Science In-Between

Episode 260: Stripping It to the Studs

September 3rd, 2025  |  Season 5  |  40 mins 56 secs

This week we talk about new things that we are going to try in the upcoming semester of our classes (and we mostly don't stay on topic).

Episode 259: Micro Means Small

August 27th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  43 mins 44 secs

In this episode, we discuss Scott's trip to Mexico to work with local science teachers to develop units on microplastics.

Episode 258: Not My Language

August 20th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  43 mins 44 secs

This week we talk about doing professional learning in another country and in another language and what that might mean.

Episode 257: Definitely Not Cynical

August 13th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 57 secs

In this episode, we discuss a recent New York Times article about the Alpha School.

Episode 256: A New Way to Offend

August 6th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 51 secs

This week we talk about how Terrain Theory as a way of setting health policy is a reflection of a deep misunderstanding of how science works and what a theory really means.

Episode 255: Blogs and Podcasts and AI ...Oh my!

July 30th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 32 secs

ai, chatgpt, ngss

In this episode, we discuss a recent NSTA blog post on Science Assessment in the Age of AI.

Episode 254: Going for the Corners

July 23rd, 2025  |  Season 5  |  50 mins 33 secs

This week we talk about assessing faculty in higher education and what it means to rate people on a scale.

Episode 253: Questioning Questions

July 16th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  46 mins 36 secs

In this episode, we discuss questions that can be asked during dissertation defenses.

Episode 252: Epistemic Apocalypse

July 9th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  40 mins

This week we talk about the knowledge system that is at the center of the way we think about learning and speculate what it will take to change it (and if AI is that thing).

Episode 251: Book 'Em!

July 2nd, 2025  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 27 secs

In this episode, we talk about books about teachers and teaching.

Episode 250: Make America Competent Again

June 23rd, 2025  |  Season 5  |  47 mins 5 secs

This week we talk about the idea of what it means to be a competent outsider to science and how we prepare students to be one of those people.

Episode 249: Going International

June 18th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 2 secs

In this episode, we discuss the nature of international students on US college campuses.

Episode 248: Negotiation Yoga

June 11th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  39 mins 8 secs

This week we talk about negotiations and how they are like teaching.

Episode 247: Sifting through SIFT

June 4th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 9 secs

In this episode, we talk about the SIFT model for media literacy.

Episode 246: Stupid but Accurate

May 28th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  51 mins 11 secs

This week we talk about how our labor in our communities can be a reflection of established patterns of privilege that can be treated as "the way we do things".

Episode 245: AI Alacrity

May 21st, 2025  |  Season 5  |  51 mins 5 secs

In this episode, we discuss the AI Assessment Scale.