Coho salmon heading upstream to spawn. Image courtesy of Florian Graner.

Community Partners in the South Sound area:

Pacific Education Institute

Pierce Conservation District

Tacoma Nature Center

Foss Waterway Seaport

Communities for a Healthy Bay (limited to 1-2 schools only)

South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group

Vashon Nature Center

Workshop evaluation link

PEI Presents:

Pierce County

Explore the Salish Sea Workshop

Saturday, february 11, 2023

9am - 3:30pm

Who is invited? grade 5-8 teachers in Pierce County and south King County

Where? Clover Park Technical College, Lakewood, WA

The Explore the Salish Sea curriculum is based on Nautilus Award-winning book, Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids.

In this workshop, you will…

  • Receive hands-on, standards-aligned Salish Sea-based lesson plans for your grade 5-8 students, based on the best-selling book, Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids

  • Receive a free copy of Explore the Salish Sea, A Nature Guide for Kids for yourself and free class sets of the new Explore the Salish Sea books for 4th - 8th classes in low-income schools.

  • Connect with nearby marine science and stewardship experts (Western and Indigenous scientists and marine educators), for access to field science support and conservation project guidance.

Agenda

febRuary 11, 2023

9:00am - Welcome and introductions

9:05 - A word about First Peoples and Indigenous Science

9:13 - Who’s here? Plus workshop goals and outcomes and special guest, Ryan Patterson, Tacoma Public Schools.

9:20 - Setting up the overarching phenomenon from the Introduction unit: Task Force

9:30 - Sample lessons from Unit 7, Migration - Through Salmon Eyes, Hooks & Ladders, Dream Stream

10:25 - Explore the Salish Sea overview - navigating the resource for your needs

10:40 - STEM Teaching Tool: Elevating Indigenous Science

10:45 - NGSS Activity - 3 D Matching Game

10:55 - Guest Speaker - Dr. Derek Faust shares how Clover Park Tech. uses environmental science in their career readiness programs

11:15 - Putting Science to Work - Developing a Research Question for a salmon stream survey

11:30 - Lunch

12:00 - Salmon stream survey at Kobayashi Park.

1:30 - Stream Survey Data analysis and arguing using evidence in a “Get CERIAs” Forum

1:50 - Choosing, Planning, and carrying out a Salish Sea Heroes Project

1:55 - Guest Speaker: Lindsay Walker, Communities for a Healthy Bay.

2:15 - Reflection and Planning Time

3:10- Reflection - Share your plans and ideas from the planning time, gain inspiration from others’.

3:20 - Conclusion and Workshop Feedback

3:30 - End

Sponsors

We give thanks to SeaDoc Society for the donation of Explore the Salish Sea books to distribute to participating classrooms. Together we can heal the sea.

If you have any questions, contact Mira Lutz Castle, at oneoceanenvironmental@gmail.com