Episode Archive
190 episodes of Science In-Between since the first episode, which aired on September 9th, 2020.
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Episode 109: Kidnapped to Paragraph Island
October 5th, 2022 | Season 3 | 42 mins 21 secs
In this episode, we discuss the importance of curricular planning and discuss how big ideas, anchoring events, and storylines can inform the process.
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Episode 108: Semi-Colon Closure Community
September 28th, 2022 | Season 3 | 40 mins 56 secs
This week we talk about closure at the end of lessons and what might be an alternative to closing things down.
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Episode 107: Scientific Literacy and Assorted Stuff
September 21st, 2022 | Season 3 | 47 mins 57 secs
In this episode, we discuss the evolution of the concept of "scientific literacy" over time.
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Episode 106: Prolly an Experiment
September 14th, 2022 | Season 3 | 44 mins 32 secs
This week we talk about how teaching (science) teachers can be like teaching science and how it is different.
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Episode 105: Observing and Questioning
September 7th, 2022 | Season 3 | 53 mins 58 secs
In this episode, we discuss how we frame observations of classrooms.
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Episode 104: Joys to the World, Vol. 2
August 31st, 2022 | Season 2 | 50 mins 53 secs
This week we did only joys. We chose one thing (or sometimes Ollie picked two) that brought us joy from a group of different categories.
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Episode 103: Just Not Right
August 24th, 2022 | Season 2 | 51 mins 8 secs
In this episode, we discuss the role of "correct answers" in science education.
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Episode 102: What We Talk About When We Talk About Informal Science Education
August 17th, 2022 | Season 2 | 44 mins 27 secs
This week we talk about the long overlooked (by us) context of informal science education.
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Episode 101: Dipping Toes into International Waters
August 10th, 2022 | Season 2 | 50 mins 18 secs
In this episode, we talk about the international STEM education and what we can learn (if anything) from the assessment-based comparisons.
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Episode 100: All About the Prime Space, Cousin
August 3rd, 2022 | Season 2 | 40 mins 26 secs
This week we talk about direct instruction and what role it takes in ambitious forms of teaching.
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Episode 99: If the Future's Online...
July 27th, 2022 | Season 2 | 52 mins 45 secs
In this episode, we revisit a topic from Episode 97 and examine what learning principles should inform an online, educational future.
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Episode 98: Shakes Fist at Cloud
July 20th, 2022 | Season 2 | 44 mins 55 secs
This week we talk about how much science we need, as citizens, to participate in the public discourse in society and make public decisions.
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Episode 97: Is the Future Online?
July 13th, 2022 | Season 2 | 44 mins 39 secs
In this episode, we discuss whether the future of K-12 education online.
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Episode 96: Not One of My Favorite Numbers
July 6th, 2022 | Season 2 | 44 mins 52 secs
This week we talk about culturally relevant science teaching and what that means in terms of connecting to local community issues.
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Episode 95: Why Would Anyone Become a Science Teacher?
June 29th, 2022 | Season 2 | 42 mins 27 secs
In this episode, we discuss the reasons that prospective science teachers should enter the profession.
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Episode 94: False Sense of Performance
June 23rd, 2022 | Season 2 | 55 mins 28 secs
This week we talk about standards, standardizing, and what makes sense to makes sense to standardize and why.