Lab Out Loud
Summary: Lab Out Loud is a show about science teaching in the classroom and beyond. Lab Out Loud seeks to explore science education through discussions with educators, researchers, leading scientists, science writers and other guests who are committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. Support for Lab Out Loud is provided by the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA).
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- Artist: Dale Basler and Brian Bartel
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Podcasts:
Now students can learn some science in the Minecraft world with the recent Chemistry update of Minecraft Education Edition.
In this episode, we discuss an instructional framework for successfully implementing socioscientific issues as learning experiences, and highlight the importance of evaluating scientific evidence when tackling these issues in the science classroom.
Acting as matchmaker for classrooms to scientists (and other professionals), Nepris tackles the heavy lifting of finding professionals eager to provide educational outreach in their field of expertise.
Learn how your students can use the family of sensors to build science experiments.
We talk with science fiction writer Cory Doctorow about his most recent novel Walkaway, maker movements and the future.
This week on Lab Out Loud, Hakhamanesh Mostafavi, PhD student in the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University and co-author of a recent paper, Identifying genetic variants that affect viability in large cohorts, joins co-hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler to talk about the evidence for and examples of continuing human evolution.
This week Lab Out Loud is proud to introduce their youngest guest ever on the show. Ten year old Elaina Garg and her younger sister Kaylie wrote The Organic Coloring Book with the help of their father Neil, a professor at UCLA.
Author Sam Kean has a new book out called Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us.
Celebrated on October 23, Mole Day recognizes Avogadro's number, which is a basic unit of measurement in chemistry.
Science degrees can be found in the most intriguing careers. This week Lab Out Loud talks with Becca Ransohoff, an analytical chemist for MadTree Brewing in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lab Out Loud is proud to share Matt Blackman's physics games and apps. As physics teacher and adjunct instructor at Rutgers Graduate School of Education, Matt founded The Universe & More where he creates educational games and apps such as Crack the Circuit and Action Graphing. Matt joins co-hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler to talk about his games, how they might supplement and enhance (but not replace) good teaching, and how you can use them with the companion worksheets in your science classroom.
As the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) takes full effect this fall, educators might be curious to know how this new legislation affects STEM education. To help us navigate through ESSA, Lab Out Loud welcomes James Brown, the executive director of the STEM Education Coalition, to the show.
From Math for America, Lab Out Loud welcomes John Ewing (President) and Megan Roberts (Executive Director) to the show. John and Megan discuss the success of the Math for America model, how it can be replicated across the nation, and emphasize the importance of teaching as a true profession.
A chemistry teacher creates a graphic novel that teaches chemistry concepts
Learning the Rules with Sean B. Carroll
