Science In-Between: Recent Episodes
Scott McDonald and Ollie Dreon
This 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.
This 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)
This 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 Scythe (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954189-scythe?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=IJFCG3rq3u&rank=1) Album / Recording Artist The Record by boygenius (https://www.xboygeniusx.com) John Craigie (https://johncraigiemusic.com/shows) Game Elevate (https://elevateapp.com) Connections (Connections) Application Obsidian (https://obsidian.md) Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com) Movie Oppenheimer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776/) Barbie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Television Show Ugliest House in America (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16738756/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) on HGTV and Max The Bear (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14452776/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) on Hulu Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In 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.netflix.com/title/81416533)on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Things that bring us joy this week: Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, we talk about Christopher Nolan's move, 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)
This 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 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54661988-the-city-we-became?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hx2MSnKTuO&rank=1) by N.K. Jemisin John Wick Chapter 4 (https://johnwick.movie) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In 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)
This 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://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In 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 on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/81288983) Asteroid City (https://www.focusfeatures.com/asteroid-city/watch/synopsis/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This 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: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/30753841) by Samin Nosrat Brooklyn Nine Nine (https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/brooklyn-nine-nine) on Peacock Musikfest (https://www.musikfest.org) in Bethlehem, PA Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In 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)
This 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)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss how the processes of writing and discussion help ideas form. Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/738083) by Karen Barad Things that bring us joy this week: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/spidermanacrossthespiderverse) Carlos Alcaraz (https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about the difference between topic rebuttal and technique rebuttal. Really just a discussion of how to help people change their own minds. The involves a focus on process of how you reached your conclusions rather than focusing on the conclusions themselves when talking with someone about their ideas. Things that bring us joy this week: Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3915174/) on Peacock Killing Moon (https://jonesbo.com/book/killing-moon/) by Jo Nesbø Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the benefits, opportunities, and potential downsides of extracurricular STEM activities like Science Olympiad and science fairs. Things that bring us joy this week: Daytum (https://daytum.com/) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (https://www.marvel.com/movies/black-panther-wakanda-forever) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Things that bring us joy this week: Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie talk about different classroom discourse moves in science class. In the discussion, we draw on the Ambitious Science Teaching Discourse Primer (https://ambitiousscienceteaching.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Discourse-Primer.pdf)(We can be pronounced as you wish) Things that bring us joy this week: Reacher on Amazon Prime (https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Reacher/0RTZ57DQ6PBHH29UN5JS7U7CW4) The Big Brunch on HBOmax (https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GY0WzfASbP4OEqQEAAACX) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we the 5 why method to answer why we teach science and why students should learn it. Things that bring us joy this week: Infinity Triology (https://www.marvel.com/comics/discover/787/infinity-trilogy) from Marvel Comics You Are Not So Smart Podcast (http://youarenotsosmart.com)from David McRaney Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss how science teachers can navigate the teaching of controversial topics like evolution and climate change. Things that bring us joy this week: Premier League Soccer (https://www.premierleague.com/) Inciting Joy by Ross Gay (https://www.rossgay.net/inciting-joy) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we do another "magic wand" experiment and transform science education (preK to undergrad, but mostly K-12). We don't mess around and really reconceptualize everything about education. Things that bring us joy this week: Ultra Podcast (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra)by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC Dr. Who (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doctor_(Doctor_Who)) - In particular the Thirteenth Doctor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Doctor) played by Jodie Whittaker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Whittaker) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss how they would change teacher education if they had the magical power to do so. Midway through the episode, Ollie references an article on how some students are advised away from the teaching profession. The research by Zid Mancenido (2021) can be downloaded at: https://meridian.allenpress.com/her/article-abstract/91/4/433/474202/How-High-Achievers-Learn-That-They-Should-Not (https://meridian.allenpress.com/her/article-abstract/91/4/433/474202/How-High-Achievers-Learn-That-They-Should-Not) Things that bring us joy this week: The Sandman series on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/81150303) Fall (https://smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Revisionist History (https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history) The Department of Physiological Hygiene (https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/the-department-of-physiological-hygiene) Things that bring us joy this week: Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North American (https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Birds-North-America/dp/1452174032) by Matt Kracht Andor (https://www.disneyplus.com/series/star-wars-andor/3xsQKWG00GL5)on Disney+ Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the importance of curricular planning and discuss how big ideas, anchoring events, and storylines can inform the process. For help with curricular planning, check out the Ambitious Science Teaching website (https://ambitiousscienceteaching.org/planning-engagement-important-science-ideas-2/). Things that bring us joy this week: Making Pasta with Scott Conant (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGrOjtvWnik&t=18s) Abbott Elementary Season 2 (https://abc.com/shows/abbott-elementary) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about closure at the end of lessons and what might be an alternative to closing things down. Madeline Hunter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Cheek_Hunter) (Not Danielson, which is what Scott said, but did not mean). Things that bring us joy this week: Wet Leg (https://www.wetlegband.com) Shopcraft as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6261332-shop-class-as-soulcraft) by Matthew B. Crawford Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the evolution of the concept of "scientific literacy" since the introduction of Project 2016 introduced Science for All Americans (http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/sfaatoc.htm) in the early 1990s. Things that bring us joy this week: The Spirited Man by Van Neistat (https://www.youtube.com/c/vanneistat) House of the Dragon (https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about how teaching (science) teachers can be like teaching science and how it is different. We talk about the apprenticeship of observation, the two worlds problem, teacher reflection, and making models of teaching. Plus, we shake our fist at something else briefly, not just clouds. Things that bring us joy this week: Welcome to Wrexham (https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/welcome-to-wrexham) on Hulu House Projects - Building a Deck on the Back of the House Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss how to frame observations of classrooms. Scott introduces two framing questions which provides a guide to consider what different classroom practices engender and communicate. Things that bring us joy this week: Fantasy Football (https://fantasy.espn.com/football/welcome?gclid=CjwKCAjw9suYBhBIEiwA7iMhNMjzyA7JGvGaI6t3pOFPatpByq190yJbqylB6GP_OD4yB6-pGcllBxoCRd8QAvD_BwE) The Great Serena Williams (https://www.serenawilliams.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we did only joys. We chose one thing that brought us joy from a group of different categories. Things that bring us joy this week: Podcast Blank Check with Griffin and David (https://audioboom.com/channel/Blank-Check) Phase Zero (https://chartable.com/podcasts/phase-zero) Phone App DuoLingo (https://www.duolingo.com) SleepWatch (https://www.sleepwatchapp.com) Game Knotwords (https://playknotwords.com) by Zach Gage (https://stfj.net) Wordhunt (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-hunt/id1357352041) Spelling Bee (https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee) from NYT TV Show Reservationi Dogs (https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/reservation-dogs) The Bear (https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f) Movie Everything, Everwhere, All at Once (https://a24films.com/films/everything-everywhere-all-at-once) UNNUR (https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/active-families/chris-burkard-film-unnur/) Book The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32620332-the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo) by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Broken Earth Trilogy (https://nkjemisin.com/series/the-broken-earth/)by N.K. Jemisin Album Tyler, the Creator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator) Brandi Carlile (https://www.brandicarlile.com) In These Silent Days Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss how we approach "correct answers" in science classrooms and whether anything is really "right." Things that bring us joy this week: Brandi Carlile (https://www.brandicarlile.com/) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (http://www.matthaig.com/books/midnight-library/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about the long overlooked (by us) context of informal science education. We talk about what it means and how it is the same or different from more traditional formal science education (i.e. classroom science teaching). Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits (https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12190/learning-science-in-informal-environments-people-places-and-pursuits) Identifying and Supporting Productive STEM Programs in Out-of-School Settings (https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21740/identifying-and-supporting-productive-stem-programs-in-out-of-school-settings) Things that bring us joy this week: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow) by Gabrielle Zevin (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40593.Gabrielle_Zevin) Terminal List (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11743610/)on Amazon Prime Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie talk about the international STEM education and what we can learn (if anything) from the assessment-based comparisons. In the conversation, we draw on data from the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cnu/intl-age15-literacy?tid=4) (PISA) and 2019 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cnt) (TIMSS) Things that bring us joy this week: Bullet Train with Brad Pitt (https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/bullettrain) Sean Carroll's Midscape Podcast (https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about direct instruction and what role it takes in ambitious forms of teaching. Ambitious Science Teaching (https://www.amazon.com/Ambitious-Science-Teaching-Mark-Windschitl/dp/1682531627/) by Windschitl, Thompson, and Braaten Things that bring us joy this week: For the first time ever we have a shared joy - The Bear (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_(TV_series))on FX/Hulu Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie revisit a topic from Episode 97 and examine what learning principles should inform an online, educational future. During the conversation, Scott references "epistemic agency" and cites the following article: Addressing the epistemic elephant in the room: Epistemic agency and the next generation science standards (Miller et al, 2018) (http://mspnet-static.s3.amazonaws.com/Addressing_the_epistemic_elephant_in_the_room_Epis.pdf) Things that bring us joy this week: Fifth Element by N.K. Jemisin (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/articles/n-k-jemisin-broken-earth-trilogy-books-in-order/) Umbrella Academy Season 3 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312171/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about how much science we need, as citizens, to participate in the public discourse in society and make public decisions. We move from talking about how of science (the processes and practices of science) and talk a bit about the what of science (the normative science understandings). Things that bring us joy this week: The Boys - Season 4 (https://www.amazon.com/The-Boys-Season-1/dp/B07QNJCXZK)on Amazon Prime Ozark (https://www.netflix.com/title/80117552) on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss recent experiences they've had that communicated that the future of K-12 education through online delivery. We discuss whether this is a realistic and what some of the hurdles schools and families will need to navigate to make that happen. In the episode, we briefly discuss the following: Adam Grant's Work Live podcast (https://adamgrant.net/podcast/) Modern Classrooms Project (https://www.modernclassrooms.org/) Things that bring us joy this week: Elie Mystal's book - Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution (https://www.harvard.com/book/allow_me_to_retort/) Top Gun: Maverick (https://www.topgunmovie.com/home/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about culturally relevant science teaching and what that means in terms of connecting to local community issues. We talk about the nature of being responsive as a science teacher and having learning opportunities be connected to local community issues is not a requirement for doing culturally relevant teaching. How do you think about creating curiousity and relevance by building on students' thinking and reasoning when they draw on their own experience and culture. Things that bring us joy this week: Anxious People (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53799686-anxious-people) by Fredrik Backman Under the Banner of Heaven (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1998372/) on Hulu Under the Banner of Heaven (https://www.jonkrakauer.com/books/under-the-banner-of-heaven-tr) by Jon Krakauer Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the reasons that prospective science teachers should enter the profession. Things that bring us joy this week: Thor: God of Thunder - God Butcher series (https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/16729/thor_god_of_thunder_2012_-_2014) Sierra Six: A Gray Man Novel by Mark Greaney (https://markgreaneybooks.com/books/sierra-six/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about standards, standardizing, and what makes sense to makes sense to standardize and why. Having consistency can help support equity across classes, schools, states, and even the country, but rigid curriculum are not responsive to students. How can we think about having standards (i.e. goals for what all students should know/be able to do), without having solutions that are scripted, decontextualized and disconnected from the local context and community where students live? Things that bring us joy this week: Ronin (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52362.Ronin)by Frank Miller Middlewest (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42835847-middlewest-book-one?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=JHAWwoF4Y6&rank=1) by Skottie Young Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie talk about the shifts that school leaders need to make to better support science teachers adopting Next Generation Science Standards. In the discussion, we introduce the NGSS-aligned Danielson Framework and discuss some of the markers for administrators to look for. NGSS-aligned Danielson Framework (https://ilscience.org/resources/Pictures/ScienceInstructionCompanion.pdf) NGSS: An Overview for Principals (extgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/NGSS Overview for Principals_0.pdf) What school building administrators should know about the new vision for K-12 science education (https://stemteachingtools.org/brief/21) Things that bring us joy this week: This American Life podcast (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/) Nice Try podcast (https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/nice-try) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Gallager (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_(comedian)) Carrot Top (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot_Top) 5E Model (Bybee, R. W., Taylor, J. A., Gardner, A., Van Scotter, P., Powell, J. C., Westbrook, A., & Landes, N. (2006). The BSCS 5E instructional model: Origins and effectiveness. Colorado Springs, Co: BSCS, 5, 88-98. (http://fremonths.org/ourpages/auto/2006/9/7/1157653040572/bscs5efullreport2006.pdf)) The Actual Professor Cranky Pants - Bill Sandoval (https://twitter.com/profcrnkypants?lang=en) Things that bring us joy this week: Doom Patrol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_Patrol_(TV_series))on HBO Max Everything Everywhere All at Once (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the dispositional stance that teachers and students must adopt to be successful in classes built on student exploration of ideas and explanations. We draw on Adam Grant's book Think Again (https://adamgrant.net/book/think-again/) as well as recent episode of Against the Rules (https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/the-overconfidence-game/). Things that bring us joy this week: Joining a Community Band (https://www.acbands.org) The Punisher on Disney+ (https://www.netflix.com/title/80117498) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Epistemic Agency (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tea.21459) Things that bring us joy this week: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419884/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Limonchello (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoncello) - Unfortunately you can't have Ollie's artisanal limonchello, but still, you can get some. Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss uncertainty in science and ways we can teach it in the science classroom. During the discussion, we refer to a recent article which examines trustworthiness and uncertainity in science. Covitt, B.A., Anderson, C.W. Untangling Trustworthiness and Uncertainty in Science. Sci & Educ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-022-00322-6 Things that bring us joy this week: The Overstory by Richard Powers (http://www.richardpowers.net/the-overstory/) Moon Knight on Disney+ (https://www.disneyplus.com/series/moon-knight/4S3oOF1knocS) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Things that bring us joy this week: Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the differences between explanation and argumentation as practices in science classes. We also dig into the common "CER" model of argumentation which scaffolds students through Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning to make evidence-based arguments. Things that bring us joy this week: Word Hunt on Game Pigeon (http://gamepigeonapp.com/) Sage Solitaire (http://www.sagesolitaire.com/) FlipFlop Solitaire (http://www.flipflopsolitaire.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Disciplined Improvisation - Sawyer, R. K. (2004). Creative teaching: Collaborative discussion as disciplined improvisation. Educational researcher, 33(2), 12-20. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0013189x033002012) Principled Improvisation - Philip, T. M. (2019). Principled improvisation to support novice teacher learning. Teachers College Record, 121(6), 1-32. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/016146811912100607) Rumblestrip the Podcast (https://rumblestripvermont.com/episodes/) Things that bring us joy this week: Primanti Brothers (https://primantibros.com) - OG Locations - 1832 East Carson Street and 2 Market Square Turning Red (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8097030/) on Disney + Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie return after an unexpected hiatus to discuss a recent episode of the Against the Rules podcast. The episode, titled Field of Ignorance (https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/episode-3-field-of-ignorance/), explores how data is used (and misused) in baseball. We discuss how this relates to our work as teachers. Things that bring us joy this week: Fear of the Dawn by Jack White (https://thirdmanstore.com/products/fear-of-the-dawn) Abbott Elementary (https://abc.com/shows/abbott-elementary) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Things that bring us joy this week: Station Eleven (http://www.emilymandel.com/stationeleven.html) Marvel Unlimited (https://www.marvel.com/unlimited) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, we conclude our series discussing A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (2012). Specifically, we dig into equitable practices in science education. Things that bring us joy this week: Radiolab Episode: The Helen Keller Exorcism (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/helen-keller-exorcism) White Folks by Timothy J. Lensmire (https://www.routledge.com/White-Folks-Race-and-Identity-in-Rural-America/Lensmire/p/book/9781138747036) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Ollie and Scott discuss the disciplinary core ideas in the NRC's A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13165/a-framework-for-k-12-science-education-practices-crosscutting-concepts) (2012). Things that bring us joy this week: National Museum of African American History and Culture (https://nmaahc.si.edu) The Adam Project (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_Project) on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Ollie and Scott discuss the cross cutting concepts in the NRC's A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13165/a-framework-for-k-12-science-education-practices-crosscutting-concepts) (2012). Things that bring us joy this week: Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50674178-good-guys?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9S6xZ1PWfJ&rank=1)by David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson Project Hail Mary (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58261860-notebook?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=mmaKhz5rnT&rank=7) by Adam Weir Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week, Scott and Ollie dig into the NRC Framework and discuss Science and Engineering Practices as they're framed in the Next Generation Science Standards. Things that bring us joy this week: Free Guy (https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/free-guy) Batman Hush (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman:_Hush) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Ollie and Scott discuss the big ideas and shifts in the NRC's A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13165/a-framework-for-k-12-science-education-practices-crosscutting-concepts) (2012). Things that bring us joy this week: Creating Wicked Students by Paul Handstedt (https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781620366974/Creating-Wicked-Students) Jackass Forever (https://www.jackassmovie.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Ollie and Scott discuss the science and engineering practices in the NRC's A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13165/a-framework-for-k-12-science-education-practices-crosscutting-concepts) (2012). Things that bring us joy this week: Olympics Games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games) Trojan Horse Affair (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/761/the-trojan-horse-affair) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss one of teachers' favorite topics: classroom management. In our discussion, we challenge the traditional conceptualization and offer ways to reframe the concept in more student-centered and relational ways. In our discussion, Ollie references the Science of Happiness podcast and an episode where a specific meditation practice is outlined. If you're interested, check out: When It’s Time to Face Your Fears (https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/when_its_time_to_face_your_fears) Things that bring us joy this week: The Morning Show (https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-morning-show/umc.cmc.25tn3v8ku4b39tr6ccgb8nl6m?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.4000&itscg=MC_20000&itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019800_1-562408044690-c&mttnsubkw=122311402294__4hKcJGw2_&mttnsubplmnt=) Dave Grohl's Storyteller (https://www.davegrohlstoryteller.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Science Book We Love: Scott's Picks: Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35167685-surely-you-re-joking-mr-feynman?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=TovsWad36g&rank=1) by Richard P. Feynman The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546725.The_Song_of_the_Dodo?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=zDnFv8N40o&rank=1) by David Quammen The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63697.The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat_and_Other_Clinical_Tales?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Z80AP0znQ0&rank=1) by Oliver Sacks (also Awakenings (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099077/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_77)) Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28186015-weapons-of-math-destruction?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=B5u0gAGRP1&rank=1) by Cathy O'Neil The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3109.The_Omnivore_s_Dilemma?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=RC2YPayS4b&rank=1) by Michael Pollan Ollie's Picks: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6493208-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6iOUqdPvBQ&rank=1) by Rebecca Skloot The Martian (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rpsXKS11sI&rank=1)by Andy Weir Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lDk8rVYWCs&rank=1) by Caroline Criado Pérez Jurassic Park (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40604658-jurassic-park?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=xSIpuCb9yO&rank=1)by Michael Crichton Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/789344.Encyclopedia_Brown_Boy_Detective?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=khutGIcGAM&rank=1) by Donald J. Sobol Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss learning progressions for science teacher professional development. In our discussion, we draw heavily on the article titled Proposing a core set of instructional practices and tools for teachers of science (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sce.21027) (Windschitl et al, 2012). If you're under 30 and want to know what the game Barrel of Monkeys is, check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarrelofMonkeys Things that bring us joy this week: Tender Bar on Amazon Prime (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tender_Bar_(film)) This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665612/this-is-your-mind-on-plants-by-michael-pollan/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Ollie's Picks: Hidden Figures (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Inherit the Wind (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) Fat Man and Little Boy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097336/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) The Martian (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) Apollo 13 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) Scott's Picks: Interstellar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) The Andromeda Strain (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) Primer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) Arrival (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075860/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week, Scott and Ollie unpack their thoughts about teacher professional development and how sensemaking can be used as a tool to promote sensemaking as an instructional practice. For more information, check out NSTA's sensemaking site (https://www.nsta.org/sensemaking#tab). Things that bring us joy this week: Radio Lab's Mixtape project (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/projects/mixtape) Merlin Mann's Wisdom Project (https://gist.github.com/merlinmann/09af1df28d76ba028b0999f66945fd61) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
C2AST - Cultural and Critical Ambitious Science Teaching in the Science Teacher - Thompson, Mawyer, Johnson, and Luehmann. (https://www.nsta.org/science-teacher/science-teacher-septemberoctober-2021/c2ast-critical-and-cultural-approaches) NGSS Appendix D (https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/Appendix%20D%20Diversity%20and%20Equity%206-14-13.pdf) NSTA Equity Centered Sensemaking (https://www.nsta.org/sensemaking#tab) Things that bring us joy this week: Butterhorns (https://happymoneysaver.com/butterhorns/) [Not MY Grandmothers recipe, but close] 1971 - The Year that Music Changed Everything (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14544732/) on Apple TV+ Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie look back at 2021 and what we've learned that we can apply to the new year ahead. In our discussion, we review some of the challenges from the year with the hope of seeing them as lessons for a better 2022. Things that bring us joy this week: Nobody movie (https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/nobody) Spiderman: No Way Home movie (https://www.spidermannowayhome.movie/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Fact Check: Hanna-Barbera (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna-Barbera), Sid & Marty Krofft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft) Things that bring us joy this week: Christmas Lights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_lights) Movies (Maybe Oscar Nominees?) - Power of the Dog (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10293406/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2), The Unforgivable (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11233960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0), Passing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8893974/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), Bruised (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8310474/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie answer the question "Why are we still doing that?" We look at K-12 science classrooms and identify practices and habits that the educational community continues to do, despite reforms and evidence that suggest otherwise. Things that bring us joy this week: The 8 Blog (https://the8blog.wordpress.com/) Westworld (https://www.hbo.com/westworld) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Special Guest: Dr. Leslie Gates (https://www.millersville.edu/art/faculty-and-staff/tenured/gates-l.php), Associate Professor of Art Education, Millersville University Personal Website (https://lesliegates.wordpress.com/about/) Papermaking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papermaking) Art 21 (https://art21.org) Things that bring us joy this week: Dori's Cookies (https://www.amazon.com/Dories-Cookies-Dorie-Greenspan/dp/0547614845/) by Dori Greenspan - In particular, Macrons (Homemade) Cactus Blooms (https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/cacti-succulents/thanksgiving-cactus/thanksgiving-cactus-plant.htm) Leftovers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leftovers) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Special Guest: Leslie Gates.
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the world of educational research and "what counts." The discussion was prompted by a conference panel discussion that Ollie participated in where the work of Robert Slavin was commemorated. In the episode, we discuss Slavin's work (https://robertslavinsblog.wordpress.com/) and the What Works Clearinghouse (https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/) as well as work by John Hattie (https://visible-learning.org/). Things that bring us joy this week: Group Tabs in Safari (https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/group-tabs-ibrwa2d73908/mac) Five Second Rule (https://the-gadgeteer.com/2020/12/12/party-monster-5-second-rule-party-game-review/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Montillation of Traxoline (http://www.homeofbob.com/science/instructionMetaphor.html) Things that bring us joy this week: OECD Schooling During a Pandemic: The Experience and Outcomes of Schoolchildren During the First Round of COVID-19 Lockdowns (https://www.oecd.org/publications/schooling-during-a-pandemic-1c78681e-en.htm) APA Historical Chronology: Examining psychology’s contributions to the belief in racial hierarchy and perpetuation of inequality for people of color in U.S. (https://www.apa.org/about/apa/addressing-racism/historical-chronology) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss different features of substantive and impactful professional development for teachers. Things that bring us joy this week: What happened Ms. Simone? on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/70308063) Throughline : The Deep History of Dune (https://www.npr.org/2021/11/08/1053621261/bonus-the-deep-history-of-dune) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Committee of Ten (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Ten) Physics First (https://www.aapt.org/Resources/policy/physicsfirst.cfm) Things that bring us joy this week: Saga (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(comics)) by Brian K. Vaughn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_K._Vaughan) and Fiona Staples (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Staples) How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (https://www.amazon.com/How-Change-Science-Getting-Where/dp/059308375X) by Katy Milkman Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the standardization movement and why schools and disciplines have content standards. NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13165/a-framework-for-k-12-science-education-practices-crosscutting-concepts) Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org/) National Science Education Standards (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/4962/national-science-education-standards) Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/9596/inquiry-and-the-national-science-education-standards-a-guide-for) Pennsylvania State Science, Technology, Environment, and Ecology Standards (https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20-%20Administrators/Curriculum/Science/Pages/Science-Standards.aspx) Things that bring us joy this week: South Lake Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/southlake/id1582213644) Why Fish Don't Exist (https://www.amazon.com/Why-Fish-Dont-Exist-Hidden/dp/1501160273) by Lulu Miller (https://www.npr.org/people/348775905/lulu-miller) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Open Educational Resources (OER) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources) Linux (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux) Wikipedia (https://www.wikipedia.org) Public Domain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain) Public Domain Day (https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2021/) Lawrence Lessig (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig) and Creative Commons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license) Wisdom of Crowds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds) C. Lee Giles (https://ist.psu.edu/directory/clg20) and Cite Seer X (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/index;jsessionid=29A3CA32493600A6FD98427C1B13C0BF) OER Commons (https://www.oercommons.org) Open SCIED (https://www.openscied.org) Things that bring us joy this week: Book Stores (in Scott's case: Webster's Bookstore and Cafe (https://www.webstersbooksandcafe.com), State College, PA) Sex Education (https://www.netflix.com/title/80197526) on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how it can help to make learning more inclusive. Built on the concepts of "Universal Design" in architecture, UDL focuses on a series of practices that can inform our design of learning environments, resources and assessments. Universal Design for Learning (https://www.cast.org/impact/universal-design-for-learning-udl) Things that bring us joy this week: Michigander (https://www.michiganderband.com) Harry Styles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Styles) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
We take a break from the talk about inclusive practices for an episode to talk about what we like and what we hate about conferencing. Things that bring us joy this week: The Dresden Files Novels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files)by Jim Butcher Squid Game (https://www.netflix.com/title/81040344) on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss pressing for evidence-based explanations. As the final set of practices in Ambitious Science Teaching, this phase involves helping students construct a final, evidence-based explanatory model for the phenomenon. As we discuss this practice, we also talk more generally about the powerful impact of asking good questions and how we support new teachers' development. Near the end, we briefly discuss work by Jessica Thompson, Elham Kazemi and Magdalene Lampert. Some articles to check out include: Practice Makes Practice: Learning to Teach in Teacher Education (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0161956X.2014.938997) Learning Teaching in, from, and for Practice: What Do We Mean? (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022487109347321) Things that bring us joy this week: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608669/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead/) / the Wonder Years reboot (https://abc.com/shows/the-wonder-years) Bodywork / Massage Therapy Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Ambitious Science Teaching (https://ambitiousscienceteaching.org) Supporting On-Going Thinking Practices (https://ambitiousscienceteaching.org/planning-engagement-important-science-ideas-3/) Things that bring us joy this week: Reservation Dogs (https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/reservation-dogs) on FX via Hulu After Life (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8398600/) on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode (which is actually episode 57), we dig further into inclusive practices and discuss the second phase of Ambitious Science Teaching (AST): eliciting student ideas. Things that bring us joy this week: Spanish Model by Elvis Costello (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/elvis-costello-this-years-model-spanish-1197730/) Lift Hydrofoil Surfboard (https://liftfoils.com) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Ambitious Science Teaching (https://ambitiousscienceteaching.org) Universal Design for Learning (https://udlguidelines.cast.org) Open Educational Resources (https://www.oercommons.org) Things that bring us joy this week: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang-Chi_and_the_Legend_of_the_Ten_Rings) Wild (https://www.cherylstrayed.com/wild_108676.htm) by Cheryl Strayed Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this final episode in our "teacher education trilogy," Scott and Ollie discuss the current preparation programs at their institutions and how their design was informed by research. Things that bring us joy this week: Marvel's What if...? on Disney + (https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/animation/what-if/1) Longwood Gardens (https://longwoodgardens.org/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Invisible College (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi05oPZxMryAhUGEVkFHaF1DMEQFnoECAMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FInvisible_College&usg=AOvVaw0annRKyrNvdnbqH-J0Wyet) Professional Development Schools (https://napds.org) The Nine Essentials (https://napds.org/nine-essentials/) edTPA (https://www.edtpa.com) Things that bring us joy this week: Live Music - Green Day (https://greenday.com), Weezer (https://weezer.com), and Fall Out Boy (https://falloutboy.com) Maintenance Phase Podcast (http://maintenancephase.com) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, Scott and Ollie share their experiences with their teacher education programs and their mentors. Since many universities are starting their fall semesters, it prompted Scott & Ollie to talk about their education and preparation as science teachers. During their discussion, they bring up the concept of "Ten Thousand Hours" which was discussed in Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers (https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930). For more information on this, check out: Can 10,000 hours of practice make you an expert? (https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26384712) or Things that bring us joy this week: 99% Invisible Podcast (https://99percentinvisible.org/) AAA (https://www.aaa.com/stop/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Things that bring us joy this week: Podcast Back to Work (http://5by5.tv/b2w) / Reconsiliable Differences (https://www.relay.fm/rd) / Roderick on the Line (http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/) (Podcasts in the Merlin Mann (http://www.merlinmann.com)(iverse) Phase Zero Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/phase-zero/id1548544607) Smartphone App Duolingo (https://www.duolingo.com) Ten Percent Happier (https://www.tenpercent.com) Streamable Series Ted Lasso (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/ted_lasso)on Apple TV+ Letterkenny (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/letterkenny) on Hulu Movie Sound of Metal (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5363618/) The Old Guard (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7556122/) Book - Entertainment Deadly Education (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50548197-a-deadly-education) My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23604559-my-grandmother-asked-me-to-tell-you-she-s-sorry) by Fredrik Backman Book - Professional Meeting the Universe Halfway (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/738083.Meeting_the_Universe_Halfway) by Karen Barad On Being a Mentor (https://www.routledge.com/On-Being-a-Mentor-A-Guide-for-Higher-Education-Faculty-Second-Edition/Johnson/p/book/9781138892279) by W. Brad Johnson Favorite SIB Episode Ep. 48: Haters Have Got to Hate (Or Do They?) (https://scienceinbetween.fireside.fm/48) Ep. 22: The Hero Teacher, But Not THAT One (https://scienceinbetween.fireside.fm/22) Favorite SIB Episode Title Episode 7: Death March with Fun Sauce (https://scienceinbetween.fireside.fm/7) Episode 26: Poo Poo the Recurring Character (https://scienceinbetween.fireside.fm/26) Favorite Joy of the Joys Qwirkle (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25669/qwirkle) Watchmen (https://www.hbo.com/watchmen) on HBO Favorite New (or new to you) Musical Artist Japenese Breakfast (http://japanesebreakfast.rocks) Amythyst Kiah (https://www.amythystkiah.com) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In the penultimate episode of season 1, we dig deeper into phenomenon-based teaching and what it would look like in classroom settings. In our discussion, we introduce the book Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni as a way to highlight how people react when presented with radically new ideas. You can check out the book at: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/101915/fish-is-fish-by-leo-lionni/ (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/101915/fish-is-fish-by-leo-lionni/) Things that bring us joy this week: Allison and all of our listeners! As we finish season one of this podcast, we appreciate all of you who are listeners. You bring us joy! Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Albert Bandura (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bandura) Phenomena (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnk0Be4a0aw) by the Muppets The tanker lesson (https://ambitiousscienceteaching.org/high-school-•-gas-laws-•-legacy-series/) on AST website (https://ambitiousscienceteaching.org). Bill and Ted Meet Socrates (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvYRqsRZ7vE) Things that bring us joy this week: Great Pottery Throwdown (https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GX0gQ9AKAgr5cuAEAAAG_) on HBO Max Olympics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games) - 3 on 3 Basketball (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3x3_basketball) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this episode, we finish up our discussion of pedagogical content knowledge and examine the larger impacts (and unintended consequences) of measuring things. Along the way, we discuss several books and podcasts including: Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241363/weapons-of-math-destruction-by-cathy-oneil/) Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble (https://nyupress.org/9781479837243/algorithms-of-oppression/) The Psychopath Test on This American Life (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/436/the-psychopath-test) Things that bring us joy this week: Ted Lasso, Season 2 on Apple TV+ (https://tv.apple.com/show/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy?ign-itscg=MC_20000&ign-itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019863_1-535101970941-c&mttnsubkw=106182847425__rdMG7cVq_&mttnsubplmnt=) McCartney 3, 2, 1 on Hulu (https://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/hulu-and-paul-mccartney-come-together-for-original-documentary-music-series-event) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Spawn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_(character)) I Care a Lot (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9893250/) Pedagogical Content Knowledge (https://narst.org/research-matters/pedagogical-content-knowledge) Lee Shulman's seminal 1986 article, Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching (https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1175860.pdf?casa_token=gb6WKVS_S_QAAAAA:dWWUzHffwOS-5hr7nfDzBFdPG_Ik2hVehnvhLTQ-_htvRTnyCtgSeTv8LU7nRSmluFkggYrV2LBbb9TlPmdvzK0RiyI64uALzGjHwghPtZ1MhmtENAT6gw). "Whatever exists at all exists in some amount. To know it thoroughly involves knowing its quantity as well as its quality." - Edward L. Thorndike. (1918). The nature, purposes, and general methods of measurements of educational products. Chapter II in G.M. Whipple (Ed.), The Seventeenth yearbook of the National Society for Study of Education. Part II. The Measurement of Educational Products. Bloomington, IL: Public School Publishing Co. p. 16. Weapons of Math Destruction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_Math_Destruction) by Cathy O'Neil Things that bring us joy this week: Meditation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation) and apps to help like, Calm (https://www.calm.com), Headspace (https://www.headspace.com), or Ten Percent (https://www.tenpercent.com) The Summer of Soul (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Soul) on Hulu Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In this episode, we discuss Lee Shulman's seminal 1986 article, Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching (https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1175860.pdf?casa_token=gb6WKVS_S_QAAAAA:dWWUzHffwOS-5hr7nfDzBFdPG_Ik2hVehnvhLTQ-_htvRTnyCtgSeTv8LU7nRSmluFkggYrV2LBbb9TlPmdvzK0RiyI64uALzGjHwghPtZ1MhmtENAT6gw). The article introduced the concept of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and we discuss the broader impacts of the concept on the field of education. Things that bring us joy this week: Black Widow on Disney+ (https://www.marvel.com/movies/black-widow) Peaky Blinders on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80002479) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
Things that bring us joy this week: A Deadly Education (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50548197-a-deadly-education) by Naomi Novik Electric Townie Bikes (https://electra.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In this week's episode, we discuss the research on learning progressions in science education by examining two articles. The first article (https://dhammer.phy.tufts.edu/home/publications_files/HammerandSikorskiLPessay.pdf) is from Hammer & Sikorski (2015) which examines the implications of complexity for research on learning progressions. The second article (https://inquiryproject.terc.edu/about/presentations-reports/Wiser-2009-LeaPS.pdf) outlines a way that learning progressions can be used as a tool for curriculum development. References: Hammer, D., & Sikorski, T. R. (2015). Implications of complexity for research on learning progressions. Science Education, 99(3), 424-431. Wiser, M., Smith, C. L., & Doubler, S. (2012). Learning progressions as tools for curriculum development: Lessons from the Inquiry Project. In Learning progressions in science (pp. 357-403). Brill Sense. Things that bring us joy this week: Sweet Tooth (https://www.netflix.com/title/81221380) on Netflix Part 2 of Lupin (https://www.netflix.com/title/80994082) on Netflix Kubb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubb) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this week's episode, we discuss Posner, Strike, Hewson, and Getzog's paper on conceptual change and the theory's impact on science education. Posner, G. J., Strike, K. A., Hewson, P. W., & Gertzog, W. A. (1982). Accommodation of a scientific conception: Toward a theory of conceptual change. Science education, 66(2), 211-227. (http://www.ud.infn.it/URDF/laurea/idifo1/materiali/g5/Posner%20et%20al.pdf) As we discuss the article, we also mention the 1987 movie A Private Universe (https://www.learner.org/series/a-private-universe/) which had a huge impact on the field of science education in the 80's. Things that bring us joy this week: Sweettooth (https://www.netflix.com/title/81221380) on Netflix Peanut Butter Covered JoJo's (https://www.mashed.com/389936/trader-joes-new-peanut-butter-chocolate-joe-joes-have-fans-excited/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
In this week's episode, we continue our examination of different learning theories and theorists and dig into Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation by Lave and Wenger. The book examines how different cultures and professions enculturate newcomers into their communities of practice. Things that bring us joy this week: Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet (http://japanesebreakfast.rocks/) Mare of Easttown (https://www.hbo.com/mare-of-easttown) Check out Saturday Night Live's Durder Murder skit (https://youtu.be/qaKZi6p6sxg) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)
This week we talk about Jay Lemke's book about how students and teachers talk science in classrooms. In particular, how he identified issues of power and control by teachers as well as a way to analyze classroom talk as a way to understand learning. Talking Science: Language, Learning, and Values (https://1lib.us/book/1206088/5bacf3) by Jay Lemke Initiate/Respond/Evaluate (IRE) pattern of classroom talk - Sinclair, J. M., Sinclair, J. M., & Coulthard, M. (1975). Towards an analysis of discourse: The English used by teachers and pupils. Oxford University Press, USA. Things that bring us joy this week: Z Library (https://1lib.us) - A resource for books and articles. The Missing Course (https://1lib.us/book/5572031/b2fb05) by David Gooblar Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In this episode, we continue our learning theory conversation by digging into the seminal article by Brown, Collins and Duguid that popularized the term "cognitive apprenticeship." Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational Researcher, 18(1), 32–42. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1176008.pdf?casa_token=KsF9q4MsFCkAAAAA:LlSZKoGZPIc82L85ks0TqN2LS0twBMTB8b8nHu_wtsq66U2rqzsZwLxe8Gr4yYQh8fDxamqcjYCzRf-Vesi4aHU1K7fJ54TSX_fBtuGjdJJ8dA9hb9Jz4w) Midway through the episode, Scott discusses MC Hammer involvement in a recent discussion about science and philosophy. You read more about it here (https://massivesci.com/notes/mc-hammer-science-philosophy-twitter/). Things that bring us joy this week: Gutterballs: The Big Lebowski Deepcast (https://gutterballs.tv) (Episode 1 (https://gutterballs.tv/001/)) Pangram App (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pangram/id1493066702) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
We begin a conversation about learning theory with the great John Dewey. Things that bring us joy this week: Slow Burn Podcast (https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s1/watergate) from Slate The Metaphysical Club (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28202.The_Metaphysical_Club) by Louis Menand Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In this episode, we transition from our discussion on design principles and learning spaces and into an examination of different learning theories that have impacted our work and the way we see the world. Things that bring us joy this week: Lupin on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80994082) Middleditch and Schwartz on Netflix (https://www.middleditchandschwartz.com/netflix-specials) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Things that bring us joy this week: Falcon and the Winter Soldier (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9208876/) on Disney + Invincible on Comixology (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/invincible) and Amazon Prime (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1264469/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In this episode, we continue our exploration of design principles for learning spaces and introduce our third design principle: learning spaces should have a changeable center. Things that bring us joy this week: Mr. Miracle (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Scott_Free_(New_Earth)) Sunny Rowing Machine (https://sunnyhealthfitness.com/products/sunny-health-and-fitness-sf-rw5515-magnetic-rowing-machine-rower-w-lcd-monitor) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Cinco de Mayo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo) Things that bring us joy this week: Nomadland (https://letterboxd.com/film/nomadland/) Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164432.Wooden_Boats?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=vYPmsRaQDa&rank=1) by Michael Ruhlman Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In episode 35, we start our dive into design principles that can inform the creation and use of learning environments. While this will be the start of a several episode arc where we discuss different design principle, in this episode, we discuss why design principles are important and what we mean when we use the term "learning spaces." In our introduction, we discuss "disciplined improvisation" and how it connects to teaching. Check out this article (https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3699971.pdf?casa_token=4KTqVDv2u6cAAAAA:IE2po71qQvNBSzcKqt-aK8Pf6dWFAxPEgr0psgsAHFwvlCAbRhemnCmdeHGnERfLr6EWwV8wNIUe7vYAi3aAzPm3kYJ7IzB7ZnAh8wRPi5w_MVCOARWJ1g) by R. Keith Sawyer. Things that bring us joy this week: Smartless Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/smartless/id1521578868) Sound of Metal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_Metal) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning (https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Teaching+Naked&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss) by José Antonio Bowen Never Send a Human to do a Machine's Job (https://www.amazon.com/Never-Send-Human-Machine′s-Job/dp/1452282579) by Yong Zhao Things that bring us joy this week: Beartown (https://www.hbo.com/beartown)on HBO Max What I talk about when I talk about running (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2195464.What_I_Talk_About_When_I_Talk_About_Running) by Haruki Murakami Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
This week, we discuss the things that we learned from the pandemic and the things we hope get carried forward. Or not. In one section, we share a quote from Dr. Teresa Thayer Snyder, a retired superintendent from upstate New York. Dr. Snyder writes: " When the children return to school, they will have returned with a new history that we will need to help them identify and make sense of. When the children return to school, we will need to listen to them. Let their stories be told. They have endured a year that has no parallel in modern times. There is no assessment that applies to who they are or what they have learned. Remember, their brains did not go into hibernation during this year. Their brains may not have been focused on traditional school material, but they did not stop either. Their brains may have been focused on where their next meal is coming from, or how to care for a younger sibling, or how to deal with missing grandma, or how it feels to have to surrender a beloved pet, or how to deal with death. Our job is to welcome them back and help them write that history.” The full text can be found on Diane Ravitch's site (https://dianeravitch.net/2020/12/12/teresa-thayer-snyder-what-shall-we-do-about-the-children-after-the-pandemic/). Things that bring us joy this week: Magic Playlist on Spotify (https://magicplaylist.co/#/?_k=b726ok) Domi and JD Beck - Sniff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJDARjzHhZE) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In the final episode on our series on the Cross Cutting Concepts, we examine Energy and Matter. Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org) Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download) (https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Appendix%20G%20-%20Crosscutting%20Concepts%20FINAL%20edited%204.10.13.pdf) Energy and Matter Grade Level Progression (https://ngss.nsta.org/CrosscuttingConcepts.aspx?id=5) Research on Drawings of Energy (https://journals.aps.org/prper/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.010129) Discussion Prompts (http://stemteachingtools.org/assets/landscapes/STEM-Teaching-Tool-41-Cross-Cutting-Concepts-Prompts.pdf) Teaching Energy Across the Sciences, K-12 (https://my.nsta.org/resource/102117) from NSTA Press Systems, transfer, and fields: Evaluating a new approach to energy instruction (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/tea.21556) Things that bring us joy this week: The White Stripes Greatest Hits (https://www.amazon.com/White-Stripes-Greatest-Hits/dp/B08KFS2WNZ) Tim Harford's Data Detective (https://www.amazon.com/Data-Detective-Rules-Sense-Statistics/dp/0593084594) and Cautionary Tales Podcast (https://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In the penultimate episode on our series on the Cross Cutting Concepts, we examine Systems and Systems Modeling. Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org) Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download) (https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Appendix%20G%20-%20Crosscutting%20Concepts%20FINAL%20edited%204.10.13.pdf) Systems Graphic Organizer from Bozeman Science (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50d5cc57e4b0e383f5b1eb34/t/5b50dd03758d4683e0a4bc79/1532026115507/Systems.pdf) Looking for prompts to talk about systems and systems modeling in your class, check out: http://stemteachingtools.org/assets/landscapes/STEM-Teaching-Tool-41-Cross-Cutting-Concepts-Prompts.pdf Jon Stewart lampoons climate change deniers on The Daily Show (https://www.cc.com/video/18l8gy/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-unusually-large-snowstorm) Things that bring us joy this week: Gray, R., McDonald, S., & Stroupe, D. (in press). What you find depends on how you see: Examining asset and deficit perspectives of preservice science teachers’ knowledge and learning. Studies in Science Education. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03057267.2021.1897932) Breville Smart Scoop (https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/ice-cream/bci600.html) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org) Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download) (https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Appendix%20G%20-%20Crosscutting%20Concepts%20FINAL%20edited%204.10.13.pdf) Cross Cutting Prompts (http://stemteachingtools.org/assets/landscapes/STEM-Teaching-Tool-41-Cross-Cutting-Concepts-Prompts.pdf) Perplexity - John Dewey (https://brocku.ca/MeadProject/Dewey/Dewey_1910a/Dewey_1910_a.html) Things that bring us joy this week: Letterkenny (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4647692/) on Netflix Meeting the Universe Halfway (https://www.dukeupress.edu/meeting-the-universe-halfway) by Karen Barad Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Part of our series on the different Cross Cutting Concepts, this week we examine Stability and Change. Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org) Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download) (https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Appendix%20G%20-%20Crosscutting%20Concepts%20FINAL%20edited%204.10.13.pdf) Andrés Acher (https://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/pers_publ/publ/PersonDetail.jsp?personId=195750322⟨=EN)Modeling Research (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sce.20196) and Transformation Boxes in Biology. [Briefly, all things in Biology can be represented as "boxes" of inputs (energy, matter, and information) and outputs of the same three things that are transformed.] Research on students' developmental understanding of equilibrium (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344455803_Learning_About_Crosscutting_Concepts_as_Concepts_Background_and_future_of_crosscutting_concept) Research on shifts from force-dynamic language in science (https://education.msu.edu/projects/leaps/proceedings/Gunckel.pdf) Things that bring us joy this week: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765387561) A Beginner's Guide to Snow Shoeing (https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/snowshoeing-first-steps.html) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org) Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download) (https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Appendix%20G%20-%20Crosscutting%20Concepts%20FINAL%20edited%204.10.13.pdf) NGSS Structure/Function Progression Chart (https://ngss.nsta.org/CrosscuttingConcepts.aspx?id=6) Science Frames (https://www.hmhco.com/blog/how-to-teach-the-ngss-crosscutting-concept-of-structure-and-function) Design of Everyday Things (https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654) by Don Norman Science of Cycology (http://www.liv.ac.uk/%7Erlawson/PDF_Files/L-M&C-2006.pdf) Cognitive Gadgets (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980150) by Cecilia Heyes Things that bring us joy this week: Blown Away (https://www.netflix.com/title/80215147) on Netflix Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Woman-Other-Booker-Winner/dp/0802156983) by Bernardine Evaristo Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
As part of our on-going discussion of the Cross Cutting Concepts in the NGSS, we examine Scale, Proportion and Quantity in this week's episode. We discuss the challenges with teaching these concepts and provide some solutions as well. Here are some of the resources we share in this episode: Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org) Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download) (https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Appendix%20G%20-%20Crosscutting%20Concepts%20FINAL%20edited%204.10.13.pdf) Powers of Ten (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0) Zoom Book by Istvan Banyai (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMhUujrN4iU) We also discuss some research on students' challenge with scale including: Tretter, T.R., Jones, M.G., Andre, T., Negishi, A., & Minogue, J. (2006). Conceptual boundaries and distances: Students’ and experts’ concepts of the scale of scientific phenomena. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43 (3), 282–319. Which can be downloaded at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/tea.20123?casatoken=TJTH1B5jXAAAAAA:fW0AYI2ESZkLFLsXBKlG8XkHPott2cPyByYTPQCj5VmuhWBAYRbOAfGYBerLp1U9Y-1NirfqaUqPFbOg In our discussion, we compare how the students' development sense of scale can be compared to science knowledge outlined in A Private Universe (https://www.learner.org/series/a-private-universe/) Need some prompts for talking scale, proportion and quantity with your students? Check out: http://stemteachingtools.org/assets/landscapes/STEM-Teaching-Tool-41-Cross-Cutting-Concepts-Prompts.pdf Things that bring us joy this week: Premier League Soccer (https://www.premierleague.com/) The Flight Attendant on HBOMax (https://www.hbomax.com/grw-fa?utm_id=sa%7c71700000076234780%7c58700006507776317%7cp58828661502&gclid=Cj0KCQiAvvKBBhCXARIsACTePW8zWqNTA6vlZD9hLQB8FkcAGxlKI_umIFjcuxvGCP8Rsnp8m8SkZg8aAgg-EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org) Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download) (https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Appendix%20G%20-%20Crosscutting%20Concepts%20FINAL%20edited%204.10.13.pdf) Causal Patterns Research (http://causalpatterns.org/index.php) Six Causal Patterns (http://causalpatterns.org/causal/causal_types.php) Also, Ollie agrees with Scott (duly noted). Things that bring us joy this week: 500 Rum/Rummy (https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/500-rum/) Song Exploder (https://songexploder.net) on Netflix (https://songexploder.net/netflix) and as a podcast (https://songexploder.net/podcast) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
This week, Scott and Ollie introduce the Cross Cutting Concepts and their role in the Next Generation Science Standards. The episode kicks off a several episode arc where we discuss the different Cross Cutting Concepts and how we can incorporate them into our teaching. Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org) NGSS Crosscutting Concepts (https://ngss.nsta.org/crosscuttingconceptsfull.aspx) Coalition of Essential Schools (http://essentialschools.org) Things that bring us joy this week: Lego - Yoda (https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/yoda-75255) Bob's Burger's Clue Game (https://theop.games/products/game/clue-bobs-burgers/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (https://www.amazon.com/Science-City-Culturally-Relevant-Education/dp/1682533743/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Science+in+the+City%3A+Culturally+Relevant+STEM+Education&qid=1603990786&sr=8-3) by Bryan Brown (https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/brbrown) Horizon Report (https://library.educause.edu/search#?publicationandcollection_search=Horizon%20Report) Things that bring us joy this week: Definitely Maybe (2008) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832266/) The Manifesto for Teaching Online (https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/manifesto-teaching-online) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
This week, we discuss Chapter 7 of Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (https://www.amazon.com/Science-City-Culturally-Relevant-Education/dp/1682533743/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Science+in+the+City%3A+Culturally+Relevant+STEM+Education&qid=1603990786&sr=8-3) by Bryan Brown (https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/brbrown). The chapter examines the strengths and weaknesses in the policies and practices in the field of science education. Things that bring us joy this week: Occulus Quest (https://www.oculus.com/quest/) Scene on Radio (https://www.sceneonradio.org)- In particular the most recent season (3) focused on Democracy, and the first season about whiteness. Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (https://www.amazon.com/Science-City-Culturally-Relevant-Education/dp/1682533743/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Science+in+the+City%3A+Culturally+Relevant+STEM+Education&qid=1603990786&sr=8-3) by Bryan Brown (https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/brbrown) Things that bring us joy this week: The Hot Ones (https://www.youtube.com/user/FirstWeFeast) Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DutVyuiy-xA) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
This week, Science in Between turns 21. In this episode, we discuss Chapter 5 in Bryan Brown's book: Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (https://www.amazon.com/Science-City-Culturally-Relevant-Education/dp/1682533743/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Science+in+the+City%3A+Culturally+Relevant+STEM+Education&qid=1603990786&sr=8-3) by Bryan Brown (https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/brbrown) The chapter examines how closely intertwined language and identity are and how being outside a discourse community creates stress that can impact learning. Cockney Rhyming Slang (https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang) Things that bring us joy this week: Jackbox Games (https://www.jackboxgames.com/party-pack-three/) in particular T.K.O., Trivia Murder Party, and Quiplash. Derry Girls (https://www.netflix.com/title/80238565) on Netflix Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (https://www.amazon.com/Science-City-Culturally-Relevant-Education/dp/1682533743/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Science+in+the+City%3A+Culturally+Relevant+STEM+Education&qid=1603990786&sr=8-3) by Bryan Brown (https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/brbrown) Things that bring us joy this week: Caves of Steel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caves_of_Steel) by Issac Azimov Poetry for Neanderthals (https://shop.explodingkittens.com/products/poetry-for-neanderthals) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
This week, we take a momentary break from our podcast book club and reflect on 2020. Scott and Ollie discuss the lessons they've learned from the wild, disruptive year and what we can apply to the new year ahead. As always, in this episode, we disucss a bunch of stuff including the Hidden Brain podcast, in particular, When You Start to Miss Tony in Accounting (https://omny.fm/shows/hidden-brain/when-you-start-to-miss-tony-from-accounting), Cal Newport (https://www.calnewport.com) and Kubb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubb) Things that bring us joy this week: Sunderland 'Til I Die (https://www.netflix.com/title/80207046) on Netflix Stevie Wonder's Songs on the Key of Life (https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Key-Life-Stevie-Wonder/dp/B00004SZWD) and Talking Book (https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Book-Remastered-Stevie-Wonder/dp/B00004S36A) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (https://www.amazon.com/Science-City-Culturally-Relevant-Education/dp/1682533743/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Science+in+the+City%3A+Culturally+Relevant+STEM+Education&qid=1603990786&sr=8-3) by Bryan Brown (https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/brbrown) Benajmin Lee Whorf (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lee_Whorf) Worf (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worf) Curveballs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curveball) Things that bring us joy this week: Dune (https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert/dp/0441172717) by Frank Herbert Harley Quinn Series (https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GXxis0w4EP8N_vAEAAACO)on HBO Max Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (https://www.amazon.com/Science-City-Culturally-Relevant-Education/dp/1682533743/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Science+in+the+City%3A+Culturally+Relevant+STEM+Education&qid=1603990786&sr=8-3) by Bryan Brown (https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/brbrown) Talking Science: Language, Learning, and Values by Jay Lemke (https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED362379) Things that bring us joy this week: Mandalorian (https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/the-mandalorian) on Disney Plus Sonos The Encyclopedia of Bittany Radio Show (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1TzGTGDQxsKDlq7os7tTn5?R0ZV=) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (https://www.amazon.com/Science-City-Culturally-Relevant-Education/dp/1682533743/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Science+in+the+City%3A+Culturally+Relevant+STEM+Education&qid=1603990786&sr=8-3) by Bryan Brown (https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/brbrown) Things that bring us joy this week: The Queen's Gambit (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10048342/) on Netflix Revisionist History (http://revisionisthistory.com) with Malcolm Gladwell Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Starting with episode 16, we'll be reading Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education by Bryan Brown (https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/science-in-the-city). Join us as we examine how language and culture matter for effective science teaching. Over the next several episodes, we'll be reading a chapter a week. We hope you'll join us on this "In-Between Book Club." Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In our discussion on engaging students, we cover a lot of territory and drop lots of resources. The concept of control value theory can be found in The Spark of Learning (https://wvupressonline.com/node/642) by Sarah Rose Cavanagh and in How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts and Cultures (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24783/how-people-learn-ii-learners-contexts-and-cultures) by the National Academies Press. If you're interested in Hank Green, check out his website (https://hankgreen.com/) where he bills himself as a "science communicator." Hank and his brother John Green (the author) also started Crash Course and SciShow. Things that bring us joy this week: The Old Guard Vol. 2: Force Multiplied (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-old-guard-vol-2-force-multiplied-tp) American Utopia (https://americanutopiabroadway.com) on HBO Max (https://www.hbo.com/specials/american-utopia) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Things that bring us joy this week: Fargo (https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/fargo) (The TV show, Season 4) on FX Watchmen (https://www.hbo.com/watchmen) on HBO Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Our top picks for content students need to learn in science: Ollie - HS-ETS1-3 Scott - HS-ESS2-4 Ollie - HS-LS2-8 Scott - HS-LS2-2 Ollie - HS-LS4-5 Scott - HS-LS4-1 Ollie - HS-ETS1-1 Scott - HS-ESS3-3 Ollie - HS-LS2-7 Scott - HS-PS1-2 To see the specific standards, check out the Next Generation Science Standards (https://www.nextgenscience.org/) Radiolab Podcast - Fungus Among Us Episode (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/fungus-amungus) Things that bring us joy this week: The Adventure Zone (https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/adventure-zone) Boy Pablo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Pablo) - in particular, "Hey Girl" Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
How do you talk with kids about their ideas and how do you use questions to support their learning? Initiate - Response - Evaluate pattern of talk is a class in classroom discourse. The teacher asks a question for which they have a specific answer in mind, a student answers, and the teacher evaluates that response. This pernicious pattern leaves kids without a sense of agency in their own science learning. It has only become harder to avoid this in our new remote focused world of teaching. How might popcicle sticks change your game? How can you use other modes of participation or tools to bring more students into the conversation? Things that bring us joy this week: Anthropocene Reviewed (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed) Adobe Scan App (https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/mobile/scanner-app.html) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the challenges with assessment in face-to-face and online classrooms. While the conversation begins with an observation Ollie makes of his son's math class, the scope broadens to explore why we assess and how we assess to better reflect reform-minded teaching. Things that bring us joy this week: Mission to Zyxx (https://www.missiontozyxx.space) Gideon Falls (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/gideon-falls) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Teaching K-12 Science and Engieering During a Crisis - National Academies Press (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25909/teaching-k-12-science-and-engineering-during-a-crisis) They articulate four key principles: 1) Maintain a focus on the Framework (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13165/a-framework-for-k-12-science-education-practices-crosscutting-concepts)’s vision for high quality science and engineering education; 2) Prioritize relationships, equity, and the most vulnerable students; 3) Families and communities are critical assets for science and engineering learning; 4) Adjusting to changing learning environments and recovering from disrupted learning as an ongoing process that takes time. Things that bring us joy this week: Bob's Burgers (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1561755/) The Boys (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/) on Amazon Prime based on The Boys (https://theboys-comic.com)comicbook Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
This week, the dynamic duo (Scott and Ollie) discuss how critical phenomena are to ambitious and equitable science education and how it helps us go beyond "moving the chairs around." In our discussion, Scott critiques the use of Zombie Ants (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/cordyceps-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants/) as a "fun" phenomenon to engage students in science. We use this discussion as a springboard into a larger conversation about how we select phenomena around which to build units in our face-to-face and online classrooms. Things that bring us joy this week: Ted Lasso (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u7EIiohs6U) on Apple TV+ Grey Man Series (https://www.goodreads.com/series/62220-gray-man) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
This week we talk about how to think about the laboratory experience in online, remote, and mixed mode environments. What is the difference between things that can't normally be done in a classroom that you might use even in face to face environments, and things that are replacements for thing that you would have done face to face where you are using video to show the procedure of a lab and then giving students access to date. The key is to provide experiences that open up opportunities for kids to reason about phenomena, not just follow a procedure. Here are some key resources for supporting investigations in online science teaching: Concord Consortium (https://concord.org/resources/) PhET Simulations (https://phet.colorado.edu) MERLOT (https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm) Hippocampus (https://www.hippocampus.org) We are working on a website with an annotated clearinghouse of resources that we have vetted. Hope to have it up soon. Things that bring us joy this week: Qwirkle (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25669/qwirkle) Ticket to Ride (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-ride) Bananagrams (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27225/bananagrams) Chronology (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/834/chronology) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
Prompted by an activity that Ollie did with one of his classes, Ollie and Scott discuss their "origin stories" and detail how they became teachers. As Scott explains early in the episode, we deconstruct these stories to examine the bigger question "What do we teach?" Students? Or content? Both? Things that bring us joy this week: East of West (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/east-of-west) Documentary Now (https://www.netflix.com/title/80010778); In particular, Season 1 episode named "A Town, A Gangster, A Festival". Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
First, we are in a time where there is absolutely no continuity in how class time is organized, so how do you think about structuring class. Second, we have a long-standing over emphasis in schools on curriculuar continuity - every lesson is its own thing, and this leads to its own kind of disconnection. Standardization and consistency is in tension with individuality and responsiveness. We say, just like Frozen - Let it Go (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEKLFS-aKcw). Try thinking about continuity at different grain-sizes and make your goal the development of a community of science learners. Think in new ways and free yourself of old ideas about the linearity of time. Comma Separated Value (.csv) file (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values) Things that bring us joy this week: TrailLink (https://www.traillink.com) Biking - nothing to recommend except to go out and do it. Can look at Strava (https://www.strava.com). Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the Processes, Principles, and Practices that inform the integration of technology into our face-to-face, online and remotes classrooms. We share a some "design principles" about creating effective learning environments that are embedded in learning theory. We also promised that we'd include the definition of "reify" in the show notes: reify (verb) - to make (something abstract) more concrete or real. Things that bring us joy: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446029/) Nina SImone (https://www.ninasimone.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
We talk about how to think about supporting science teachers as they learn and also the complexities of managing groups of learners in a remote context. We also address some of the issues of digital records of learning and the implications of the shift to remote contexts. We recognize that getting coherence in this brave new world is hard and that technology is often built on outdated models of learning. Things we mention: State of Illinois Remote Learning Recommendations (https://www.isbe.net/Documents/RL-Recommendations-3-27-20.pdf) Things that bring us joy: The Old Guard Graphic Novel (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/the-old-guard) The Old Guard Movie (https://www.netflix.com/title/81038963) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
We discuss the sage on the stage, the guide on the side, and our own variation the coach on the bench and what this means for who does the hard work of the science thinking in science classrooms. We also talk about how COVID is an example of how science really works, but it is happening in a public way. Things that bring us joy: Memory Palace Podcast (https://thememorypalace.us) Cautionary Tales Podcast (https://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
In this discussion of virtual and face-to-face grouping in science classes, Scott and Ollie examine some practices that promote more participation in online spaces. Beyond an "esoteric" analysis of online interaction, we discuss how we use different technologies to get groups of students to engage with one another and with course content. Links to things we mention in this episode: The reason Zoom class drain your energy (https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200421-why-zoom-video-chats-are-so-exhausting) What is a CSV file? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values) Moore's Theory of Transactional Distance (https://k3hamilton.com/LTech/transactional.html) In each episode, we share "things that bring us joy." This week, that includes: Oceanhorn 2 (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oceanhorn-2/id1141837408) Leaders Eat Last (https://simonsinek.com/product/leaders-eat-last/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
As we start this adventure, we discuss the challenges facing schools and science educators during the pandemic. As we move to online instruction in more schools, what does science teaching look like? How do our roles as science teachers change? We don't necessarily have the answers but we think we're asking the right questions and offering some thoughts. We also share "things that bring us joy." This week, that includes: The Food Network show Chopped (https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped) Against the Rules podcast by Michael Lewis (https://atrpodcast.com/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind) Production assistance by Enzo Dreon