Micah shares a great learning experience involving students doing field work with scientists, the importance of being a role model in schools, and the need to find balance in our lives as educators.  He also shares his thoughts on assessing students in ways that align with the real practices of scientists.

Chris is an elementary principal and former science supervisor.  He is currently a district director for NSTA.  He shares a lesson involving a rock from Antartica, a reading a passage about properties, and calling the most important person in the world (his mom!). He discusses the importance of teachers being willing to try new things and helping students learn to have civil conversations about science issues.  He also tells us about one of his proudest moments of having a former student collaborate with current students about local entomology research.

For this episode, we get to hear from Betty Prall, a 4th grade teacher and the elementary science coordinator for her district. Betty shares a great activity that invloves M&M's and candy corn, a strategy called thinking maps, and she discusses the importance of teaching vocabulary. I also loved her story of a teacher that made a big difference for her and made her think about a career in teaching. I think you'll love it too. So, once again welcome and thanks for joining us.

Ben shares a fun activity called the periodic table spelling bee, advice about making your classroom more energetic, and the importance of inspiring kids to keep learning.  He also discusses his very cool PEZ dispenser collection.