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BIPOC Voices

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The BIPOC Voices project supports educator and student learning about Black, Indigenous, and People of Color scientists and community advocates. This project comprises a set of multimedia resources, including video interviews and an activity guide, that are designed to inspire critical conversations about BIPOC representation, justice-related professional pathways, and the role science can play in helping communities to thrive. Educators engage online with an asynchronous course to deepen their own learning, prepare for classroom implementation of the resources, and reflect on their experiences facilitating activities with students.

Material Type: Module

Author: EarthGen Washington

Beyond Classroom Walls: Cultivating Students' Sense of Wonder and Respect in the Outdoors

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In this course from Puget Sound Educational Service District in Washington state, teachers will learn how to intentionally connect students, families, and community knowledge and practices to scientific concepts. Making these connections visible is critical for effective and equitable science learning experiences.Together, teachers will delve into strategies that encourage students to see themselves as active participants in the natural world, fostering empathy and a sense of responsibility towards the environment. Educators will learn how to shift students’ perspectives from being apart from nature to being an integral part of it. Teachers will learn how to facilitate wondering conversations that support student curiosity and sensemaking.

Material Type: Full Course, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Lisa Monroe, Washington OSPI OER Project

Climate and Environmental Justice Through a Just Transition

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It has been proven that climate change affects us all, but not equally. Despite increasing investments of millions of dollars to address climate change, the year 2023 was the hottest year on average for the planet. If international governments are investing more in trying to address climate change, why does it seem like those efforts are not working?The fact is that we are not addressing the root causes of climate change: Inequalities perpetuated by a capitalist society. The following lesson plan includes a series of activities that can be done in a classroom setting or a community space in a more intergenerational manner. Depending on how the activities are facilitated (individually or as part of a larger event such as a workshop), the time could range between 30 minutes to 3 hours. The key is to promote a dialogue and let participants share their experiences and ideas, rather than just sharing information. The main goal is to exercise critical awareness and collective action.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Isabel Carrera Zamanillo

Justicia climática y ambiental a través de una transición justa

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Está demostrado que el cambio climático nos afecta a todos, pero no por igual. A pesar de las crecientes inversiones de millones de dólares para reducir los impactos del cambio climático, el año 2023 fue el año más caluroso en promedio para el planeta. Si los gobiernos internacionales están invirtiendo más para tratar de afrontar el cambio climático, ¿por qué parece que esos esfuerzos no están funcionando? El hecho es que no estamos abordando las causas fundamentales del cambio climático, esto es, las desigualdades perpetuadas por una sociedad capitalista.El siguiente plan de aprendizaje incluye una serie de actividades que se pueden realizar en un salón de clases o en un espacio comunitario de una manera más intergeneracional. Dependiendo de cómo se faciliten las actividades, el tiempo podría oscilar entre 30 minutos y 3 horas. La clave es promover el diálogo y permitir que los participantes compartan sus experiencias e ideas, en lugar de simplemente compartir información. El objetivo principal es el ejercicio de la conciencia crítica y la acción colectiva.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Isabel Carrera Zamanillo

2nd Grade Biomimicry Lesson Plan

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This lesson is designed as a supplemental or extension to the 2nd grade Smithsonian Science for the Classroom module titled How Can We Find the Best Place for a Plant to Grow?  This lesson can be taught as an extension to Lesson 6: A GARDENER'S GADGET.  This lesson is designed to facilitate student learning about sustainable design and green chemistry principles.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Carissa Haug

5th Grade Water Scarcity Lesson Plan

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This lesson is designed as a supplement or extension to the 5th grade Smithsonian Science for the Classroom module titled How Can We Provide Freshwater to Those in Need?  This lesson can be taught as an extension following Lesson 2: WATER FOOTPRINT.  This lesson is designed to facilitate student learning about sustainable design and green chemistry principles. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Carissa Haug

5th Grade What's in a Packing Peanut? Lesson Plan

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This lesson is designed as a supplement or extension to the 5th grade Smithsonian Science for the Classroom module titled How Can We Identify Materials Based on Their Properties?  This lesson can be taught as an extension following Lesson 3: PLANT PRODUCTS or Lesson 6: CHEMISTS MAKE SOLUTIONS.This lesson is designed to facilitate student learning about sustainable design and green chemistry principles.  

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan

Author: Carissa Haug

Careers in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Design

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The Careers in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Design video series highlight professionals in Washington whose careers impact products or chemicals used in Washington. Each of these videos highlight a career that connects to green chemistry and sustainable design. In each video, the professionals share their reflections in response to a series of interview questions. The videos are five to ten minutes long. They are designed to be used with secondary students. It includes an activity guide to support teachers with using the video series with students.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Carissa Haug, Saskia van Bergen

The Carbon Cycle

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This lesson was originally created to give elementary school teachers a foundation for understanding the impacts of climate change. Teachers, acting as students, physically participate in the movement of carbon throughout various biospheres.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Author: Priscilla Brotherton

Modeling Erosion Prevention Strategies

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This lesson from Common Threads Farm is geared towards upper elementary ages but can be modified for lower elementary easily. In this lesson students will observe ways that erosion is being prevented on their school grounds and observe the difference in how water reacts to permeable and impermeable surfaces. Students will use this knowledge to make models of communities and must consider erosion prevention strategies as each community will experience a model heavy precipitation event. By observing how their models react to the water and by discussing limitations to their models students will gain a deeper understanding of erosion and modeling.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson

Author: Jenna Deane

Using Air Quality Phenomena to Explore Ambitious Science Teaching Practices

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The materials in this collection provide the slides and handouts used for a three day, elementary teacher, professional learning event.  During this event, teachers practiced modeling their thinking about air pollution from recent Pacific Northwest fires.  We used this phonemena to explore ways to help students make their thinking visible (modleing the system) and track changes in thinking over time (summary tables).  We also worked on listening to student discourse to identify student ideas and consider moves to press on their thinking.  This was an NGSS pedagogy workshop series using air pollution as the phenomena to explore supportive teaching strategies. 

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Cheryl Lydon

EarthGen COVID & Climate Change Virtual STEM Seminar Template

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In this virtual professional development opportunity designed for teachers, EarthGen explores two global crises taking place concurrently - the climate crisis and COVID-19. What are the connections between the two? Why are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities disproportionately affected by both? Educators receive foundational information around climate justice, analyze the variables associated with vulnerability, exposure, and risk, and explore educational resources to bring this content into their classrooms.Contact EarthGen at info@earthgenwa.org for more information.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Becky Bronstein, Kailyn Wentz, Washington OSPI OER Project

Good Vibrations (3-5)

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This sequence of instruction was developed to help elementary teachers who are working remotely.  We developed a short storyline that ties together a few sessions to help explore a specific concept.  We tried to include some activities that honored and included the student’s family and experience, and some that included the potential for ELA learning goals.
"Good Vibrations" is designed around students making observations of sounds and the way sounds are transmitted to answer the questions: How can improve the design of a string telephone?(How does sound behave in and between different materials?)
It is part of Clime Time - a collaboration among all nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington and many Community Partners to provide programs for science teacher training around Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and climate science, thanks to grant money made available to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) by Governor Inslee. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Unit of Study

Authors: Clancy Wolf, Jeff Ryan