Science In-Between
199 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis is a conversation about how science teaching can move between and connect different worlds - home and school, virtual and face-to-face, science and the classroom.
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Episode 195: Hypothetical Ollie
May 29, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutes - 24 MBIn this episode, we discuss whether scientists (and others) are inventors or discoverers. The conversation is a result of a recent post to Seth's Blog (https://seths.blog/2024/05/invention-or-discovery/). Things that bring us joy this week: The Trees by Percival Everett (https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/trees) The Big Door Prize on Apple TV+ (https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-big-door-prize/umc.cmc.2rjxcljdjz4h47vjdxnytcn23) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://fr...
Episode 194: Esperanto of Residue
May 22, 2024 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBThis week we talk about the concept of learning residue in both virtual and physical learning spaces. Things that bring us joy this week: Fabbri Amarena Wild Cherries (https://www.amazon.com/Fabbri-Amarena-Cherries-Italy-Candied/dp/B07L8L9CFN) Stan Smith Shoes (https://www.adidas.com/us/stan_smith) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 193: The Progress of Learning Progressions
May 15, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss one of the most cited articles from the Journal of Research in Science Teaching: Schwarz, C. V., Reiser, B. J., Davis, E. A., Kenyon, L., Achér, A., Fortus, D., Scwartz, Y., Hug, B., & Krajcik, J. (2009). Developing a learning progression for scientific modeling: Making scientific modeling accessible and meaningful for learners. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46(6), 632-654. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tea.20311 (https://onlinelibrary...
Episode 192: Start with the Kid
May 08, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes - 18 MBThis week we talk about special education, students identified with special needs, and how we can support them in ambitious and equitable science teaching classrooms. Things that bring us joy this week: Graduations One Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajw425Kuvtw) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 191: Albert Einstein... You're wrong!
May 01, 2024 12:00 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this episode, we discuss how the words we use to describe students' ideas matter. Things that bring us joy this week: Elements of Architecture by Rem Koolhaas (https://www.taschen.com/en/books/architecture-design/04634/koolhaas-elements-of-architecture) Slow Horses on Apple TV+ (https://tv.apple.com/us/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 190: A Litany of Vague Expectations
April 24, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes - 24.4 MBThis week we talk about time management, work/life balance, and what it all means for teaching, learning and research. Things that bring us joy this week: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54785515-four-thousand-weeks) by Oliver Burkeman End of Story (End of Story) by A.J. Finn Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 189: Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman
April 17, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode, we discuss a chapter from the book Exploring New Horizons: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Education (https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/d/223928) (Searson et al, 2024). The chapter references Neil Postman's 1998 speech titled Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change (https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/188/materials/postman.pdf). Things that bring us joy this week: Go As A River by Shelley Read (https://www.spiegelandgrau.com/go-as-a-ri...
Episode 188: Might Be a Two-Headed Elephant
April 10, 2024 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBThis week we talk about how preparing teachers to teach science is challenged by a lack of coherence and curriculum. Things that bring us joy this week: Pittsburgh Pirates (https://www.mlb.com/pirates) Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 (https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 187: Enthusiasm and Obfuscation
April 03, 2024 12:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss leading professional development to support ongoing changes in teachers' thinking. Things that bring us joy this week: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/everyone-on-this-train-is-a-suspect-benjamin-stevenson?variant=41281421475874) Articles of Interest (https://99percentinvisible.org/aoi/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 186: Blinded Feedback
March 27, 2024 12:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThis week we talk about peer review and how important it is for science and science education. Things that bring us joy this week: Good food delivery (https://www.goldbelly.com/collections/best-sellers?ref=huge&ref_pagetype=homepage) Abstract: The Art of Design (https://www.netflix.com/title/80057883) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 185: The Great Divide
March 20, 2024 12:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode, we discuss the US Department of Education's 2024 National Educational Technology Plan. The plan can be accessed at: https://tech.ed.gov/netp/ Things that bring us joy this week: Kids of Rutherford County podcast (https://www.propublica.org/article/kids-of-rutherford-county-podcast-episodes) Martyr by Kaveh Akbar (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734476/martyr-by-kaveh-akbar/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Le...
Episode 184: Don't Get Stuck in the Noun
March 13, 2024 12:00 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBThis week we are talking about practice (not the Allen Iverson version). We want to dig in a little deeper into why we care so much about practice and how it is different to other ways of characterizing science activity like inquiry, lab skills, or the scientific method. Things that bring us joy this week: Search Engine Podcast (https://pjvogt.substack.com) One Day (https://www.netflix.com/title/81256740) on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarch...
Episode 183: We Do Not Like Them Anywhere
March 06, 2024 13:00 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this episode, we discuss educational words, concepts and practices that we hate. Things that bring us joy this week: Anatomy of a Fall (https://www.anatomyofafall.film/) Erasure by Percival Everett (https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/erasure) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 182: My Manatee Teacher
February 28, 2024 13:00 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week we talk about an article about transparence and invisibility that Scott wrote, Ollie was a participant in the research underlying the article and neither of our manatee brains remembers it. McDonald, S. P. (2016). The Transparent and the Invisible in Professional Pedagogical Vision for Science Teaching. School Science & Mathematics, 116(2), 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12156 Things that bring us joy this week: The Last Repair Shop (https://www.hulu.com/movie/the-last-repair-s...
Episode 181: Talking about a Recognition
February 21, 2024 13:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss the article from the Journal of Research of Science Teaching (JRST) which is been cited the most over the last three years: Carlone, H. B., & Johnson, A. (2007). Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lens. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44(8), 1187-1218. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/tea.20237) Things that bring us joy this week: Poor Things (https://www.searchlightpictures...
Episode 180: A Bucket Full of Lists
February 14, 2024 13:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBThis week we talk about leadership, mostly in K-12 schools, but also a bit in higher education. Things that bring us joy this week: American Fiction (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23561236/) Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125528355-fugitive-pedagogy) by Jarvis R. Givens Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 179: Back in Our Prime
February 07, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBIn this episode, we discuss the role that AI tools should play in the development of beginning researchers. We introduce the following tools: Elicit (https://elicit.com) Microsoft Copilot (https://copilot.microsoft.com/) Claude (https://claude.ai/chats) LitMaps (https://app.litmaps.com/library) Connected papers (https://www.connectedpapers.com/) Research Rabbit (https://www.researchrabbit.ai/) Consensus (https://consensus.app) Things that bring us joy this week: The Holdovers (https://www.mir...
Episode 178: Flexing Your Affordances
January 31, 2024 13:00 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week we at least start out talking about learning spaces, both virtual and physical, but we wander a bit from there. Things that bring us joy this week: Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123979806-nuts-and-bolts) by Roma Agrawal The Right Mistake (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2812032-the-right-mistake) by Walter Mosley Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/...
Episode 177: Stuff We Think We Know
January 24, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBIn this episode, we discuss "10 Education Studies from 2023 that You Should Know" from Education Week. https://www.edweek.org/leadership/10-education-studies-you-should-know-from-2023/2023/12?utmsource=nl&utmmedium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=8614276&UUID=00e12bd8a61b87f3c64166df19fe4b41&T=11418127 Things that bring us joy this week: Cerakote Headlight Restoration (https://cerakoteceramics.com/cerakote-ceramic-headlight-restoration-kit/) Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (https://www.leighbardugo.com/b...
Episode 176: Stars of Many Colors
January 17, 2024 13:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBThis week we talk about perfectionism, grades, and systems of evaluation and how they impact learners and us as humans. Things that bring us joy this week: Station Eleven (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20170404-station-eleven) by Emily St. John Mandel Dr. No (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59808430-dr-no) by Percival Everett Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 175: Not Scott's Bucket List
January 10, 2024 13:00 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBHere, we discuss a recent episode of the podcast, WorkLife with Adam Grant. In that episode, Grant meets with Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen, the authors of the book "Your Brain on Art." We also chat about research showing the correlation between the arts and award-winning artists. Arts Foster Scientific Success: Avocations of Nobel, National Academy, Royal Society, and Sigma Xi Members (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kendell-Pawelec/publication/247857346_Arts_Foster_Scientific_Success_Av...
Episode 174: Outgroup Bucket List
January 03, 2024 13:00 - 53 minutes - 24.7 MBWelcome to 2024! Look at us, we made it. This week we talk outgroup dehumanization and how we put people in buckets of us and them. What is the consequence of our tribal nature has humans and the way that makes us willing to treat people that our not in our tribe in dehumanizing ways? Adam Grant's Work Life (https://pod.link/1346314086/episode/d9666abeb8f6159105fa6010e491983b) podcast episode with Elliot Aronson Things that bring us joy this week: Whalefall (https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh...
Episode 173: The Show Before the Show
December 27, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 18 MBIn this special holiday edition, Scott and Ollie record their pointless banter before the show. Things that bring us joy this week: Noah Kahan (https://noahkahan.com/#/) Great British Baking Show Holidays (https://www.netflix.com/title/81013505) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 172: Not Just Nonsense
December 20, 2023 13:00 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBThis week we talk about the research that we do when we are not talking to each other on the podcast. Things that bring us joy this week: Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas (https://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-christmas) Trust by Hernan Diaz (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58210933-trust) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 171: A Simulating Conversation
December 13, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss the role of computer simulations in science education. Some resources we share in this episode: https://phet.colorado.edu/ https://www.nsta.org/teaching-simulations https://www.openscied.org/simulation-library/ Things that bring us joy this week: Advent Calendars (https://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/christmas/advent-calendars?&globeTest_visualSummaryList=0&utm_source=googlepaid&utm_medium=con&utm_content=CjwKCAiAjrarBhAWEiwA2qWdCCNAfcvhUh991KO...
Episode 170: Uncomfortable Transitions
December 06, 2023 13:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBThis week we talk about the importance of discomfort in learning. Inspired by reading: Hidden Potential (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157095669-hidden-potential) by Adam Grant Things that bring us joy this week: The Passenger (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60526801-the-passenger) by Cormac McCarthy Grapevine Podcast (https://www.nbcnews.com/grapevine-podcast) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 169: Add It Up
November 29, 2023 13:00 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss the NCTM standards and teaching practices and how they compare to the NGSS standards. NCTM Principles to Action (https://www.nctm.org/uploadedFiles/Standards_and_Positions/PtAExecutiveSummary.pdf) Things that bring us joy this week: College Football: Michigan vs. Ohio State (https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401520434) Tootsie Roll Snowballs (https://shop.tootsie.com/Tootsie-Roll-Snowballs-35-oz-Bag/p/CHR-TR021354&c=TootsieRoll@Christmas) Intro/Ou...
Episode 168: The Holiday Uncle Test
November 22, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBThis week we talk about The School of Thought, in particular the new Conspiracy Test that asks people to examine their own thinking. We make connections to how students learn and how to have civil conversations at the holidays. School of Thought (https://www.schoolofthought.org) The Conspiracy Test (https://theconspiracytest.org) Things that bring us joy this week: Holiday Movies, in particular Four Christmases (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369436/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_four%2520ch...
Episode 167: One Query, Two Query, Red Query, Blue Query
November 15, 2023 13:00 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this episode, we discuss different ethical scenarios that relate to the use of generative AI in academic situations. Things that bring us joy this week: Hadsel by Beirut (https://www.beirutband.com/) The Squirrel and Acorn Bookstore (https://thesquirrelandacornbookshop.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 166: Fidelity Landmines
November 08, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBThis week we talk about the complexity of "scaling up," or how we try and spread innovations in practice. We unpack the notion of fidelity and what it means when you want to avoid deficit positioning of learners and hierarchical notions of change. Things that bring us joy this week: The Banshees of Inisherin (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216/) Research Rabbit (https://www.researchrabbit.ai) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legal...
Episode 165: Fallacious Beasts and Where to Find Them
November 01, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this episode, we discuss logical fallacies and how they apply to science education reform efforts. Some resources from this episode include: Audible Reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims (Brookings Institute, 2023) (https://www.brookings.edu/articles/audible-reckoning-how-top-political-podcasters-spread-unsubstantiated-and-false-claims/) Some logical fallacies (https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/fallacies/) Things that bring us joy this ...
Episode 164: Old and Regular Practices
October 25, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBThis week we talk about the engineering practices, which were added to the science practices as part of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Things that bring us joy this week: Great British Baking Show (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877368/) on Netflix Tour de France Unchained (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19296314/)on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 163: Caught in Charlotte's Web
October 18, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this episode, we attempt to do a cross-walk between Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching and the Next Generation Science Standards and Ambitious Science Teaching. In our conversation, we draw on the following the documents: New Jersey's Science Instruction Companion to the Danielson Framework (https://ilscience.org/resources/Pictures/ScienceInstructionCompanion.pdf) New Vision for Public Schools' Science Look Fors (https://curriculum.newvisions.org/science/danielson-3b-science/) Th...
Episode 162: Your Cultural Cookies
October 11, 2023 12:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week we talk about how we talk about the social and political consequences of science as part of what we do in Ambitious Science Teaching classrooms. Heraclitius - Never step in the same river twice... (https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/heraclitus_107157) Things that bring us joy this week: Fall/Autumn Weather (Sweater Weather) Dan Coe Carto (https://dancoecarto.com/4k-rivers) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 161: A Nobel Aspiration
October 04, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 21 MBIn this episode, we discuss who would qualify for a Nobel Prize in Education, if one existed. Things that bring us joy this week: Stop Making Sense (https://a24films.com/films/stop-making-sense) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 160: It Just Something Vibrating
September 27, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MBThis week we return to the gapless explanation and how it can help with planning and enactment of teaching. Things that bring us joy this week: Adult Kids Moving Out Chef Reactions (https://www.instagram.com/chefreactions/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 159: I'm Julius Sumner Miller...
September 20, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBIn the episode, we discuss Julius Sumner Miller, Professor Wonderful. We specifically examine his work in the following videos: From the Australian ABC Network: Why is it so? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9psf01ldo&t=40s)- Tanker truck video From PBS: Demonstrations in Physics (https://youtu.be/TkYJHp9KOxk?si=CEXgiAWVRoqLs9wU) - Centrifugal Force and Other Strange Matters From The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (https://youtu.be/4wzSKEruj70?si=PM5hrx2v7fcAo4It) – The Professor Things ...
Episode 158: Do You Want to be a Sibling?
September 13, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MBThis week we talk about becoming a new member of a community and how old-timers can support bringing in new folks. Things that bring us joy this week: Seth Godin's Blog (https://seths.blog) The Killing Room (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141181628-the-killing-room) by Robert Smartwood Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 157: An Eye on Identity
September 06, 2023 12:00 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this episode, we talk about "professional identity" and how it informs our work in teacher education and science professional development. Things that bring us joy this week: The US Open (https://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/eventschedule.html) Theater Camp (https://www.theatercampthefilm.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 156: Joys to the World, Vol. 3
August 30, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBThis week we share our joys for the year in books, movies, apps, games, and more. Things that bring us joy this week: Podcast The Retrievals (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/podcasts/serial-the-retrievals-yale-fertility-clinic.html) from Serial Productions Blank Check with Griffin and David (https://www.blankcheckpod.com/podcast) Books The Mountain in the Sea (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59808603-the-mountain-in-the-sea?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=S3tYA8F2Su&rank=1) by Ray Naylar Scy...
Episode 155: Crafting Syllabi in a Chat GPT World
August 23, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this episode, we discuss the curricular implications of Chat GPT as we craft our syllabi for the Fall semester. This episode was inspired by a post Ollie wrote on his blog: https://the8blog.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/crafting-syllabi-in-a-chat-gpt-world/ (https://the8blog.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/crafting-syllabi-in-a-chat-gpt-world/) Things that bring us joy this week: John Mulaney's comedy special, Baby J (https://www.netflix.com/title/81619082)on Netflix Heart of Stone (https://www.net...
Episode 154: Old Guys Going Off a Cliff
August 21, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBThis week we talk about how leaders can do their work and how to organize systems to support that work. Come Up for Air (https://comeupforair.com) by Nick Sonnenberg Enrollment Cliff (https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/looming-enrollment-cliff-poses-serious-threat-to-colleges/) Things that bring us joy this week: Among the Thugs (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/33460) by Bill Buford They Cloned Tyrone (https://www.netflix.com/title/80996324) on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Noti...
Episode 153: We Are Not The Destroyers of Worlds
August 09, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this episode, we talk about Christopher Nolan's movie, Oppenheimer and how science and science education are portrayed. Things that bring us joy this week: Oppenheimer (https://www.oppenheimermovie.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 152: Sad Statement About Me as a Son
August 02, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MBThis week we talk about professional vision, what it means, and how it helps us understand teacher expertise. Masquerade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book)) by Kit Williams (book that Scott referenced, but could not remember the title of). Goodwin, C. (1994). Professional Vision. American Anthropologist, 96(3), 606–633. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1994.96.3.02a00100 Rodney King (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King) Things that bring us joy this week: The City We Became (ht...
Episode 151: We Don't Already Do That
July 26, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss engineering practices and they're taught (or not) in science classrooms. Things that bring us joy this week: Good Night, Oscar (https://goodnightoscar.com/?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2eilBhCCARIsAG0Pf8th_Vi5HCUpFcvyach_xd2TDYl_k6bxYqdKQyMvGGkTNeM_la5BbqAaAjisEALw_wcB) My Brilliant Friend (http://elenaferrante.com/works/my-brilliant-friend/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 150: Suck the Joy Out of Everything
July 19, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week we talk about the SCOTUS decision about affirmative action and how we think it might impact higher education. We are not legal scholars, or experts at admissions, but we are concerned with how universities can move forward in thinking about diversity. Things that bring us joy this week: Three Body Problem (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/20518872) by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Translator) Obsidian (https://obsidian.md) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https:/...
Episode 149: A Cataclysmic Conversation
July 12, 2023 12:00 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBIn this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss Richard Fenyman's "cataclysm sentence" and offer some sentences ourselves. This episode was inspired by the RadioLab episode titled The Cataclysm Sentence (https://radiolab.org/podcast/cataclysm-sentence). To read more about Richard Feynman, check out Richard Feynman on the One Sentence to Be Passed on to the Next Generation (https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/09/11/richard-feynman-lectures-on-physics/) Things that bring us joy this week: The Diplomat...
Episode 148: In A Special Episode
July 05, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MBThis episode we are joined by two of our team doing professional learning around the PA STEELS Standards to talk about what we have learned. Drs. Brett Criswell (https://www.wcupa.edu/education-socialWork/secondaryEducation/bcriswell.pcf.aspx)and Peter Licona (https://www.etown.edu/depts/education/faculty.aspx) are our special guests. Things that bring us joy this week: The Bear (https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f) on Hulu Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Master...
Episode 147: To Lead or Not to Lead
June 28, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this episode, we discuss leadership roles and the critical factors that relationships, trust and agency play. Things that bring us joy this week: Secret Invasion (https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/secret-invasion/1) Dear Hank and John (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dear-hank-john) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Episode 146: I Kill the Bit
June 21, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MBThis week we talk about games and simulation and what kind or role they play in science education. Things that bring us joy this week: Wellword (https://wellwordgame.com/en) Osmos+ (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/osmos/id6444173191)on the Apple App Store Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)