This week, Dan and Sam are joined by Grace Boersma to talk about how storylines can be used in classrooms to engage students in science learning. Grace gives us a peek into what it was like using the iHub chemistry storylines with students for several years and discusses the teacher and student shifts she noticed over time.

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This week, Dan and Sam are joined by Tara A.W. McGill to talk about phenomena and storylines. Tara explains the process of picking a “good” phenomenon and how it gets turned into a storyline. She also shares some of the research behind this instructional approach and how it helps students learn science.

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This week, Dan and Sam are joined by Dr. Brian Reiser to talk about the Framework and NGSS, how they came to be, why we have both, and how teaching like this can look in classrooms. Brian also shared some advice for teachers who are trying to enact the vision of the Framework and pointed to a set of open educational resources that can help make this type of teaching accessible to more teachers.

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Welcome to Unpack Everything: Science Education Reform in the Real World hosted by Sam Pinter and Dan Voss! Twice a month we’ll be having conversations with teachers, researchers, and other folks who are helping make science education better for students.

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