Science In-Between

By Scott McDonald and Ollie DreonScience Technology Education

Science In-Between episodes

May 12, 2021 Episode 37: Self Deprecating but Accurate
In this episode, we continue our exploration of design principles for learning spaces and introduce our third design principle: learning spaces should have a changeable center.
Things that bring us joy this week:
Mr. Miracle
Sunny Rowing Machine
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
42 min
May 05, 2021 Episode 36: Architecturally Agnostic
Cinco de Mayo
Things that bring us joy this week:
Nomadland
Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard by Michael Ruhlman
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
40 min
April 28, 2021 Episode 35: Not Messing Around On the Fringes
In episode 35, we start our dive into design principles that can inform the creation and use of learning environments. While this will be the start of a several episode arc where we discuss different design principle, in this episode, we discuss why design principles are important and what we mean when we use the term "learning spaces."
In our introduction, we discuss "disciplined improvisation" and how it connects to teaching. Check out this article by R. Keith Sawyer.
Things that bring us joy this week:
Smartless Podcast
Sound of Metal
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
46 min
April 21, 2021 Episode 34: The Prime Directive(s) on a Napkin
Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning by José Antonio Bowen
Never Send a Human to do a Machine's Job by Yong Zhao
Things that bring us joy this week:
Beartown on HBO Max
What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
42 min
April 14, 2021 Episode 33: Stupid things... And we love them.
This week, we discuss the things that we learned from the pandemic and the things we hope get carried forward. Or not. In one section, we share a quote from Dr. Teresa Thayer Snyder, a retired superintendent from upstate New York. Dr. Snyder writes:
" When the children return to school, they will have returned with a new history that we will need to help them identify and make sense of. When the children return to school, we will need to listen to them. Let their stories be told. They have endured a year that has no parallel in modern times. There is no assessment that applies to who they are or what they have learned. Remember, their brains did not go into hibernation during this year. Their brains may not have been focused on traditional school material, but they did not stop either. Their brains may have been focused on where their next meal is coming from, or how to care for a younger sibling, or how to deal with missing grandma, or how it feels to have to surrender a beloved pet, or how to deal with death. Our job is to welcome them back and help them write that history.”
The full text can be found on Diane Ravitch's site.
Things that bring us joy this week:
Magic Playlist on Spotify
Domi and JD Beck - Sniff
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
48 min
April 07, 2021 Episode 32: Three Claps for the Big Dog
In the final episode on our series on the Cross Cutting Concepts, we examine Energy and Matter. Next Generation Science Standards
Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download)
Energy and Matter Grade Level Progression
Research on Drawings of Energy
Discussion Prompts
Teaching Energy Across the Sciences, K-12 from NSTA Press
Systems, transfer, and fields: Evaluating a new approach to energy instruction
Things that bring us joy this week:
The White Stripes Greatest Hits
Tim Harford's Data Detective and Cautionary Tales Podcast
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
48 min
March 31, 2021 Episode 31: Introducing the Rapper Izzy New
In the penultimate episode on our series on the Cross Cutting Concepts, we examine Systems and Systems Modeling. Next Generation Science Standards
Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download)
Systems Graphic Organizer from Bozeman Science
Looking for prompts to talk about systems and systems modeling in your class, check out: http://stemteachingtools.org/assets/landscapes/STEM-Teaching-Tool-41-Cross-Cutting-Concepts-Prompts.pdf
Jon Stewart lampoons climate change deniers on The Daily Show
Things that bring us joy this week:
Gray, R., McDonald, S., & Stroupe, D. (in press). What you find depends on how you see: Examining asset and deficit perspectives of preservice science teachers’ knowledge and learning. Studies in Science Education.
Breville Smart Scoop
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
51 min
March 24, 2021 Episode 30: Not FULL of Dad Jokes
Next Generation Science Standards
Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download)
Cross Cutting Prompts
Perplexity - John Dewey
Things that bring us joy this week:
Letterkenny on Netflix
Meeting the Universe Halfway by Karen Barad
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
38 min
March 17, 2021 Episode 29: No One Says Dummy Head
Part of our series on the different Cross Cutting Concepts, this week we examine Stability and Change.
Next Generation Science Standards
Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download)

Andrés Acher Modeling Research and Transformation Boxes in Biology. [Briefly, all things in Biology can be represented as "boxes" of inputs (energy, matter, and information) and outputs of the same three things that are transformed.]
Research on students' developmental understanding of equilibrium
Research on shifts from force-dynamic language in science
Things that bring us joy this week:
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
A Beginner's Guide to Snow Shoeing
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
42 min
March 10, 2021 Episode 28: Former Junior Engineer
Next Generation Science Standards
Cross Cutting Concepts (pdf download)
NGSS Structure/Function Progression Chart
Science Frames
Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Science of Cycology
Cognitive Gadgets by Cecilia Heyes
Things that bring us joy this week:
Blown Away on Netflix
Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel by Bernardine Evaristo
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
Production assistance by Enzo Dreon
40 min