NWESD Science Announcements and Opportunities

Since Fall of 2021,  WA state HS teachers and students have been field-testing OpenSciEd HS units  and have helped provide valuable feedback. Per their input, these materials are revised and now the first of these units are released to the public as an Open Educational Resource!  They are now available to download on the OpenSciEd website.  Newly Release  OpenSciEd HS Units! Biology: Ecosystem Interactions & Dynamics Chemistry: Thermodynamics in Earth's Systems Physics: Energy Flow from Earth's Systems   Please share these units with any high school teachers looking for new science materials for their classrooms. Webinars Coming Soon! In the next few weeks, there will be free webinars hosted by OpenSciEd for you to learn more about these units from the curriculum developers themselves. Sign up via the links below. Recordings of these meetings will be made available after the event has occurred. o    Biology unit 1 webinar: March 9, 2pm o   

Dear K-12 Teachers! EarthGen's STEM Seminars are starting next week and we still have space available for teachers to participate in these programs. Out of the 3 NW WA ESD's we currently only have 6 teachers signed up for our Shellfish session. Below is a blurb that we hope you can simply send to your teachers in your region to share these events. Please encourage teachers and administrators to also share these offerings widely!  EarthGen is excited to offer a series of trainings this spring to bring climate change impacts into your classroom through local and relevant topics! This is the last chance to register! See below for our STEM Seminar and fully asynchronous courses that are available in your region!  STEM Seminars- 10 STEM Clock Hours & $200 Stipend Shellfish on the Frontlines of Climate Change: March 2nd, March 16th, April 18th Fully Asynchronous Courses : These courses can be completed at your own pace and will include STEM

Calling All Middle and High School Teachers!!! This could be your last opportunity to join the 2023 Climate Science Canvas Courses! Climate Science 5.0: Supporting Student Thinking Through Anchoring Phenomenon   Description :   In this FREE online asynchronous Canvas Course, attendees will learn a protocol for developing and using Anchoring Phenomenon 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. The design for this course was based on feedback from Washington State's nine Regional Science Coordinators and Science Fellows. It is delivered to grade-banded cohorts working hand-in-hand with the guidance of Emeritus Science Fellows.   MARCH Cohort   runs from MARCH 1 through MARCH 31, 2023.   Register Here : 6-8 teachers:   https://www.pdenroller.org/esd113/catalog/153098   9-12 teachers:   https:

Registration for these courses is closing soon! OpenSciEd provides high-quality , open-source, full-course science instructional materials and professional development. For FREE. Every teacher deserves to feel confident using their instructional materials. Experienced WA state OpenSciEd teachers will facilitate no-cost introductory professional development sessions to support teacher success to implement this free middle school science curriculum. Implementing OpenSciEd class structure: In the first 2 hour zoom meeting, you'll be introduced to the unit and experience the first lesson as a student would.  At that meeting, you'll join an asynchronous canvas course to learn more about the rest of the unit at your own pace over the next 2 weeks. At the second zoom meeting, you will learn about the important assessments in the unit and have the opportunity to ask your facilitators questions about how they successfully implemented OpenSciEd with