Science In-Between

Teaching Science In a Hybrid World

About the show

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.

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Episodes

  • Episode 214: A Phenomenal Episode!

    October 9th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  48 mins 4 secs

    In this episode, we revisit the topic of phenomena and their selection and use in science classes.

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    Episode 213: Answering Question #3

    October 2nd, 2024  |  Season 5  |  48 mins 29 secs

    This week we talk about book clubs for professional learning and how to structure them.

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    Episode 212: Playing Whack A Mole

    September 25th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  46 mins 39 secs

    In this episode, we discuss the complicated nature of learning space, learning theory, and pedagogy.

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    Episode 211: Practice with Morning Ollie

    September 18th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 23 secs

    This week we talk about why hands-on and lab activities are not the same as phenomenon-driven science practices.

  • Episode 210: Our Nerd Era

    September 11th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  46 mins 54 secs

    This week we talk about AI and what teachers should know about it.

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    Episode 209: Celebrating Partnerships

    September 4th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  41 mins 42 secs

    In this episode, we discuss the value of partnerships between higher education institutions and schools.

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    Episode 208: Joys to the World, Vol. 4

    August 28th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  52 mins 5 secs

    This is the end of season 4, so it is an all joys episode, so enjoy (see what we did there).

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    Episode 207: Devil in the Details

    August 21st, 2024  |  Season 4  |  48 mins 1 sec

    In this episode, we discuss conducting observations of phenomenon-based science classrooms.

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    Episode 206: Craft of Carving

    August 14th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  49 mins 35 secs

    This week we talk about teaching as a science, engineering, design, craft, or art practice.

  • Episode 205: Project 2025 Explained

    August 7th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  41 mins 45 secs

    In this episode, we outline the educational aspects of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 document.

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    Episode 204: The Lark Owl Connection

    July 31st, 2024  |  Season 4  |  33 mins 55 secs

    This week we talk about teaching climate and climate changes in the context of a new book from Mark Widschitl (lead author of the Ambitious Science Teaching book).

  • Episode 203: Induction Junction, What's Your Function?

    July 24th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  41 mins 50 secs

    In this episode, we discuss mentoring and induction of new science teachers.

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    Episode 202: Who is Your Tribe?

    July 17th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  37 mins 52 secs

    This week we talk about how truth is tribal and social, and so social death is scarier than physical death and why that matters for teaching and learning.

  • Episode 201: Not Changing Buses

    July 10th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  36 mins 36 secs

    In this episode, we discuss the sticky subject of transfer in education.

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    Episode 200: Talking with Your Dog About Gravity

    July 3rd, 2024  |  Season 4  |  46 mins 30 secs

    This week we dig into the differences between cognitive and sociocultural perspectives on learning and how they characterize not just different ways of learning, but of knowing.

  • Episode 199: Two Beefs from Ollie

    June 26th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  45 mins 53 secs

    In this episode, we discuss some of the issues we have with the current discourse around AI in education.