CLIMETIME – TEACHING FOR THE CLIMATE

Common Threads has joined with other community organizations including Wild Whatcom, Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA), and RE Sources five years in a row to lead teacher professional development opportunities through the ClimeTime proviso to teachers of Whatcom County. Together we specialize in school gardens, salmon recovery, natural resource conservation, and nature immersion to provide experiential education that gets students outside, keeps lessons place-based, and teaches hope, resilience, respect, and conservation of nature.

For the 2023-2024 school year, our ClimeTime offerings will consist of 4 in-person workshops offered throughout the year. 

We hope to see you at some of these opportunities! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Emily Hie (emily.hie@commonthreadsfarm.org) if you have any questions!

Current workshops are listed below:

HOPE & RESILIENCE: Watersheds & Salmon

Bring climate hope and resilience into the classroom!
3 STEM clock hours, 1 Equity hour

Calling all Whatcom County educators for grades 3 – 12 who want to connect real-world solutions to climate change!

This field-based workshop will focus on equitable solutions currently being implemented for the health of Whatcom County watersheds. The Teaching for the Climate Collaborative will guide participants through classroom-ready STEM activities that connect students to the outdoors and illustrate how climate change is affecting different stakeholders and ecosystems. Tribal partners will share their expertise and a variety of take-home resources will set teachers up to integrate workshop learning with the Since Time Immemorial Curriculum.

All workshops are stand-alone and take place in Whatcom County with transportation (and lunch!) provided.

 

Watersheds & Salmon Session 1

This field-based workshop will focus on equitable solutions currently being implemented in Whatcom County. The Teaching for the Climate Collaborative will guide participants through classroom-ready STEM activities that illustrate how climate change is affecting different stakeholders and ecosystems. Community members will share their expertise in developing solutions.

  • Who: Whatcom County Teachers grades 3-12
  • When: Saturday, October 24th, 9:00am – 1:00pm
  • Where: Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Agency
  • Teachers receive: 3 STEM clock hours, 1 Equity hour, a $100 stipend, and a delicious lunch!
  • Last Day to Register: October 23rd, 9:00 am

This workshop is designed to answer the following questions:

    • What are the effects of climate change on salmon and our watershed?
    • What are community members, tribes, CBOS, etc. doing about it in Whatcom County?
    • What are the Indigenous Ways, currently and since time immemorial, to solve these issues?
Register for Watersheds and Salmon

TEACHING OUTSIDE

Using the outdoors and teaching climate change.

Calling all Whatcom County elementary teachers and staff serving grades K-5 looking to integrate the outdoors into everyday lessons. Our Teaching Outside workshops are designed to provide teachers and other education staff with the basic skills and tools to implement outdoor experiential and climate-related activities on school sites, in local parks, and in urban settings. Each workshop is stand-alone.

More info and registration details coming soon!