Fields and Framework: Recent Episodes
Meg Richard
This podcast is for Kansas educators who are looking to implement Kansas Science Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) into their classroom spaces. During this season different teachers and science leaders will be weighing in with their practice, perceptions and insights into the field of Kansas Science Teaching around the specific K-12 Framework for Science Education.
During this episode we are talking with Dr. Betsy Lawrence, an eighth grade science teacher in Olathe Kansas about how using "talk moves" has opened up her class to more authenitic sense-making of the natural world. Betsy is a middle school science teacher at Summit Trail Middle School in Olathe Kansas, a Kansas Department of Education Field Educator, a past president of KATS and recent graduate of the University of Kansas… with lots to talk about.
During this epiode we meet Neil Lundgren an elementary Science Specialist for the Garden City School District. Neil and Meg discuss what makes elementary science critical and why utilizing collboartions at the district, state and national level have had such an impact on his classes. To learn more about the NASEM report Neil references in the episode, visit; https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/enhancing-science-in-prekindergarten-through-fifth-grade.
During this episode we meet Robert Hamilton a biology teacher at Manhattan High School, a Kansas Department of Education Teacher leader and the proud president of KATS (The Kansas Association of Teachers of Science). Robert will share with us some of the ways that he helps to establish a positive culture for classroom sense-making as well as ways that teachers can benefit from being involved with their state professional organizations.
Visit www.kats.org to learn more about the Kansas Association of Teachers of Science.
This podcast is produced by members of the Kansas Department of Education Science team.