Using Phenomena to Help Students Explain the World

What are phenomena and how can science teachers use these events to engage students in science? Professor of Science Education Todd Campbell joins us to help start a series about using phenemona in science education. Listen to hear about new strategies in how pre-service science educators are being prepared, where to start if you are beginning a journey to adopt […]

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A New NSTA Position Statement on Teaching Climate Science

For this week’s episode, we invite Eric Pyle to the show to discuss NSTA’s recent adoption of a position statement on the teaching of climate science. In addition to helping write the position statement, Eric is a Professor in the Department of Geology & Environmental Science and the Coordinator of Science Teacher Preparation at James Madison University in Virginia. Listen […]

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Episode 13 – The Who and What of the Why Files

http://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/nstalol13.mp3 This week we talk to Terry Devitt from WhyFiles.org. Preview from the Show: Our primary mission is to look at what is going on in the world every week and find some corner of the scientific enterprise that lends itself to a public conversation about science, and then we drill down into that, to contact the best experts that […]

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