Robots Roam the Region in ESD 112
Kristi Labadie helps some of her robotics engineers with a wiring issue. ESD 112 has been providing professional learning and loaning computer science materials to teachers for the past several years. As part of this initiative to promote computer science education in...
Automated watering and “planting” M&Ms
Teachers showing their seed planters they designed and built. Through a ClimeTime grant, ESD 105 Regional Science Coordinator Luke Matlack and ESD 105 Regional Educational Technology and Computer Science Coordinator Mike Batali designed and provided a professional...
Video: Exploring Computer Science at ESD 105
As educators, it can be very challenging to find time in our already packed daily schedules to plan for a stand alone Computer Science lesson. What we can do is shift our thinking to integrate Computer Science, including Computational Thinking, into our existing...
Integration of Computer Science into the Science Classroom
Integrating Computer Science into the Science classroom and making it fun! Using Makey Makey devices, Makey Makey apps, and Scratch coding, participants (3rd through 6th grade teachers) were led through lessons of conductivity and switches, which culminated to...
Working Toward Dual Credit Alignment in Computer Science
Have you ever wondered how we can create a clear pathway in computer science for our students? This is the question our Computer Science/NW Washington STEM Network Director and Career Connected Learning/NW LASER Alliance Director are tackling, they started by asking...
WINforCS Winter Session – Engage!
AESD computer science leads hosted another great WINforCS session on Thursday, February 9. Educators from across the state gathered to meet our new OSPI CS program supervisor, build community, and choose their own adventure in breakout sessions. Breakout sessions,...
See Yourself in ME: Spotlight on Women in STEM videos launched
The NW Washington STEM Network, in collaboration with the NWESD 189, has created a series of inspiring videos along with interactive classroom materials that are designed to showcase the tremendous opportunities for women in four of our highest demand, living wage...
Computer Science in Action at Touchet School District
Touchet School District has a vision for promoting lifelong learning and educational innovation. As such, they are deeply committed to providing students with opportunities to engage in computer science from an early age. Through multiple stakeholders, they are...
PE & CS: Working (Out) Together
This fall, elementary PE and Health teachers in Vancouver Public Schools had the chance to come together and learn about how to integrate computational thinking and computer science concepts into their curriculum. Often, PE and Health aren’t considered logical...