Grant funding helps open computer science career pathways in Snohomish County
A new grant means high school students in Snohomish County soon will see more connected pathways to a career in computer science. Career Connect Northwest (CCNW), hosted at Northwest Educational Service District 189 (NWESD), received news in September 2023 of the...
Computer Science Children’s Book Study
At our book study sessions, teachers meet in a cross-grade breakout to make sense of the computer science ideas embedded in the readings. They then meet in grade banded breakouts to apply their new understanding to learning opportunities that they share with their...
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...