Teachers, something you can share with parents: ideas for outdoor learning as a means of preventing the 'summer slide.' Take a look.
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Afterwards, the teachers enjoyed a guided walk by Squaxin Island Tribe member Patricia Green and learned about the traditional uses of local plants.
Last Wednesday, PEI attended the Summer Institute for Teachers hosted by #NisquallyRiverFoundation, ESD 113 and South Sound GREEN to talk about the family engagement event which happened at the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail in April and the partnership of the Kennedy Creek Core Committee.
the Educator of the Year award by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for her leadership in building equitable and connecting rooted environmental education and expanding culturally relevant multilingual resources for educators and young people across the state.
A huge congratulations to Lourdes for this well-deserved recognition from our partners at the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife!
Last Friday, Lourdes Flores, multicultural engagement coordinator with Pacific Education Institute, was awarded
They shared reviews of multiple carefully vetted studies on impacts in a number of categories, which indicates that environmental education:
Supports positive youth outcomes
Supports Civic Engagement
Boosts Learning Outcomes
. . . and much more.
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We recently attended an North American Association for Environmental Education - NAAEE webinar on the challenges of communicating the impact of environmental education. Turns out we're not the only ones who struggle with this!
No matter what your story is, we want to hear it! We'll also have some Open Space time to work together with other attendees to build an agenda.
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How you've created a more inclusive and fair environment for both staff and students.
Experiences with overnight outdoor school, from food service to promotion.
A new way of teaching or resources that help students who don't usually get enough support in science.
Your story of overcoming obstacles or creating partnerships.
Research that can help us all understand our work better.
Sharing this call for proposals for E3 Washington. The E3 conference will be from November 12-14 at Cispus Learning Center. Here is the announcement:
Have you grown in the past few years? We'd love for you to share your experiences with others! You could share:
Tribes are facing with climate change and the ways they have been responding to the challenge. On Tuesday, educators and partners toured climate change mitigation and impact response projects on Quinault lands.
Yesterday we wrapped up a two-day Tribes and Climate Change workshop in collaboration with #ThisisIndianCountry and Washington Wild on Quinault Indian Nation lands. Participating teachers explored the Tribes and Climate Change curriculum, with lessons and Q&A’s related to the challenges
people, engaging students, educators, and communities about the critical role of forestry to Washington’s economy and communities.' PEI's Project Learning Tree workshops and YESS programs have been part of that work.
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Congratulations to Washington SFI Implementation Committee (SIC) for this recognition from Sustainable Forestry Initiative for 'promoting forest sector career pathways and fostering forestry literacy among young . . .
and sorted tree parts to learn about different seed types and tree adaptations.
"I loved (the activities) Dog Nose, Raccoon Hands, and Deer Ears! I can't wait to use these with my students!" said one.
Nooksack Head Start teachers used their senses to explore neighborhood trees in preparation for using the Project Learning Tree "Trees and Me: Activities for Early Learners" program with PreK students! They discovered the sounds, smells, and feel of spring, used Sit Spots to get to know a tree,
Another memorable collaborative workshop with the team at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and NWESD 189. Learn what mud has to do with it in this story from our May newsletter below.
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Grades 6-12 teachers in northwest Washington, this one's for you.
the projects that were put in last year and see the future sites of this year's projects going in this June. They also learned about the native plant sale that the students ran - raising nearly $5000!
They design project proposals, including cost of funding and pitch their ideas to potential community partner funders, and put the funded projects into action. PEI's Lower Columbia FieldSTEM Coordinator Emily Newma joined the group to tour
on a High Impact Field Experience (HIFE) in the fall to #SteigerwaldLakeNationalWildlifeRefuge to see the restoration work that’s been done there.
Students then think about how they might do restoration on their own School campus.
The ninth and final session in the Taking Learning Outside series “Engaging Middle and High School Students in Outdoor Learning” took place May 20th at Odyssey Middle School in Camas. Teachers Kerin Motzinger, Robert More, and Jordan Zanmiller shared how they take students . . .
Bilingual surveys ensure that the Kennedy Creek Committee will hear their voices about natural recreation areas and improving access for all.
This May, PEI's Multicultural Engagement Coordinator Lourdes Flores has supported outreach efforts within Shelton School District and South Puget Sound Community College to help communities weigh in on ways to improve access to the Kennedy Creek Natural Area.
“The kids were really excited about getting to have their own agency to find a spot that they thought was good for planting,” says Griffiths. “A lot of them talked about ecosystem benefits last week and what trees do for the community. That was a really nice connection.”
Last week PEI's Molly Griffiths and Lauren Troyer led students in a 'tree equity' exercise as part of the planting. They compared tree equity scores of different census blocks in Aberdeen and looked at factors like heat dispartity compared to their school and Pioneer Park.
Pioneer Park in Aberdeen now has 20 freshly mulched saplings, thanks to the collective efforts of PEI, the City of Aberdeen American Forests and #AberdeenHighSchool, with funding from Weyerhaeuser.
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The entire first day was in the field, where they got a memorable demonstration of tree climbing for seed harvest. Project Learning Tree and ClimeTime funding made the workshop possible.
A hardy group of teachers spent two days learning about forest management with #YakamaNation field foresters, project specialists and policy specialists earlier this month.
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