Science PD offerings from WSTA

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 Washington Green Schools and may be eligible for a small stipend.

Civics of Climate Science - https://www.pdenroller.org/esd171/catalog/event/110956

Middle School Educators (grades 6 – 8)

Starting January 20 from 4 – 5:30pm

As a team of Middle School Science/Social Studies teachers you will create an openly licensed (OER) unit that builds student understanding on how local communities have been impacted by climate science. These inquiry-based units will combine the NGSS performance expectations with the Washington State social studies standards to explore the relationship between humans and their environment.

Your participation will involve professional development around the topics of climate science and Washington State civics/economics/geography standards. As a team, collaborating with other teachers from our region, you will then develop/adapt an inquiry unit that integrates science and social studies. Completed units will be uploaded on the OERCommons Washington Hub for use by all teachers as a fully open educational resource.

EarthGen: Climate Justice League, Assemble!

EarthGen is excited to share t his cohort-based learning opportunity designed for teachers across Washington State to deepen their Climate Justice learning. Climate Justice League, Assemble! When: Feb 15 2024 9AM - 3PM Where: Good Shepherd Center in Seattle Climate Justice League, Assemble! is an in-person offering on February 15th from 9am-3pm at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle and will provide teachers opportunities to critically define climate justice education and improve their understanding of Anti-racist and Anti-colonial science teaching. Educators will be invited to participate in online communities of practice following the workshop. A few things to note: While this learning opportunity is designed for folks that have participated in the Climate Justice League, we are excited to have space for new registrants! Teachers will be provided sub reimbursement to attend the in-person session, and upon completion of the session will earn 6 STEM Clock Hours . Registrati

OpenSciEd Community of Practice in WA State!

What is the Community of Practice? The OpenSciEd Community of Practice is a collaboration and professional learning space for middle school and high school teachers (as well as TOSA's supporting OSE science teaching, administrators who wish to engage in deep learning with teacher implementers/early adopters, and OSE facilitators) across Washington State working to implement OpenSciEd instructional materials and deepen their practice around these high-quality instructional materials in a collaborative environment. This virtual learning community will share best practices, learn together, trouble-shoot issues with implementation, and share resources. The community will meet via Zoom from 4:00-5:30 pm for three sessions. What is OpenSciEd? The OpenSciEd curriculum is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that fosters deep, engaging science learning and is the only curriculum designed for the NGSS that has had every unit rated as quality. More information is available at www.openscie

WA Dept of Ecology PD Course: Sustainable Design - Innovation to Reduce Global Impacts

The Washington State Department of Ecology is pleased to announce an asynchronous online course for for Teachers of Grades 3-8: Sustainable Design: Innovation to Reduce Global Im pacts When: Starts February 1st. Open for three weeks. Earn 10 STEM Clock hours ($30). How: Registration is a mere $10 and you can do so on P dEnroller . Explore Sustainable Design and Green Chemistry through an asynchronous Canvas Course. The course will guide you through an introduction to green chemistry and sustainable design, include classroom lessons that incorporate science and engineering, provide green chemistry career explorations, highlight freely available resources and provide some time for implementation planning. Initially designed for 6th-8th grade classrooms but additional resources for upper elementary have been incorporate as many of the concepts are relevant and transferable. If you want to take the course but the $10 is a barrier, please let us know. And please share this informa

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