EVERETT, Wash. – Washington State University Extension will offer Project Learning Tree Training for teachers and informal educators 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the Snohomish County Extension office, 600 128th St. SE, Everett.
PULLMAN, Wash. — As green collar-jobs continue to emerge, a three-year $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation brings together Washington State University and several Puget Sound community colleges to support undergraduate students interested in pursuing educational opportunities in sustainable agriculture and working on urban and small rural farms.
PULLMAN, Wash.—In 2004, E. Kirsten Peters, a geologist-turned-newspaper-reporter in Pullman, started writing a monthly column on local rocks and fossils, pulling from her extensive field experience in the area. Today that column has grown in scope and become the nationally syndicated “Rock Doc” columns, distributed twice per month to more than 100 newspapers across the […]
The pubic is bombarded with news reports saying that young people in the U.S. aren’t learning enough about science, especially compared to kids in Asia. I’m not sure that’s true, because I work at a large university where I see very able American students starting to excel in their scientific careers, and I hear back […]