27 episodi
Ask Matt - NGSS science education advice from an expert Green Ninja (www.greenninja.org)
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Science education is going through a big transition right now as schools throughout the country have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards. These new standards represent a large shift in how science will be taught, and teachers have good questions about how these standards will affect their classrooms. Our host (Eugene Cordero - climate scientist and founder of Green Ninja - science education provider) talks with Matt d'Alessio, science education expert and author of the 2016 California Science Framework for NGSS. Matt has dedicated over 20 years of his life to science education both as a high school science teacher and a distinguished university professor. In this podcast, Eugene asks Matt various questions about science education, NGSS, and the environment in a friendly and easygoing conversational style that is designed to be helpful to teachers.
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Ep. 27: Storytelling in the science classroom
In this episode, Eugene and Matt talk about storytelling and the value that stories bring to learning and in particular, learning science. They relate to their own experiences using storytelling, describe some of the latest research, and offer tips for how teachers can bring stories and storytelling into their own science classroom.Resources mentioned in this episode:Ignorant Pineapplehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yv5bMjv7gPlaylist of Green Ninja Film Festival Winnershttps://youtube.com/p...
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Ep. 26: Interview with Tiffany Boyd from Classrooms for Climate Action
In this episode, Eugene and Matt are joined by a special guest, Tiffany Boyd. Tiffany is a retired teacher who taught for 27 years in Boulder, CO and now runs the organization Classrooms for Climate Action (C4CA). Eugene and Matt talk with Tiffany about her work in Colorado to support teachers integrate climate science, climate justice, and climate action into their classrooms.Resources mentioned in this episode:Classrooms for Climate Action (C4CA) websitehttps://classroomsforclimateaction.or...
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Ep 25: Eugene talks science, climate, and Green Ninja on the podcast Science is Cool Unplugged
Eugene talks about how to be a good science thinker on the ScIC “Science is Cool” Unplugged podcast with PocketLab co-founder, Dave Bakker. The podcast follows a similar theme as the very popular Science is Cool (ScIC) virtual unconferences that PocketLab has hosted since the pandemic started. Dave Bakker is a wonderful host and makes every conversation interesting and fun! Dave asks Eugene a bunch of questions about science learning and climate, and their conversations ultimately lead ...
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Ep 24: Eugene talks Green Ninja on the podcast Pod of Gold
Eugene talks about Green Ninja with Pod of Gold hosts Stefanie B. Overbeck and Mel Wymore. The Pod of Gold podcast is created to inspire creative activism and social innovation as they believe the successful evolution of human society will require a profound transformation of the systems that shape our behavior. They were interested in talking to Eugene about Green Ninja because they were curious if education could play a role in ultimately promoting a more inclusive, prosperous, and sustaina...
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Ep 23: Eugene talks Carbon Footprints on the podcast Your World, Your Money
Eugene and Dr. Steve Westlake (Cardiff University) were recently guests on the podcast, Your Money, Your World, where the focus of the episode was “Understanding Our Carbon Footprints”. We decided to rebroadcast the episode because we felt that many of our listeners would find the conversations interesting and relevant to our own understanding of climate change and how we teach this subject.Original episode:Your World, Your Money Podcast: “Understanding Our Carbon Footprints”https://www.ywymp...
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Ep 22: Interview with Katie Worth, author of Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America
In this episode, Eugene and Matt talk to Katie Worth about her new book and what her extensive research can teach us about climate change education in the U.S.Resources mentioned in this episode:Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America by Katie Worthhttps://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/miseducation/ClimeTimehttps://www.climetime.org/National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI)https://climateinterpreter.org/about/projects/NNOCCI