Science In-Between

Science In-Between

By Scott McDonald and Ollie DreonScienceTechnologyEducation
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Science In-Between episodes

  • Episode 177: Stuff We Think We Know

    In this episode, we discuss "10 Education Studies from 2023 that You Should Know" from Education Week.

    https://www.edweek.org/leadership/10-education-studies-you-should-know-from-2023/2023/12?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=8614276&UUID=00e12bd8a61b87f3c64166df19fe4b41&T=11418127

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    Cerakote Headlight Restoration
    Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 176: Stars of Many Colors

    This week we talk about perfectionism, grades, and systems of evaluation and how they impact learners and us as humans.

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
    Dr. No by Percival Everett

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    47 min
  • Episode 175: Not Scott's Bucket List

    Here, we discuss a recent episode of the podcast, WorkLife with Adam Grant. In that episode, Grant meets with Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen, the authors of the book "Your Brain on Art." We also chat about research showing the correlation between the arts and award-winning artists.

    Arts Foster Scientific Success: Avocations of Nobel, National Academy, Royal Society, and Sigma Xi Members

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    Jack Reacher Season 2
    Slow Horses Season 3

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    48 min
  • Episode 174: Outgroup Bucket List

    Welcome to 2024! Look at us, we made it. This week we talk outgroup dehumanization and how we put people in buckets of us and them. What is the consequence of our tribal nature has humans and the way that makes us willing to treat people that our not in our tribe in dehumanizing ways?

    Adam Grant's Work Life podcast episode with Elliot Aronson

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
    Rye Lane on Hulu

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    54 min
  • Episode 173: The Show Before the Show

    In this special holiday edition, Scott and Ollie record their pointless banter before the show.

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    Noah Kahan
    Great British Baking Show Holidays

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    40 min
  • Episode 172: Not Just Nonsense

    This week we talk about the research that we do when we are not talking to each other on the podcast.

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
    Trust by Hernan Diaz

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    52 min
  • Episode 171: A Simulating Conversation

    In this episode, we discuss the role of computer simulations in science education.

    Some resources we share in this episode:

    https://phet.colorado.edu/
    https://www.nsta.org/teaching-simulations
    https://www.openscied.org/simulation-library/

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    Advent Calendars
    8 Mile Pizza

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    49 min
  • Episode 170: Uncomfortable Transitions

    This week we talk about the importance of discomfort in learning. Inspired by reading:

    Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
    Grapevine Podcast

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    41 min
  • Episode 169: Add It Up

    In this episode, we discuss the NCTM standards and teaching practices and how they compare to the NGSS standards.

    NCTM Principles to Action

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    College Football: Michigan vs. Ohio State
    Tootsie Roll Snowballs

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    41 min
  • Episode 168: The Holiday Uncle Test

    This week we talk about The School of Thought, in particular the new Conspiracy Test that asks people to examine their own thinking. We make connections to how students learn and how to have civil conversations at the holidays.

    School of Thought

    The Conspiracy Test

    Things that bring us joy this week:

    Holiday Movies, in particular Four Christmases
    Scene on Radio, in particular the series Seeing White

    Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

    36 min

About Science In-Between

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This is a conversation about how science teaching can move between and connect different worlds.

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