Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips
Teacher Institute Teaching Tips is a bite-sized podcast for science teachers, by science teachers. In each five-minute episode, we give you hands-on activities, science facts, science history, pedagogy tips for new teachers, or other ideas for your science classroom.
Want to ask a science question of our experts, or share a teaching tip of your own? Please e-mail us at teachingtips@exploratorium.edu.
Next Podcast: November 25, 2009
Electrifying Ideas
The ancient Greeks knew about magnets, and they knew about electricity, too. But it wasn’t until the nineteenth century that a connection between the two was discovered. Staff physicist Paul Doherty tells the story of how a professor made the connection…which led to modern motors.
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Date: November 18, 2009
Running Time: 00:07:37
Audio: Mono
It’s All in Good Taste
TI staff biologist Karen Kalumuck busts some of the myths about taste, and presents a few fun activities for the classroom.
Links: | This activity is from the Exploratorium’s Human Body Explorations | The Nose Knows activity | More activities by Karen Kalumuck |
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Date: November 11, 2009
Running Time: 00:06:28
Audio: Mono
Take It from the Top
A stack of blocks seems to defy gravity in this activity by Exploratorium staff educator Don Rathjen.
Links: | Take It from the Top activity | More of Don Rathjen’s activities |
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Date: November 4, 2009
Running Time: 00:04:38
Audio: Mono
A Tale of Adjustment
A veteran teacher describes his first year of teaching, and the myriad things he adjusted to while he learned the profession he loves.
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Date: October 28, 2009
Running Time: 00:04:52
Audio: Mono
Going to the Dogs
What do polarized sunglasses have to do with dog urine? Listen to this curious story from staff physicist Paul Doherty.
Links: | Paul Doherty’s Web site |
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Date: October 21, 2009
Running Time: 00:09:30
Audio: Mono
Stringing Us Along
TI program participant Mark Hespenheide presents an elegant illustration of free fall using string and paper clips.
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NISE: SmallTalk
SmallTalk is a podcast series where we chat about nanotechnology with leading scientists, thinkers, artists, writers, and visionaries, and look at quirky nanoscience stories in the news.
Teacher Institute Summer Institute
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