Engaging Students in Ice Age Floods Phenomena with Ripples that Continue through Today
Free STEAM Workshops for K–12 Educators
 
Monday, June 22, 2025

In-person at The REACH Museum, Richland, WA
with option to join us via Zoom

Open to all K–12 educators
 (We will break into grade-band teams.)

9:00 am–4:00 pm (or half day) featuring:

-- Engaging classroom and field-based activities, including exciting ways to model Floods phenomena
-- Stories of the megafloods that transformed the Northwest 18,000–12,000 years ago at the end of the Last Glacial Period

Description: Participants will learn strategies to engage students in real-world geologic mysteries and fascinating Ice Age Floods detective work in this interactive STEAM workshop. Rick Reynolds, veteran educator and Founder of Engaging Every Student, will team up with Michelle Grove, Regional Science Coordinator at ESD 101, Pauline Schafer of The REACH Museum, and Ice Age Floods Institute experts to step educators through hands-on activities that engage students with NGSS-aligned science projects. Landscapes and human communities across the Northwest have been shaped by these remarkable events through the present day. Every student in the region should experience the incredible science story of
the megafloods that transformed our landforms and history!

Schedule:
9:00–12:00 | Interactive workshop featuring new Ice Age Floods Discovery curriculum: targeted to grade 4 and adaptable for K–12  
12-12:30 | Working lunch (provided)
12:30-3:30 | Interactive workshop featuring Investigating Ice Age Floods curriculum adaptable for grades K–12
3:00 or 3:30–4:00 | (Optional) Interpretive field study with experts from Ice Age Floods Institute at a nearby Floods sites

We look forward to seeing you then!
Rick Reynolds, M.S.Ed., Founder, Engaging Every Student
Pauline Schafer, Educator, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum
Lloyd DeKay, M.S., President, Columbia Gorge Chapter, Ice Age Floods Institute 

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Questions or comments? Contact us at 
https://www.engagingeverystudent.com/contact.


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