Recent Teacher Institute Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Exploratorium

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.

  • Scaling Up Barbie
    Size and scale can be difficult concepts to teach. TI staff educator Lori Lambertson talks us through one of her favorite activities, using one of her favorite dolls-Barbie.
    2 June 2010, 6:00 am
  • Body Metrics
    Students really struggle with the metric system. TI staff educator Lori Lambertson tells us how she helps students get a handle on what the units really mean.
    26 May 2010, 6:00 am
  • Let's Find Out!
    Teaching isn't just work, it's a lot of fun. Staff physicist Thomas Humphrey quickly figured out that he didn't have the answer to every question in the classroom-and that's the fun of it.
    19 May 2010, 6:00 am
  • That's a Good Question
    TI staff biologist Karen Kalumuck describes how she tries not to answer every question that's asked during a class. Instead, she guides her students to discover ideas for themselves.
    12 May 2010, 6:00 am
  • Teaching Abroad
    A veteran teacher describes her first year of teaching-in Guatamala. She faced many, many challenges, but she stuck it out and has been teaching for 20 years.
    5 May 2010, 6:00 am
  • Revising the Rainbow
    What is indigo anyway? Staff physicist Paul Doherty tells the story behind ROYGBIV, and how he'd like to change that standard palette.
    28 April 2010, 6:00 am
  • When the Moon Hits Your Eye
    What coin would just barely cover the full moon? You may be surprised. TI director (and recovering astrophysicist) Linda Shore explains how our brains distort the actual size of the moon.
    21 April 2010, 6:00 am
  • Find That Sound
    Take a little sound quiz with our host, Stephanie Chasteen, and learn something about how our brains locate sounds.
    14 April 2010, 6:00 am
  • Follow the Bouncing Ball
    Have you ever really listened to a ball bounce? Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey describes the elegant mathematics of a bouncing ball.
    7 April 2010, 6:00 am
  • The Last Straw
    Despite my better judgment, I invite TI staff educator Eric Muller to do one more set of activities�several things you can do with soda straws.
    24 March 2010, 6:00 am
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