In May-June, IslandWood, in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities, offers a Next Generation Science Standards-aligned field study for Seattle Public School 5th-grade students. The field study is designed to enhance and localize the Amplify Ecosystems Restoration unit taught in Seattle Public Schools.
Students will make focused observations about urban creek ecosystems and conduct investigations to increase their understanding of how people, plants, and animals interact with water in the ecosystem.
They will build an ecosystem web for a creek ecosystem, investigate water quality, soil, plants, and human impact at the creek, and then propose action steps that could improve the health of the creek ecosystem.
This is a 2-part program that includes a 3.5 hour park-based field trip and a virtual or in-class post-lesson; a pre-lesson is available for teachers to deliver as well. The field trip is FREE, and bus reimbursements are available!
The field trip will take place at Meadowbrook Park for schools in North Seattle, and Be’er Sheva Park for schools in South Seattle.
Students will gain localized context and knowledge related to the Amplify Ecosystems Restoration unit by understanding how water systems affect the communities in which they live. Experiencing the outdoors and increasing their comfort and appreciation of green spaces can facilitate students’ sense of stewardship and capacity to make change by identifying, investigating, and designing a solution to an urban challenge in their community.
Registration is now open for Seattle Public Schools. Please contact [email protected] to register.
IslandWood acknowledges that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suqʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suqʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suqʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855. While the majority of our work takes place on Suquamish and Duwamish (dxʷdɐwʔabʃ) land, we also conduct programs on the land of the Snohomish (sduhúbʃ), Puyallup (spuyaləpabš), Muckleshoot (buklshuhls), Skokomish (sqoqc’bes), and S’Klallam (nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm) peoples.
IslandWood is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our tax ID number is 31-1654076.
4450 Blakely Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206.855.4300