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Joining other recent space launches across the country and planet, Kulshan Middle School STEM students launched classroom rockets outside the school, boosting their [S]cience learning, [T]echnical prowess, [E]ngineering, [A]rtistic designs and [M]athematical calculations. KMS STEM teacher Rob Hendricks, along with retired science teacher Dan Bailey, led the unit for sixth grade students. Using soda bottles,…
On a recent drizzly morning at Geneva Elementary School, AmeriCorps garden educators Tessa Bolon and Tristen Pohlman led Geneva fifth grade students through hands on soil and plant activities. While one group of students was testing the soil temperature in different areas of the school garden (including the worm compost bin!) and talking about seed…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, teachers across the country have been doing figurative backbends to adapt to a remote learning environment. This is especially true for science teachers, who have been teaching curriculum that increasingly emphasizes hands-on learning. How does one do hands-on learning online? And how do you cultivate student engagement when 90% of…
Through a collaborative community effort, a solar array of more than 6,000 square feet is now operational at Sehome High School. One of the guiding principles for the Sehome Design Advisory Committee was to build a school that would “be a sustainable environment that promotes global citizenship and environmental awareness.” A subcommittee was formed to…
Through a partnership with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) fourth graders across the district and county are learning about salmon, their habitat and what they can do to be better stewards of the environment. “The fourth graders that we teach through our Students for Salmon program are representative of the next generation of environmental stewards,”…
Christopher Piasecki, eighth-grade math teacher at Fairhaven Middle School, is one of five Washington teachers who were selected as state-level finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). This is the highest honor bestowed on teachers in STEM and computer science in Washington. The finalists were selected over the summer…
Scott Smartt, math teacher at Bellingham High School, recently received the University of Chicago’s Outstanding Educator Award. Each year, the University of Chicago invites first-year students to nominate an educator who has influenced them or challenged them. The university receives hundreds of nominations each year from students who share stories about teachers who inspired them…
Five local middle school students were sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) – Bellingham Branch to attend the summer 2019 Tech Trek STEM Camp hosted at Pacific Lutheran University. The students were Angelica Khizhnyak and Sydney Wolfson of Kulshan Middle School, Liv Hampton and Julianna Schenkel of Shuksan Middle School, and Paige…
On May 2, third graders from Columbia Elementary School went to Squalicum Beach for a cleanup to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day. The students were joined by RE Sources Sustainable Schools education coordinators and volunteers from North Cascades Audubon Society. As a part of an IB inquiry unit about bird migration and conservation, Columbia third…
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