Science for the classroom and beyond
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson joins Lab Out Loud for our season finale. Dr. Tyson is an author (most recently The Pluto Files and Death by Black Hole), has been described as the ‘Carl Sagan of the 21st Century’ and named “Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive” by PEOPLE magazine, appeared numerous times on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show, stars in the […]
Read morehttp://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/LOL26.mp3 Dr. Sean B. Carroll returns to the show this week to celebrate Darwin Day (Feb. 12, 2009). With two new books out (Remarkable Creatures and Into the Jungle), Dr. Carroll discusses the power of storytelling in teaching science. In fact, he even treats us with a story of how Darwin, Alfred Russell Wallace and Henry Walter Bates all […]
Read morehttp://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/LOL25.mp3 We welcome Jodi Peterson to the show this week. Jodi serves as the Assistant Executive Director for the NSTA Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, and talks to us about what we might see for science and science education with the Obama administration. Make sure to tell us what you think about Science in its Rightful Place. Comment […]
Read morehttp://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/LOL20.mp3 In this episode, we talked with Ed Begley Jr. Ed talks to us about science, the environment and his show Living with Ed. Preview from the Show: I think when people are armed with good knowledge about science, I think we’ve really got a shot. It’s amazing to me when I talk to people – adults, people my […]
Read morehttp://media.libsyn.com/media/wsst/LOL17.mp3 To open our second season, we talked with Sir Harold Kroto. Kroto won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 (along with Curl and Smalley) for the discovery of fullerenes. He talks to us about a loss of hands-on experiences in our world, how to reform science education, and offers a new resource for science (and other) educators. Links: […]
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