Episode 214: Talking STEM with Mr. Fascinate
Guest: Justin ShaiferJustin’s goal is to be for STEM what ESPN is for sports. Because of his own life experiences, he inspires young people to embrace their inner nerd despite their surroundings. Learn all about today’s guest: https://www.justinshaifer.com/bio Follow them on Social: https://www.instagram.com/mr.fascinate/ Check out their TEDx talk: https://www.justinshaifer.com/speaking Segment discussed in this episode: More […]
Episode 213: Being a Science Communicator with Swapna Krishna
About Swapna Krishna Swapna Krishna is a science and technology communicator specializing in the geek space. She regularly creates science videos on TikTok and contributes to Wired, NPR, StarTrek.com, New Scientist, and Engadget. Krishna’s writing has appeared in outlets such as The Verge, Polygon, Fast Company, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Business Insider, […]
Episode 89: Using Science to Explain the World with guest Rebekah Cheney
This week a conversation with Rebekah Cheney a secondary science teacher who using the real world as her platform to teaching science. Links: https://www.zooniverse.org/
Episode 86: I’m Not Standard
A great conversation with Allison a High School Science teacher who talks about her classroom, what’s important to her as a teacher and some fun projects she did with her students this year. Also I personally had two projects released this last week. A peer-reviewed article I wrote was published as well as a Webinar […]
Episode 83: The Science Learning Tracker
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9784442/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”] What a fantastic show talking science with Bobby and Julie from the Enumclaw School District. Two Middle School teachers who are using something called a “Learning Tracker” that they have created for their students to self-assess throughout the year. Julie was kind enough to share some templates and examples […]
Episode 67: A Highly Structured, Loosely Organized Science Lesson
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7038325/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/006400/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”] This week I walk through a science lesson I did to start a unit on states of matter with 7th graders at a school I was working at a few years ago in Germany. Structure: The outline goes something like this. 10 minutes to research a topic, where you […]