NGS Navigators: We're Phenomenal!

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NGS Navigators: We're Phenomenal!

Welcome to weekly episodes talking about all things NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) for teachers, parents, and administrators of children in grades K-8. Featuring interviews with NGSS experts, actual living scientists, and K-8th grade teachers all with one goal in mind: Providing you with effective, efficient, and engaging NGSS professional development. Because we think YOU are phenomenal.

  1. Episode 074: Resources for Conducting NGSS Aligned Professional Development with Lori Henrickson

    05/08/2021

    Episode 074: Resources for Conducting NGSS Aligned Professional Development with Lori Henrickson

    Lori Henrickson works at the curriculum level in her district in Nevada and is the state science teachers association executive director. On this episode, she shared her approach to NGSS focused professional development and outlined for us how she conducted her sessions. This past year she focused on 3 main goals: student assessment, building relationships and connections between scientists and teachers and identifying phenomena. Lori shared with us some helpful professional development resources to navigate through NGSS curriculum development.

    47 phút
  2. Episode 073: Teaching about the Intersections of Biology, Race, and Racism with Jeanne Chowning and Hanako Osuga

    22/07/2021

    Episode 073: Teaching about the Intersections of Biology, Race, and Racism with Jeanne Chowning and Hanako Osuga

    Jeanne Chowning and Hanako Osuga sat down with us to discuss some of the curricular work that they have done specifically focused on race, racism, and genetics within the context of addressing and navigating these topics in the classroom.

    55 phút
  3. Episode 072: Using Modeling as a Pedagogy in Chemistry with Erica Posthuma

    08/07/2021

    Episode 072: Using Modeling as a Pedagogy in Chemistry with Erica Posthuma

    This week we had a conversation with Erica Posthuma, a current high school chemistry teacher. Erica shared with us some of the practices she has implemented as a “modeler” and how she helps students develop their own understandings from their observations and understandings. Erica also discussed her journey as a teacher, including how she was affected by the pandemic and how modeling has changed how she approaches chemistry. Erica wraps up this episode discussing some of the avenues she has found to publish as a high school chemistry teacher.

    36 phút
  4. 071: MySci and Elementary Curriculum Development with Jeanne Norris

    24/06/2021

    071: MySci and Elementary Curriculum Development with Jeanne Norris

    This week we chatted with Jeanne Norris who is a part of the Washington University Institute for School Partnership. She discussed some of the features and benefits of the MySci program, which she helped develop. This program provides teachers with quarterly kits, curriculum and professional development to incorporate high quality science material in their classrooms. Jeanne also discusses educative curriculum and some of the behind the scenes aspects of building elementary curriculum. She talks about how science can be tied to reading and math standards and help students grow holistically.

    40 phút
  5. 070: Student Teaching NGSS in a Pandemic with Madison Levine and Rachel Lauzier

    27/05/2021

    070: Student Teaching NGSS in a Pandemic with Madison Levine and Rachel Lauzier

    In this week’s podcast, we sat down with Madison Levine and Rachel Lauzier, two seniors in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. They discuss their student teaching experience this past spring and how they navigated being a pre-service teacher in a pandemic. The two of them touch upon hybrid teaching and the challenges they were faced with when balancing in person and at home students. Moreover, they discuss resources they found helpful while facilitating a hybrid classroom and share with us their experience engaging students in NGSS practices.

    47 phút
  6. The Current State of Science Education

    13/05/2021

    The Current State of Science Education

    Board members of the Margaret O'Sullivan STEM Foundation--Jen Gutierrez, Wanda Bryant, and Todd Campbell--discuss the current state of science education in America, along with Tamashi Hettiarachchi, who is introduced as the next host of the NGSNavigators Podcast. Intro music used: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/making-tracks License code: H8FIKLRTOVEPE6T4

    42 phút
  7. In Remembrance: Interview with Margaret O'Sullivan

    11/03/2021

    In Remembrance: Interview with Margaret O'Sullivan

    We are at the one year mark when our founder and leader Margaret O’Sullivan passed away. In her honor, the Margaret O’Sullivan STEM Foundation was started as a nonprofit to carry on the work she started and to continue providing new content and resources to the community of science educators. As a way to introduce ourselves and our vision, we are replaying the podcast episode in which Todd Campbell interviews Margaret O’Sullivan, where you can get a feel for why she began NGS Navigators and the passion she carried for this work.

    41 phút
  8. 068: Meet Disease Ecologist Kaylee Arnold

    05/03/2020

    068: Meet Disease Ecologist Kaylee Arnold

    Disease ecologist Kaylee Arnold shares with us her research on kissing bugs, particularly how their gut bacteria and environments impact the transmission of Chagas disease. We also hear why learning through application and research has been so important to her, and how the #BlackandSTEM hashtag has helped her find a community of Black scientists. Find shownotes at https://www.ngsnavigators.com/blog/068 Join our Facebook Group and let us know what  you think of this episode. And remember, you’re phenomenal!

    30 phút
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Welcome to weekly episodes talking about all things NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) for teachers, parents, and administrators of children in grades K-8. Featuring interviews with NGSS experts, actual living scientists, and K-8th grade teachers all with one goal in mind: Providing you with effective, efficient, and engaging NGSS professional development. Because we think YOU are phenomenal.

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