Podcasts about informal science education

Introducing a new feature to the podcast. This new feature is called INSIGHT. With each episode we'll explore some aspect of freelancing and how it intersects with the environmental awareness work being done by independent professionals worldwide. In this first episode, we consider seven types of freelancing as described by Nikita Tambe, a contributor to Forbes magazine. Which type of freelancing best describes you?Let's talk. I am inviting people to 1:1 conversations to learn more about them and their experiences freelancing. Join me here. LINKSThe Freelance Project PortfolioWhat is freelancing and how does it work? (Nikita Tambe) (Photo in episode art by Annie Spratt on Unsplash) CREDITS:Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License;SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.Contact Us

In this episode, we get to learn from Dr. Tom Rhoads, an economist and professor at Towson University.Dr. Rhoads shares his transition from sports economics to environmental economics and his research integrating economics into environmental education.Dr. Rhoads explains that his interest in environmental education began about five years ago when he noticed a shift in the demographics of his class, with more environmental science and studies majors than economics majors. This led him to change his approach to teaching environmental economics, focusing more on the environment and finding the economics within it. LINKSTom Rhoads, Towson UniversityAldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac*Rachel Carson, Silent Spring*The Leopold Writing ProgramWorking Paper - Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2023 Conference | Thinking like an economist while reading the land: Using reading quizzes to show environmental studies and sciences and economics intersecting in Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac; Working paperPresentation Slides - North American Association for Environmental Education, 2023 Conference | Costs, Benefits, and Environmental Action; Presentation slides ________________________Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about Independent environmental education professionals and how they strengthen environmental literacy.Contact Us * Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Commissions earned support The Freelance Project.

I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, and Mike Mayer, co-founders of Experiential Interpretive Design, a coaching company they founded to help individuals, organizations, and sites develop the interpretive experiences they provide.In this episode, we learned about the founders, their respective specialties, and why they founded EID.Today is part 2 of this conversation. In this episode, I sit down with Mike Mayer to discuss his specialty (environmental education) and to learn more about the environmental program that inspires what he, Bill, and Lars do at EID.We begin this episode by learning more about the Institute for Earth Education. Some of this may sound familiar because I included a short segment in Part 1. Don't let this distract you because you'll hear something a bit different before Mike walks us through an example of the type of programming offered by the Institute.In this conversation, Mike and I also discuss creating holistic experiences in free-choice settings, the AMORE framework developed by Steve Van Matre, interpreting global topics across cultures, and what might change the status quo in environmental education. LINKSExperiential Interpretive DesignInstitute for Earth EducationInterpretive Design and the Dance of Experience (2009)Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, College of Education at the University of Arizona ________________________Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about environmental education professionals and the businesses they start to strengthen environmental literacy.Contact Us

In this episode, we meet the co-founders of Experiential Interpretive Design (EID) -- Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, and Mike Mayer. Collectively, they have many years of experience in interpretation and experience design and bring to EID the experience they gained from various roles in tourism, planning, heritage interpretation, environmental education, and coaching. We learn about the founders, why they started EID Coaching, and discuss what is working in the field of interpretation and what is not working. This is the first installment of a two-part episode. In Part 2 of this episode, I sit down with Mike Mayer to learn more about the environmental education program that inspires the work he, Bill, and Lars do at EID.  LINKSExperiential Interpretive DesignMétis CrossingSteve Van MatreJohn Ververke ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SHARED BY THE EID TEAMLars Wohlers' bilingual website about digital evaluation (Visitor Studies)Expecting Company? Preparing your site for Ag-Tourism! (youtube.com)Sharing Great Ways to Greet the Guests (Part 1)Sharing Great Ways to Greet the Guests (Part 2) ________________________Producer: Tania MarienMusic: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License.View The Freelance Project Portfolio to learn more about environmental education professionals and the businesses they start to strengthen environmental literacy.Contact Us

This week we talk about the long overlooked (by us) context of informal science education. We talk about what it means and how it is the same or different from more traditional formal science education (i.e. classroom science teaching). Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits (https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12190/learning-science-in-informal-environments-people-places-and-pursuits) Identifying and Supporting Productive STEM Programs in Out-of-School Settings (https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21740/identifying-and-supporting-productive-stem-programs-in-out-of-school-settings) Things that bring us joy this week: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow) by Gabrielle Zevin (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40593.Gabrielle_Zevin) Terminal List (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11743610/)on Amazon Prime Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)

Blending art and science to help young learners establish a science identity.A tabletop activity designed for a Pi Day event introduces students and families to Fibonacci and scientific illustration as a career path. This activity was adapted for classroom use by The Leonardo Principle. In this episode, we learn more about The Leonardo Principle from founding director, Sally Bensusen. LINKSThe Leonardo PrincipleActivities for developing observation skillsVi Hart - Fibonacci, Doodling & MathScience Identity MattersWomen in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World* * Talaterra is a Bookstore affiliate. Commissions support the podcast.

Be a guiding light.Here is the link you need to lead. Photo by Joshua Woroniecki on Unsplash

Jim Folsom is the creator and host of @BotanyInContext, a fun and fascinating channel on TikTok about the plants we engage with and see in our daily lives. Jim is a teacher, a gardener, a botanist, and a cook who enjoys talking about plants. He is also Director Emeritus of the botanical gardens at The Huntington, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in Southern California. In this episode, Jim tells us about his TikTok channel, the 1,000-page botanical book he wrote, and what he would like the public to understand about plants. LINKSBotany In Context (website)@BotanyInContext (TikTok)A Botanical Reader (Apple Books)Orthosiphon aristarusObedient PlantNesocodon (Gecko-pollinated flower)Edward LumTale of the Bean (TikTok)Tale of the Bean (PDF download)Glass Flowers at Harvard UniversityWhy Plants and Gardens Matter

Dr. Marijke Hecht is an Assistant Professor at Penn State whose research of urban greenspaces involves the interaction between humans and more-than-human nature. In 2019 I read Dr. Hecht's paper about cultivating 21st-century naturalists. When I sat down with Dr. Hecht to discuss her research, she was then a doctoral candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. I am excited to share that Dr. Hecht's dissertation is now complete and has been published. If you have an interest in identity development, out-of-school learning, informal science education, or curriculum design, consider reading Marijke's dissertation. You'll find a link in the show notes.Before you dig in, listen to our conversation first. This will give you a solid introduction to Dr. Hecht's research. LINKSMarijke Hecht (Faculty Profile at Penn State)Dr. Hecht's Dissertation (2020)

This summer, I have the wonderful opportunity to be involved with projects addressing conversations around climate change. I couldn't do this work without revisiting the book "Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators" by Anne Armstrong.Anne Armstrong is an author, an educator, and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University.She is also the mother of a young daughter who inspires her investigation into how environmental educators communicate climate change.Anne stopped by to discuss her new book, "Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators."What kind of field experiences inspired Anne to write her book?How can environmental educators facilitate conversations about climate change?What types of resources can educators use to develop programs about climate change?Let's find out. (This is a remix of the original episode that was published on October 2, 2019.) LINKSAnne ArmstrongCommunicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators ($19.95), Cornell University PressCommunicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators (Open Access), Cornell OpenShore People Advancing Readiness for Knowledge (SPARK)Iceberg Model of CultureClaudia Diaz Carrasco, Intercultural CompetenceNational Network for Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCI)Greta Thunberg's Speech at U.N. Climate Action Summit, September 2019Cornell Civic Ecology LabRocking the BoatBuilding Community with Dr. Rupu Gupta, Part 1Building Community with Dr. Rupu Gupta, Part 2North American Association for Environmental EducationEECapacitySelf-Efficacy: Confidence in your ability to achieve goals (Armstrong, 2018).Free-Choice LearningClimate Urban Systems Partnership (CUSP)National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Information (NNOCCI)Project WETFrameworks InstituteAlliance for Climate EducationDrawdownIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)You're Invited!  Let's talk about the purpose of environmental education

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On this episode, I am joined by Julie Risien, who manages operations and programs at the Center for Lifelong STEM Learning at Oregon State University. Her work focuses on campus-wide initiatives including building a network to improve research impacts and managing transdisciplinary STEM research programs. She serves as an advisor to the OSU office of research development and the NSF-funded Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education; Julie is also a steering committee member on the NSF-funded National Alliance for Broader Impacts. Julie's background in research planning and administration includes 10 years at OSU with Oregon Sea Grant and the Institute for Natural Resources. Her background also includes many years working for non-profit organizations including the Environment Now Foundation and as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in the Pacific Islands. Julie has a Masters of Science in Marine Resource Management from the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at OSU and is currently working on her PhD in Environmental Sciences. Would you like to incorporate this episode of "Research in Action" into your course? Download the Episode 35 Instructor Guide (.docx) or visit our Podcast Instructor Guides page to find additional information and past episode guides. Segment 1: Broader Impacts [00:00-14:35] In this first segment, Julie defines the concept of "broader impacts" and talks about where the concept originated. Segment 2: OSU Research Impacts Network (ORIN) [14:36-27:58] In segment two, Julie shares about a campus initiative at Oregon State University to support broader impacts. Bonus Clip: Research on Networks [00:00-11:04] To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review.

Dr. Finkelstein is a physics education researcher who studies the role of context in student learning, and conditions that support or inhibit student learning in physics. He conducts research is in physics education, and particularly the role of context in student learning. He is one of the directors of the Physics Education Research group at Colorado, as well as director of Colorado's Integrating STEM Education program, which supports a variety of programs in STEM Education research and reform at Colorado. Noah studies conditions that support students’ interests and abilities in physics, with research projects that range from the specific (how do students use representations or analogies in learning physics?), to the course-scale (the role of computer simulations in learning, or implementation of Tutorials), to the departmental / institutional scale (what models of educational reform are sustainable and scalable? How can universities effectively partner with communities in Informal Science Education.). His theoretical work seeks to build models of learning that emphasize the critical and inextricable role of context in student learning of physics. Presented February 17, 2012.

What all goes into the educational exhibits at museums? What are some innovative ways science is being presented through media? Dr. Judy Diamond, Professor and Curator for Informal Science Education, shows how a wide audience can engage in science through educational projects. One of these projects is called "World of Viruses." "World of Viruses" includes Soundprint radio documentaries, Carl Zimmer's "Planet of Viruses," an iPad app, an interactive website and a graphic novel called "World of Viruses."

Bruce J. MacFadden is Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History and Professor of Geological Sciences, Latin American Studies, and Zoology at University of Florida, Gainesville. He has authored over 150 articles on mammalian systematics, paleoecology, and evolution, and also published research on how visitors to natural history museums understand evolution. He has participated in many exhibits and public education projects at FMNH. This year MacFadden is Program Officer for Informal Science Education in NSF's Directorate of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings.

Why is communicating chemistry so difficult relative to other scientific disciplines? The Chemical Sciences Roundtable will hold a workshop on May 26-27, 2010 to examine science content, especially chemistry, on television, on the internet, in museums, and in other informal educational settings. The workshop will explore how the public obtains scientific information and discuss methods chemists can use to improve and expand their efforts to reach a general, non-technical audience. This podcast introduces the issue and frames the discussion.