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ISLANDWOOD AWARDED OUTDOOR LEARNING GRANT

We’re so thrilled to have recently been awarded an Outdoor Learning Grant from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI),

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Q&A WITH KATE BEDIENT, DIRECTOR OF URBAN PROGRAMS

We asked Kate Bedient, who manages these programs as IslandWood’s Director of Urban Programs, to share about her time at IslandWood,

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ISLANDWOOD AT NATIONAL MARINE EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

Last week IslandWood Urban School and Community Education Manager, KayLani Siplin, and Partnerships Manager, Celina Steiger,

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7 Children’s Books to Support Equitable Science Learning In Your Elementary Classroom (Or At Home!)

As you know, children’s books have the power to ignite important conversations about equity and the environment for students of all ages.

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Intersectional Environmentalism Teaching Tool

IslandWood Graduate Program Director Dr. Déana Scipio and Urban School Programs Educator Laura Brown recently co-authored a STEM Teaching Tools resource with Christina Guevara, Rae Jing Han, and Abby Rhinehart!

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: what it is and what it looks like at Islandwood

“Culturally responsive teaching” is everywhere at IslandWood. From our work with students and teachers in the Seattle area, to our programs on Bainbridge Island, this approach to teaching and learning influences eve-ry aspect of our educational philosophy and practices.

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How School Rain Gardens Can Center Equity and Support Stewardship

Last week, Urban School Programs Coordinator Celina Steiger co-led a presentation on “Rain Gardens and Schools in Seattle,” in partnership with Seattle Public Uilities’ Rainwise program and the School Learning Garden Network.

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Pollution and Progress on the Duwamish River: IslandWood’s New Pilot Program

“What should the Duwamish River be like in the future?” Celina Steiger, IslandWood’s Urban School Programs Coordinator, poses this question to a group of 5th graders from Maple Elementary School as they sail on an Argosy boat down the Duwamish River in South Seattle.

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4th Graders Test the Effectiveness of Seattle’s Stormwater Infrastructure

An excited fourth grader from Viewridge Elementary lowered a bucket by a rope 15 feet down into the Thornton Creek Water Quality Channel.

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Stormwater Education Teaches Students to Think Big and Act Now

How does something as precious as rain become an environmental hazard? When roads and roofs keep it from soaking into the ground, rain flows through gutters and storm drains into our waterways, picking up pollutants, such as lawn fertilizers, oil, and even sewage, along the way.

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IslandWood acknowledges that we live and work on the ancestral land of the Coast Salish people, who have been stewards of this region's land and waters since time immemorial, and who continue to protect these lands and waters for future generations, as promised by the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855, the Treaty of Point No Point of 1855, and the Treaty of Medicine Creek of 1854.

While the majority of our work takes place on Suquamish (suq̀ʷabš) 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.

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