Ep 7: Supporting NGSS in your classroom

In this episode, Eugene and Matt talk about classroom strategies that can help move instruction toward NGSS. For example, how do sentence frames, vocabulary, and hands-on activities look in Matt’s ideal classroom? They also talk about hard  to have environmental conversations, and how to navigate those through a science lens.

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Eugene and Matt's suggestion for responses to climate skeptical argumentshttps://skepticalscience.com/Matt's resources on the carbon footprint of foodHis favorite resource: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10669-015-9577-ythat has the best data in Table 4 of the electronic supplement: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs10669-015-9577-y/MediaObjects/10669_2015_9577_MOESM1_ESM.docxHe found out about this paper from this news article: https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1215/Eating-lettuce-is-three-times-worse-for-climate-than-bacon-say-scientists?cmpid=FBIts headline was so misleading that he wrote a letter to the editor that was published: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Readers-Respond/2015/1226/Readers-write-screening-before-gun-ownership-vegetarian-diets-are-greenerA much more kid-friendly view of food carbon footprints: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714A more advanced view that lets you dig into the different parts of the lifecycle: http://www.foodemissions.com/foodemissions/Calculator.aspxThough to make this one really work, you need to convert serving size into pounds.