Idealized Science

In the third episode of the Idealized Science podcast, Dr. Beckey chats with Dr. Wargo and 6th grade science educator Jeanine Ging about engaging students from 6th to 12th grade in long-term science projects culminating in presentations at an authentic science conference at the high school level. “Long-terms” and authentic science conferences epitomize the Idealized Science framework. For more information, additional educational resources, and to support our mission, please visit us at https://www.idealizedscience.org.

In the second episode of the Idealized Science podcast, Dr. Beckey and Dr. Wargo introduce and contextualize the Idealized Science framework. Idealized Science enables teachers to engage their students in the most recent science education standards that have resulted over decades of educational research. For more information, additional educational resources, and to support our mission, please visit us at https://www.idealizedscience.org.

In the first episode of the Idealized Science Podcast, we discuss a Physics Today article from 2017 entitled The Past and Future of Physics Education Reform (Otero and Meltzer, Physics Today 70 (5), 50–56 (2017)). For more information about the Idealized Science Institute, please visit us at our website.