EfS Middle School Lab: Educating for Sustainability Across the Middle School Curriculum
August 17, 9:00-4:00 [6 STEM Clock Hours WWU] Middle School - All Subjects Middle school teams building a school culture around the principles of educating for sustainability (EfS) and the practice of problem-based learning.
Time & Location
Aug 17, 2022, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT
Pine Lake Middle School, Sammamish
About the Event
This Lab is an ongoing practicum, convening teacher leaders, student leaders, and community leaders in building a new, school-wide model for how educating for sustainability can engage students in problem-based, placed-based learning, systems thinking across the curriculum, and civic action in the communities where they live, especially as aligned with city climate action plans and equity outcomes. Our host, Pine Lake Middle School in the Issaquah School District is well down this path and there is a range of other middle schools developing parallel strategies with teams who will be in attendance. Elizabeth Schmitz, OSPI Environmental and Sustainability Education Program Supervisor will be joining us for one of the Lab days as will subject matter experts on city climate action planning.