David Fields Podcast: Recent Episodes

David Fields

This podcast is intended to be a study tool for students of my classes. My focus is on seventh and eighth grade science, although older episodes address topics for high school social sciences.

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This lecture follows several days of exploration into the structure of atoms and molecules. It comes immediately after the Whoosh Lab but before the students turn in their lab reports. This lecture should crystallize any unclear concepts, and give them the tools necessary to write a thorough lab report. Tags: *ms-ps1-2, chemical change, chemical formula, chemistry, combustion, exothermic, integrated, isopropyl alcohol, middle school, ms-ps1-4, ms-ps1-5, ms-ps1-6, ngss, products, reactants, reaction, science, variables, whoosh lab

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This is the lecture for Ozone, Oxygen, Atomic Structure, Bonding and Human Impact. For best results, listen while looking at the slides.

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What can we do to improve our food crops? What kind of changes to food does society need?

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How do we know we are living in the Anthropocene? Once we name this new epoch the Anthropocene, will that change anything?

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How do we know we are living in the Anthropocene? Once we name this new epoch the Anthropocene, will that change anything?

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How do we know we are living in the Anthropocene? Once we name this new epoch the Anthropocene, will that change anything?

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How do we know we are living in the Anthropocene? Once we name this new epoch the Anthropocene, will that change anything?

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Eighth Grade Science Should we genetically engineer humans to live on other planets?

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Eighth Grade Science Should we genetically engineer humans to live on other planets?

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Eighth Grade Science Should we genetically engineer humans to live on other planets?

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In this episode, the class discusses how to design an experiment.

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what is the scientific method? What are the steps of scientific inquiry?

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This is a review of the terms parameter, manipulated variable, and responding variable as they are used in experiments.

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Physical Science: Explanation of Whoosh Lab

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The nonviolent events that led to the start of World War Two.

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This podcast is the lecture to go along with our study of the atomic bomb in World War II.

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Treaty of Versailles