SEAS offers free in-class lessons for K-12 classrooms in the Seattle area. Our lessons are designed as project-based learning activities and are taught by graduate students from the University of Washington.

Lesson Requests

Educators can start scheduling a lesson by filling our Lesson Request Form. View our Lesson Catalog for a current list of available lessons.

Program Details

The goal of our classroom lesson program is to provide students with an opportunity to explore hands-on science activities within their classroom. SEAS provides materials for lessons, and our lessons are taught free-of-charge by trained SEAS volunteers. Students will explore topics in aquatic science that are relevant and that connect to environmental concerns and active research in the Pacific Northwest. Lessons are an hour long but can be adjusted to meet teachers’ requests.

Broadly, our lessons are structured to allow students to use the scientific method to test a hypothesis and to make evidence-based predictions based on data. Specific examples of learning objectives in our lessons include differentiating species of fish using DNA barcoding and developing harvest strategies to avoid overfishing.

More lessons are currently in development, and we will update our catalog accordingly.

SEAS seeks to promote science and make it accessible to youth; thus, we are looking for teacher collaborators who are interested in our lessons.