Episodes
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Episode 17: Guess What's In My Head
December 23rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 44 mins 23 secs
This week we talk about Bryan Brown's book, Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (Ch. 2).
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Episode 16: That Stereotype is Indexical
December 16th, 2020 | Season 1 | 44 mins 21 secs
This week we talk about Bryan Brown's book, Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education (Introduction and Chapter 1).
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Bonus Episode: Join Our In-Between Book Club
December 10th, 2020 | Season 1 | 3 mins 7 secs
Starting with episode 16 we will be doing a chapter by chapter discussion of Bryan Brown's book "Science in the City: Culturally Relevant STEM Education", so grab a copy and read along with us.
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Episode 15: Dropping the Milieu
December 9th, 2020 | Season 1 | 38 mins 47 secs
We talk about how to think about keeping kids engaged so that we can build on their ideas to make class engaging and productive.
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Episode 14: Show Me Your Core Competencies
December 2nd, 2020 | Season 1 | 42 mins 58 secs
What we wish we had learned from our science teachers.
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Episode 13: The Nerdiest Draft Ever!
November 25th, 2020 | Season 1 | 48 mins 55 secs
NGSS Draft Day
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Episode 12: Fear the E
November 18th, 2020 | Season 1 | 46 mins 20 secs
We talk about the IRE pattern of talk, questions, and talking with students in ways that get us to the classroom climate we want, but is so hard in remote environments.
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Episode 11: Plum Pudding and Fools' Errands
November 11th, 2020 | Season 1 | 43 mins 34 secs
We talk about assessment - formative v. summative, as well as how to think about it in the in-between.
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Episode 10: N is National not Next
November 4th, 2020 | Season 1 | 34 mins 37 secs
We talk about the new National Academies report on "Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis".
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Episode 9: Phenomena (Do do do do do)
October 28th, 2020 | Season 1 | 36 mins 14 secs
This week we talk about the key nature of phenomena and how they are not science concepts and also how to think about engaging kids with them when not face-to-face.
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Episode 8: Up Your Explanatory Quotient
October 21st, 2020 | Season 1 | 37 mins 27 secs
How do you think about laboratory experiences outside of a face to face environment?
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Episode 7: Death March with Fun Sauce
October 14th, 2020 | Season 1 | 50 mins 4 secs
Ollie and Scott answer the question, "What do you teach?".
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Episode 6: The Continuity Caveat
October 7th, 2020 | Season 1 | 45 mins 38 secs
Curricular continuity is our focus this week. We talk about keeping your kids "together" while reminding yourself that you can let that go.
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Episode 5: Three Ps in a Pod(cast)
September 30th, 2020 | Season 1 | 42 mins 45 secs
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss the Processes, Principles, and Practices that inform the integration of technology into our face-to-face, online and remotes classrooms.
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Episode 4: Zoom Fatigue is Real
September 23rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 50 mins 47 secs
We focus on managing learning on zoom or with other remote tools and how it can support groups.
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Episode 3: Grouping (in Between)
September 16th, 2020 | Season 1 | 48 mins 17 secs
As schools begin to schedule classes in the pandemic world, the question arise: How do we group students across the different learning modalities to promote active participation and student engagement?