Episodes
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Episode 220: Hard for Ollie to Say
November 20th, 2024 | Season 5 | 49 mins 8 secs
This week we talk about how we see and interpret the world is a lot about who we are and what our experiences have been all the way down to the data coming from our senses.
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Episode 219: A Conversation about Controversy
November 13th, 2024 | Season 5 | 41 mins 21 secs
In this episode, we discuss the teaching of controversial topics in science.
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Episode 218: Sad Batman
November 6th, 2024 | Season 5 | 46 mins 38 secs
This week we talk about how to answer the question "when does the teacher intervene when a kid's idea is wrong?"
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Episode 217: Assessing the Assessments
October 30th, 2024 | Season 5 | 43 mins 16 secs
In this episode, we discuss the released sample questions for the PA Keystone exam in Biology.
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Episode 216: Gaps and Naps
October 23rd, 2024 | Season 5 | 42 mins 12 secs
In this episode, we revisit gapless explanations.
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Episode 215: CoPilot Failure
October 16th, 2024 | Season 5 | 40 mins 32 secs
This week we talk about failure in science and how we need to think about it in terms of teaching.
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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.
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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.
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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.