It’s Time for Science—open air! At the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) convention in Atlanta, host Tom Racine interviewed two superb educators in regards to the significance of going outdoors whenever you educate.
Episode Guests
Autumn Rivera
Autumn Rivera, the 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year and a Finalist for National Teacher of the Year, discusses the significance of taking children outdoors and on day journeys to native areas. She talks in regards to the energy of science to combine disciplines throughout the varsity and the way to work with different curriculum areas. We additionally chat about instructor burnout and techniques to assist each lecturers and college students recuperate after the pandemic.
Andrea Burrows
Then it’s Andrea Burrows’ flip! Ms. Burrows is an award-winning science instructor in Santa Clara, California, with a few years of classroom expertise. She talks about specializing in exploring the outside of your native space to provide college students a real-life context of how science impacts us all. She additionally touches on how backyard applications in faculties will be impactful, in addition to the significance of instructor management and connecting with different lecturers throughout all disciplines.
Game Review with David Lippman
Finally, producer David Lippman critiques the sport Photosynthesis from Blue Orange Games.
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