February 03, 2020

Agent Christine Primomo (Science for Girls?)

29 minutes

Your lesson, should you choose to accept it, is to examine how science curriculum for female-identifying students can go beyond clichéd ideas in order to facilitate an informed exploration of their world. The Special Agent assigned to help you with this task is Christine Primomo from Lake Washington Girls’ Middle School in Seattle, Washington.

Episode links:

For more about the Lake Washington Girls’ Middle School: http://www.lwgms.org

For more about Islandwood on Bainbridge: https://islandwood.org/school-overnight-program/

For more about the IBM Hack a Hair Dryer Campaign: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-35027902

For the teaching guide for “Salmon vs. Dams: The Dam Removal Debate on the Elwha River”: https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/indianed/tribalsovereignty/elementary/uselementary/uselementary-unit3/unit3materials/lesson7/americanfieldguide.pdf

For more on how women are othered in science research and elsewhere: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

For more on Henrietta Lacks, including teaching resources: http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/

For more on the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study

For more on teacher self-care: Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar

For more on Christine’s frequent collaborator, and former Lesson: Impossible guest, Lewis Mayday-Travis: https://www.lessonimpossible.com/#/episodesix/

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February 03, 2020

Agent Christine Primomo (Science for Girls?)

29 minutes

Episode links:

For more about the Lake Washington Girls’ Middle School: http://www.lwgms.org

For more about Islandwood on Bainbridge: https://islandwood.org/school-overnight-program/

For more about the IBM Hack a Hair Dryer Campaign: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-35027902

For more on how women are othered in science research and elsewhere: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

For more on Henrietta Lacks, including teaching resources: http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/

For more on the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study

For more on teacher self-care: Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar

For more on Christine’s frequent collaborator, and former Lesson: Impossible guest, Lewis Mayday-Travis: https://www.lessonimpossible.com/#/episodesix/

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