then we encourage you to have them register their idea! If they have not, then we hope that maybe all they need is a little push, and that you are the force which will do so.      The Clean Tech Competition is