Science Through Education and Storytelling
In today’s episode, I have the pleasure to talking with Jill Damato from the education department of Brookfield Zoo. Jill and I met as colleagues enrolled in the AIP program through Miami University Ohio and Brookfield Zoo. In this episode, Jill and…
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In today’s episode, I have the pleasure to talking with Dr. Deanna Soper. I first met Dr. Soper as an instructor in one of my classes through the Miami University AIP program, and couldn’t wait to talk to her about her work….
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In today’s episode I talk to Suzanne Steinert who works on conservation relating to threatened and endangered populations of beluga whales, starting with a unique population of belugas in her backyard in Alaska. We talk about how a love for travel and…
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I have a special treat for you today, in Episode 3 of Unless: Stories of Everyday Earth Savers. Today I interview Kim Savino of the Start Seeing Monarchs initiative. We talk about how Kim was inspired by her childhood experiences with her…
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As I continue to prod along with the production of my podcast: “Unless: Stories of Everyday Earth-Savers”, I have not completely abandoned the dream of a regularly updated general science and science education YouTube Channel. While I rebuild the website and start…
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Link to Today’s Show: HERE On today’s show I have Sunny Nelson, Curator of Birds at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, IL. We talk about how she got started in her line of work, her work with the Bali Mynah, and…
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Link to today’s episode: HERE In Episode 001, I welcome my first guest. Me. I talk about why I set out to create this podcast, and what some of my goals for. In this episode I talk about how nature and natural…
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Well, I can finally get around to changing the podcast page on this website. It is official. We launched a podcast a week ago. The podcast is called “Unless: Stories of Everyday Earth-Savers.” It is an interview podcast where I discuss the…
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I hate missing a day of work. Being up 3 am making sub-plans and hoping against hope to have a caring and professional adult in the classroom, while fighting illness or (worse yet) caring for a sick kid, is not my idea…
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I think one of the problems with science, and one of the issues The Next Generation Science Standards are trying to discuss is the focus on “facts”. From Kindergarten through High School and even beyond, science classes are mostly memorizing names, vocabulary…
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