NWESD Science Announcements and Opportunities

  Last call to register for Washington Global Health Alliance's Virtual STEM Global Educator Workshop   Saturday, January 30 | 8:45 am – 12:00 pm PT Virtual Zoom Event     Sig n up now to join fellow high school STEM educators for Washington Global Health Alliance's virtual STEM Global Educator Workshop and earn THREE STEM clock hours! This brand new interactive session, led by Fred Hutch, IHME, and The Gates Foundation Discovery Center, is designed to give you free COVID-19 centered activities and curriculum resources to integrate into your virtual high school STEM classrooms.    Register today!

Due to the extreme interest in the Essential Question Units and Resources Workshop, we are offering a repeat of the same session. See below Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page . OSPI's K-5 Essential Question Units and Resources Workshop: Round 3 Due to the extreme interest in the Essential Question Units and Resources Workshop, we are offering a repeat of the same session. See below for more information.  K-5 teachers, do you need free STEM clock hours? Do you need freedom from searching for remote or in-person science teaching materials? Do you need your standards bundled into fewer units? Do you need to know which freely available instructional resources align with your standards?   You can meet all these needs by attending OSPI's K-5 Essential Question Units and Resources Workshop.  Attendees will learn ho

Science Education Partnership 2021   Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is looking for teachers to join the 2021 Science Education Partnership (SEP). This year we will be hosting a virtual (or virtual-hybrid) program that focuses on cancer biology, biotechnology, and scientific mentorship.  We are particularly looking for teachers that are teaching Cell Cycle and Growth & Development in Winter or Spring Quarter this school year to participate in a paid research study.  Please reach out to  rwu@fredhutch.org  to find out more.    Science Education Partnership (SEP) -   Application and Information   The Science Education Partnership (SEP) provides Washington State secondary science teachers with mentored research experiences, professional development, access to resources, and a collaborative learning community. Teachers outside of WA state are also encouraged to apply and will be invited to participate in the live remote learning sessions. Ju

Grants for Washington State K-12 Public School Teachers!   Applications are now being accepted for the "Ellison Education Grants". Grants are intended for K-12 public school teachers in Washington State.   The Ellison foundation has awarded 52 grants and $218,000 to Washington State teachers the past four years .   The Ellison Foundation will award grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 in the spring of 2021 (for use during the 2021-2022 school year).    Applications must be submitted by March 27th, 2021.   To learn more about the "Ellison Education Grants" please go to the following link:   http://ellison-foundation.org/ellison-education                                          400 112 th Ave NE, Suite 230 Bellevue, WA 98004  

Climate Science 3.0: Modeling and Student Explanations Canvas Course.   I have good news; registration for the February OR March Cohort is now open to all teachers. Please DO NOT register for both since they contain the same content. As I am sure you are aware, the spots will fill quickly.   DESCRIPTION: In this FREE online asynchronous Canvas Course, attendees will learn a protocol for developing and using models as a means for students to explain their thinking and understanding of scientific concepts. In this context of the course, the protocol will be applied to a climate science topic. With regard to NGSS alignment, the course focuses on the practice "Developing and Using Models", as well as "Constructing Explanations" within the dimension "Science and Engineering Practices." 10 STEM Clock Hours are available upon completion. FEBRUARY COHORT'S REGISTRATION: For K – 2 Teachers [ LINK ] FULL, waitlist only For 3

  Professional Learning Opportunities     Energy Matters - https://www.pdenroller.org/newesd101/catalog/event/109440 Secondary educators (grades 6 -12) Thursdays from 4 – 5:30pm starting January 14, 21, 28 and February 25 Energy Matters is an adaptive series of modules developed for secondary students. This resource is set up in four modules, each representing a different level including: Individual, School, Global, Community.  Learn about the connection between energy consumption and climate change and what you and your students can do about it with Washington Green Schools, NEWESD101 and NCESD. Participants who attend all sessions, complete asynchronous assignments, implement with students, and share their work will be eligible to earn up to a total of 10 free STEM clock hours from Washin

Join us for the Summer 2021 Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program at the Center for Neurotechnology Are you interested in neuroscience, engineering, and neurotechnologies?  Would you like to spend your summer working on an authentic engineering, science, or computational research project while also designing innovative curriculum materials? Join our professional learning community of enthusiastic STEM educators this summer! About the RET Program: The Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington sponsors a seven-week summer research program for middle school and high school STEM teachers. Teachers selected for the program participate in ongoing research projects with researchers and have the opportunity to develop new classroom lesson plans based on their research experiences. A stipend of $7,000 is provided for the seven-week program.  Program Dates: The 2021 RET summer program will be held from June 21 - July 30, 2021 with a flexible start base

Please help spread the word to your middle school colleagues ! Thanks to the ClimeTime Climate Science Initiative, your WA State Science Coordinators are coordinating with teachers in our state to offer FREE remote introductory courses to the OpenSciEd OER instructional materials! OpenSciEd is a FREE suite of instructional materials native to the NGSS era that are research-based and are rigorously piloted. Many of the developers and researchers are part of what I call the "NGSS Braintrust" -- that is, many of the very people who helped develop A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. Registration is now open for the next round of Implementing OpenSciEd courses. Please feel free to share these with any interested teachers in your region. Implementing 6.3 Weather: https://www.pdenroller.org/esd112/catalog/event/110855 Implementing 7.3 Metabolic Reactions: https://www.pdenroller.org/esd112/catalog/event/110861 I