Are you teaching or supporting science units this year using a national curriculum? Have you been identifying local “related phenomena” with your students but wondering what else you could be doing to connect the unit to your students’ communities and region? Would you like some help in thinking about how to make the units meaningful and relevant to your students? 

IslandWood and the Olympic ESD have been working with teachers, developers and school district partners on an approach to localizing national science units, and we’d love to share it with you!

Join us for this FREE introductory workshop on Wednesday January 21^st from 4-5:30pm on Zoom. The session is worth up to 2 clock hours (1.5 STEM & .5 Equity) for those who attend the workshop and reflect on an asynchronous reading.

This same workshop is also offered on 2/4/26. If you prefer that date, you can find it on pdEnroller.

Asynchronous Pre-Work (.5 Equity Clock Hours): 

• Read the "Culture, Learning and Identity Framework" from Learning in Places Collaborative (2021) (15 min. Equity)
• Complete the Self-Assessment for Educators from the “Culture, Learning and Identity Framework” (10 min. Equity)
• Submit a Reflection Survey (5 min. Equity) 

Session Agenda (1.5 STEM Clock Hours):

• Welcome & Introductions
• Why Localize?
• Foundations for Localizing
• Three Scales/Categories of Localizing
• Funds of Knowledge & Family/Elders Connections
• Using the Schoolyard and Community Related Phenomena & Regional Data
• Discussion Groups (choose a category)
• Lessons Learned
• Additional Opportunities