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Episode 96 – What’s New in LEGO Mindstorms

This week we talk about LEGO Mindstorms with Caroline Hanson. As teacher and member of the LEGO Education Advisory Panel, Caroline routinely uses LEGOs to teach her enrichment courses in reading, math, academic…

Episode 95 – Helping Students Imagine Mars

This week we talk with David Delgado, lead of the Imagine Mars project from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Imagine Mars Project gives students a chance to work with scientists…

Episode 94 – Pick Your Poison

We catch up this week with Deborah Blum. Blum first joined us on Periodicity to talk about science journalism. Since then, Blum has written “The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the…

Episode 93 – Making Connections Between Home, School and Science

Prompted by listener feedback, we talk this week with Sherri Smith Dodgson. As “Miss Science,” founder of Discover Science 4 Kids, and co-founder of SciPreneur, Dodgson has been an active…

Episode 92 – STEM in Primary Classrooms

As the Common Core State Standards in Math and English Language Arts are being adopted and implemented in classrooms nationwide, educators have been wondering if there will be any room…

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0May 13, 2013
Episode 96 – What’s New in LEGO Mindstorms

This week we talk about LEGO Mindstorms with Caroline Hanson. As teacher and member of the LEGO Education Advisory Panel, Caroline routinely uses LEGOs to teach her enrichment courses in reading, math, academic…
0April 22, 2013
Episode 95 – Helping Students Imagine Mars

This week we talk with David Delgado, lead of the Imagine Mars project from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Imagine Mars Project gives students a chance to work with scientists…
0April 8, 2013
Episode 94 – Pick Your Poison

We catch up this week with Deborah Blum. Blum first joined us on Periodicity to talk about science journalism. Since then, Blum has written “The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the…
1March 25, 2013
Episode 93 – Making Connections Between Home, School and Science

Prompted by listener feedback, we talk this week with Sherri Smith Dodgson. As “Miss Science,” founder of Discover Science 4 Kids, and co-founder of SciPreneur, Dodgson has been an active…
4March 11, 2013
Episode 92 – STEM in Primary Classrooms

As the Common Core State Standards in Math and English Language Arts are being adopted and implemented in classrooms nationwide, educators have been wondering if there will be any room…
0February 25, 2013
Episode 91 – BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory

This week we talk with Dr. Yan Wong – an evolutionary biologist and co-host of BBC’s “Bang Goes the Theory”. Dr. Yan joins us to talk about the show (now…

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