The Walking Classroom has worked with some amazing people and organizations to create a new Career Series. Students, teachers, parents — heck, anyone! — are encouraged to download these free podcasts and lesson plans. Walk, listen and learn about various career possibilities. Enjoy!
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Science Beyond the Classroom is a podcast that features scientists from a variety of disciplines. These scientists share their experiments and research.
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This podcast accompanies the book "Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms: Real Science for Real Students" by Douglas B. Larkin, published by Routledge. As a distinctive voice in science education writing, Douglas Larkin provides a fresh perspective for science teachers who work to make real science accessible to all K-12 students. Through compelling anecdotes and vignettes, this book draws deeply on research to present a vision of successful and inspiring science teaching that builds upon t ...
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Afterword: Good Reasons for Becoming a Science Teacher
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An appeal for more people to consider science teaching as a career. (An earlier version of this essay was published on the op-ed page of the Newark Star-Ledger.)
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Chapter 15: Playing School vs. Doing Science
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Providing all students with access to the means of knowledge generation.
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Chapter 14: Teaching at the Boundaries of Our Knowledge
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Being knowledgable enough about what we teach to not feel like a fraud.
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Chapter 13: The Black Belt Science Teacher
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Differentiation and a speculative learning progression for science teachers.
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Chapter 12: Mentoring New Science Teachers
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Novices get better when we support them with good feedback. An earlier version of this essay appeared as "10 Things to Know About Mentoring Student Teachers" in the April 2013 edition of Phi Delta Kappan magazine
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Chapter 11: Observing Candles and Classrooms
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Learning from other teachers by withholding judgment
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Chapter 10: Before Today, I Was Afraid of Trees
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Rethinking nature deficit disorder in diverse classrooms. An earlier version of this essay appeared in Fall 2011 issue of the magazine Rethinking Schools.
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Chapter 9: In Praise of Field Trips and Guest Speakers
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Bringing the inside-out and the outside-in for science learning
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Framing safety as part of scientific practice for students.
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Chapter 7: What if the Stork Carried 20-sided Dice?
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On the Use of Models and Simulations as Tools for Thinking
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Chapter 6: Reconsidering labs & demonstrations for doing model-based inquiry
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Don't throw away those owl pellets just yet.
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Chapter 5: HeLa Cells, High-Speed Chases, and Other Essential Questions
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Because science class should not be a trivia game. This episode explores what it means to use an essential question in teaching science, and how this can connect to teaching science for social justice.
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Chapter 4: Responding to Student Questions Without Giving Answers
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"Maybe it will just have to remain a mystery forever." This episode tells the story of Mr. Teague, and how he doesn't answer questions in his physics classroom.
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Chapter 3: Every Misconception a Shiny Pebble
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Glimpsing Beautiful and Productive Extensions of Prior Knowledge
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Chapter 2: Eliciting Students' Ideas
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Student Ideas as the Raw Material of Science Teachers’ Work
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Chapter 1: Aiming for Culturally Relevant Science Teaching
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An Argument for Meeting Our Students Where They Are
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Teaching Real Science to Real Students: On Being a Thoughtful Science Teacher and Doing a Good Job
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Citizen Scientists with Chris Goforth
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn talks with Chris Goforth, who is the Senior Manager of Citizen Science at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science and is studying to become an aquatic entomologist. Chris explains how a childhood fear became a passion and career, what citizen science is, and how everyone can get involved.…
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn talks with Dr. Roland Kays, a zoologist and Director of the Biodiversity Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Dr. Kays explains how he and other scientists discovered a new species of mammal and how old museum specimens help scientist make new discoveries.…
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Evolutionary Genomics with Dr. Julie Horvath
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn visits Dr. Julie Horvath, the Director of Genomics and Microbiology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Dr. Horvath explains genetics and genomics and how after thorough research, scientists work to get their findings published.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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Mammal Collections Management with Ben Hess
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn gets to know Ben Hess, the Collections Manager of Mammals at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Ben shares about how he studies collections of shrews in order to research and learn more about northern and southern short-tail shrews in North Carolina.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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Evolutionary Biology with Dr. Julie Urban
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn talks with Dr. Julie Urban, an Evolutionary Biologist and Assistant Director of the Genomics and Microbiology Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Dr. Urban shares about her work as an evolutionary biologist, her work with plant hoppers, and how it’s never too late to find a new passion.…
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn gets to know geologist and North Carolina Museum of Natural Science Museum Director, Dr. Emlyn Koster in this podcast. Emlyn shares how early exploration at his childhood home led to a lifelong career in field of geology.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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Mammalogy with Dr. Stephanie Schuttler
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn visits with Dr. Stephanie Schuttler, a Post-Doc Research Associate and mammalogist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Stephanie shares her research on forest elephants and their family groups.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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Microbial Ecology with Dr. Julia Stevens
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn talks with Dr. Julia Stevens, a Post-Doc Research Associate in the Genomics and Microbiology Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Julia explains what she does as a Post-Doc Research Associate and about the impact of invasive species.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn talks with Dr. Chris Tacker, a geologist and curator of geology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Dr. Tacker shares how geology is related to almost everything we see, touch, and do and what is happening far below the surface of a volcano.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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Astronomy with Dr. Patrick Treuthardt
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Dr. Patrick Treuthardt, the Assistant Director of Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science talks with Laura Fenn about how scientists study things in space like galaxies and planets using light.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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Veterinary Medicine with Dr. Dan Dombrowski
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn gets to know Dr. Dan Dombrowski, Chief Veterinarian at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Dan discusses what a veterinarian does at a museum and the observation and learning opportunities for the public.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn talks with Dr. Jason Cryan, the Deputy Museum Director for Research and Collections, as well as an entomologist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Jason shares about the immense biodiversity in the insect world and what happens when scientists discover a new species.…
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn talks with Dr. Paul Brinkman, Assistant Director of Paleontology and Geology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, as well as an historian of science. He explains how we can learn much about science through the study of the lives and work of scientists throughout history.…
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn talks with Colin Brammer, a entomologist and coordinator of the Natural Worlds Investigate Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Colin explains the characteristics of an insect and how they can be harmful and helpful to humans and the environment.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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Museum Education Programs with Liz Baird
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn visits with Liz Baird, the Director of Education at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Liz shares how her role at the museum is to translate science into something students and the public can follow and about her own research on deep water canyons.بقلم The Walking Classroom
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Scientific Exploration with Bob Alderink
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The Walking Classroom’s Laura Fenn visits with Bob Alderink at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. Bob shares how his childhood passions for science and early cultures led him to his current role as Coordinator of an investigations lab at the museum. He shares the importance of learning about and understanding the natural world and gettin…
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How do baboons communicate with each other? UNL Anthropology professor, Shimelis Beyene studied the biology and social behavior of two different types of baboons. He found that by observing behavior, there were ways to tell a baboon's rank in society. And, the way they communicate isn't too different from the way humans communicate.…
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How do paleontologists study fossils? What can fossils tell us about earth's past climates? What went into the creation of the Smithsonian Channel's documentary Titanoboa: Monster Snake? Titanoboa is the world's largest snake, it would have been 48 feet long and would weigh 2,500 pounds. Dr. Jason Head, Vertebrate Paleontologist, shares his experie…
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What all goes into the educational exhibits at museums? What are some innovative ways science is being presented through media? Dr. Judy Diamond, Professor and Curator for Informal Science Education, shows how a wide audience can engage in science through educational projects. One of these projects is called "World of Viruses." "World of Viruses" i…
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Could biological factors influence whether we are liberal or conservative in our views? What can cognition - or, the way the brain processes information tell us about our behavior? What is the gaze-cueing effect? Cognitive Psychologist Dr. Mike Dodd had an experiment in collaboration with Political Scientists John Hibbing and Kevin Smith to get to …
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What do rural sociologists do? What makes people decide to move from a big city to a small town, or vice versa. How do migration patterns affect the economy? Dr. Randolph Cantrell answers these questions, and more.بقلم Alex Epperson
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