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Episode 15: Beyond the Classroom Science Fair 03/16/2015

Episode 15: Beyond the Classroom Science Fair /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3427781

Episode 14: Science Fair Presentation Day 03/02/2015

Episode 14: Science Fair Presentation Day In this episode I share how I set up my Science Fair presentation day. I explain how students were organized to give their presentations and how I assessed them. I also reflect on how the presentations went and the ups and downs of the results. Finally, I describe how I conform my non-traditional Science Fair methods to the demands of the district level Science Fair. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3399144

Episode 13: Preparing Science Fair Presentations 02/26/2015

Episode 13: Preparing Science Fair Presentations On today’s podcast I talk about preparing students for Science Fair day. It will include how I prepare students for their oral and visual presentations, the technology we use to do it, and how our Science Fair day is different than a tradition science fair. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3389609

Episode 12: Science and Literacy - Writing Conclusions and Abstracts for Science Fair 02/19/2015

Episode 12: Science and Literacy - Writing Conclusions and Abstracts for Science Fair This is where the rubber meets the road. Can students determine the validity of their hypotheses? Listen to hear how I coach students in scientific thinking AND writing as they write up their conclusions to their Science Fair projects. Also hear how I guide my students to writing an Abstract which they use to summarize their entire experimental process. Also, hear how the awesome Language Arts teachers on my team interdisciplinized the Science Fair by creating an independent reading list which students used to contextualize their project in their writing. This has proven especially usefull given the new emphasis on the Common Core and literacy across the curriculum. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3375285

Episode 11: Teaching Math in Science 01/28/2015

Episode 11: Teaching Math in Science /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3324665

Episode 10: Analyzing Science Fair Data with Students, part 2 01/26/2015

Episode 10: Analyzing Science Fair Data with Students, part 2 In this episode I continue to share my experiences with students in organizing and graphing their data. I discuss the methods for taking all their data and displaying it in a single table. In addition, I outline how students gain expertise on graph types and decide what type of graph to use for their data. Click the links below to download copies of materials I used with my students. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3321680

Episode 9: Analyzing Science Fair Data with Students, part 1 01/07/2015

Episode 9: Analyzing Science Fair Data with Students, part 1 /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3281923

Episode 8: Organizing Science Fair Data with Students 11/29/2014

Episode 8: Organizing Science Fair Data with Students In Episode 8, I discuss how students concluded their data gathering by organizing their data into a meaningful data table. We also brainstormed ways to use math to help "summarize" the data. Finally, students researched types of graphs in order to choose one that best represented their data. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3208556

Episode 7: Science Fair Goes to Humanities - Working With Colleagues, part 1 11/24/2014

Episode 7: Science Fair Goes to Humanities - Working With Colleagues, part 1 The awesome Lillie Marshal, 7th grade Humanities teacher joins for this episode of the podcast. She shares how she welcomed Science Fair into her classroom and curriculum and how she used it to teach research concepts. Listen to hear how to work with colleagues to “interdisciplinize” your Science Fair. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3198790

Episode 6: Making an Observation Protocol for Science Fair 11/14/2014

Episode 6: Making an Observation Protocol for Science Fair In Episode six, I reveal how students went about crating an observation protocol. They know that they are trying to find the affect their trash item has on the growth of plants. But what do they mean by growth? There are many ways in which a plant grows. I'll explain how I engaged students to create a protocol for what they will measure and how they'll go about doing it. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3179739

Episode 5: Setting Up Science Fair Experiements 11/08/2014

Episode 5: Setting Up Science Fair Experiements In episode 5, I describe how my students put their procedures into action. I detail how students self pace the activity and how I offer tailored support. I also discuss how I have my students reflect on the process to revise their experimental procedures. Below are links to the web based resources mentioned in the episode. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3168526

Episode 4: Writing Experimental Procedures 11/05/2014

Episode 4: Writing Experimental Procedures Want to know why I do Science Fair in this unusual way? I start this episode with a brief outline of how I do science fair and why. Then I go into how I lead students in writing procedures to test their hypotheses. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3163641

Episode 3: Hypotheses 11/05/2014

Episode 3: Hypotheses In this episode, students return to science class with background research in hand. They use this research to generate hypotheses. I discuss the way students debate predictions and use their research to back up their ideas. I also explain the hypothesis format I use and how it helps students envision the entire experiment. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3161962

Episode 2: Questions & Variables 10/31/2014

Episode 2: Questions & Variables In episode 2 I discuss how students choose an independent varialbe, and how to include it in a testable question. For this lesson students also leanred to differential independent and dependent variables. In addition, I elaborate on how I collaborated with my Humanities teacher to do the background research portion of the project. /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3153145

Episode1.mp3 10/14/2014

Episode1.mp3 /episode/index/show/sciencefairpodcast/id/3117435

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