IslandWood has been working with teachers, curriculum developers, Educational Service Districts, and District Science Leads on ways to “localize” national science units. We are helping teachers and their students make meaningful and authentic connections between the science they are doing in the classroom, the student’s communities, and our region.
We have a variety of professional learning workshops to meet your localizing needs and a working group you could join to be a part of developing localizing materials. Scroll down to learn more!
We have a variety of professional learning workshops coming up this summer and next school year towards meeting your localizing needs. Registration is not yet open, but scroll down to learn more!
Introduction to Localizing National Science Units:
90-minute zoom session with strategies and examples for localizing your science unit. Workshop dates coming soon!
Localizing Your Science Unit:
“201” follow up to the introductory session with a day-long workshop to
develop ideas for a science unit you teach. Workshop dates coming soon!
Returning in August 2026
We will not be running this working group in the 2025-26 school year, but plan on bringing it back together starting in the summer of 2026. We hope you will join us then to be a part of a year-long working group that developing localizing guides for additional OpenSciEd and Amplify Science units.
