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As educators, we're always seeking new ways to pique our students' curiosity and inspire their sense of wonder. So this week I am super excited to share about an engaging online resource called Wonderopolis!Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease | WonderopolisFind all of the tools we've discussed in the EdTech Directory: https://smartinwi.com/edtech-directory/ Get in touch: https://smartinwi.comhttps://www.twitter.com/smartinwihttps://www.threads.net/@smartinwihttps://www.facebook.com/smartinwitechtoolsforteacherpodcast@gmail.com©2018-2023 Snoring Dog Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Mentioned in this episode:Education Podcast NetworkTech Tools for Teachers is part of the Education Podcast Network. https://www.edupodcastnetwork.com/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

Can you believe it's the holiday season already? To celebrate, in this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I'm sharing low-prep therapy ideas that you can use in the upcoming days so that you can survive until Christmas break. These therapy ideas are all free holiday activities that are perfect for your older speech students!Topics covered in this episode include:The easiest holiday activities to use during this time of yearWhere to find these free holiday-themed resources onlineHow to use these simple resources and activities in a variety of waysThere are a bunch of ideas that you can use to plan for the holidays with ease and confidence. Tune in to hear what they are! Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/202Resources Mentioned: Check out Wonderopolis: https://wonderopolis.org/Check out the Holiday Traditions YouTube video: https://youtu.be/WGC9D68KScQ?si=NQh89MOQsW2zAsvKCheck out the Simon's Cat Christmas Collection: https://youtu.be/ZNfGVE-_rms?si=sRGpOKljDGtb7gm4Check out the How To Draw a Gingerbread House video: https://youtu.be/xEROfbsXEOY?si=xtduORwUifnjRX-_Check out Blooket: blooket.comCheck out Baamboozle: https://www.baamboozle.com/game/793519Where We Can Connect: Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefunFollow Hallie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeechTimeFun/Follow Hallie on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/missspeechie/Head to the updated and improved SLP Elevate. Start planning in MINUTES for grades 4-12 and see tons of student progress! Now you get the theme of the month PLUS all previous themes so you can plan even faster and easier! Head to slpelevate.com today!

Welcome, fRiends, to the long awaited episode 69!! (Nice.) Today's episode is NOT FOR KIDS! How many times do we have to say that? It's not for kids! We're going to talk about butts and worse. Listeners beware: this one is sexy.Janey's Sources - LysistrataFree PDF, translated by Ian Johnston “The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece” by Michael Scott for History Today. ​​Sex Strike: Why Ancient Greek Play Lysistrata Is Trending in the U.S. by Tasos KokkinidisWomen in Greece wikipedia Lysistrata Wikipedia  Max's Sources - The EncantadoThe Cryptid Keeper Podcast, "Episode 41: The Encantado" on Spotify (also available on other podcast streaming services):  "The Legend of the Pink River Dolphin" from a cruise company operating on the Amazon  "A New Tale about the Mysterious Pink River Dolphin" from another cruise company  "Myths and Legends of the Amazon's Pink River Dolphin" from a travel agency guide  "The Legend of the Pink Dolphin" from the "Latin Folktales" blog  Article for "The Encantado" on Cryptid Wiki Article for "The Encantado" on Mermaids Wiki  "The Encantado" article from Bella Online  Vogue gallery related to the encantado in Amazonian legend and culture  Article about the at-risk Amazonian river dolphin from the World Wildlife Fund "Why is the pink dolphin pink?" from Wonderopolis   Historical critical comic about the legend of the boto cor-de-rosa and its connection to colonialism and male violence, from Laura Athayde  Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join the Discord!

Bill Nye explains why science isn't just a body of knowledge — it's a process. Plus: frogs with noise-canceling lungs and why your stomach growls when you're hungry.Additional resources from Bill Nye:Official website https://billnye.com/Bill Nye's podcast, Science Rules! https://www.askbillnye.com/Pick up “Bill Nye's Great Big World of Science” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3u8iKQi“Everything All at Once: How to Think Like a Science Guy, Solve Any Problem, and Make a Better World” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3whsk5jFollow @BillNye on Twitter https://twitter.com/BillNyeThis frog has noise-canceling lungs by Cameron DukeLee, N., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., White, L. A., Schrode, K. M., & Bee, M. A. (2021). Lung Mediated Auditory Contrast Enhancement Improves the Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Communication in Frogs. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.048This frog has lungs that act like noise-canceling headphones. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210304145430.htmWhy your stomach growls when you're hungry by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Safin in Lisbon, Portugal)Why does your stomach growl when you are hungry? (2002, January 21). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-your-stomach-gro/‌What Makes Your Stomach Growl? (2020, February 12). Wonderopolis.org. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-makes-your-stomach-growlFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

I've been called a thought leader and an expert, but I've also been called bad names by trolls, so it balances out. My job is leading digital strategy for a kick-ass agency called Cornett in Lexington, Ky. (2021 Ad Age Small Agency Gold Winner in the Southeast Region). My experiences have given me the opportunity to speak at conferences, write three books and be called all sorts of superlatives by Forbes, Business Week, Entrepreneur and others. To serve the small business community, I offer a few select marketing coaching calls each month. Let's connect! https://jasonfalls.com/get-winfluence/ I host a pair of podcast on C-Suite Radio. Digging Deeper - Make Creativity Your Business Advantage is a weekly interview series focused on creativity and marketing. Winfluence - The Influence Marketing Podcast dives deep into experts on influencer marketing and is a supplement to my latest book. I'm also on the Global Influencer Marketing Advisory Board, an industry directional organization founded by Audience2Media, a UK firm. Some people know me from founding SocialMediaExplorer.com, which at one point was one of the top marketing blogs in the world according to AdAge. I've been involved in some really cool projects over the years that have won awards and recognition. I'm particularly proud of helping form the strategy for Wonderopolis, an education effort by the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) which was called one of the top 50 websites in the world by Time Magazine in 2013. Projects I've been a part of have also won SAMMY Awards, Shorty Awards and dozens of regional ADDY Awards. Some people call me insightful. Some call me funny and engaging. My kids just roll their eyes and call me Dad. I dig bourbon and sports.

Learn about why children write letters backward; how dogs know when you're lying to them; and mountains on neutron stars. Children write letters backward because they haven't unlearned the rules of reality by Steffie Drucker Sigman, M. (2017, August 8). The fascinating reason that children write letters backwards. Ideas.ted.com. https://ideas.ted.com/the-fascinating-reason-that-children-write-letters-backwards/  Vox. (2020). Why kids write letters backward [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1iYSsFqVG4  Why Do Young Children Write Letters Backward? (2016). Wonderopolis.org. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/Why-Do-Young-Children-Write-Letters-Backward  Dogs know when you are lying to them by Cameron Duke  Riddle, T. (2012, July 24). Liars: It Takes One to Know One. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/liars-it-takes-one-to-know-one/  Lonardo, L., Völter, C. J., Lamm, C., & Huber, L. (2021). Dogs follow human misleading suggestions more often when the informant has a false belief. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1955), 20210906. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0906  Yirka, B. (2021, July 27). Dogs can tell when people are lying to them, study finds. Phys.org; Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2021-07-dogs-people-lying.html  The tallest mountains on neutron stars may be less than a millimeter high by Briana Brownell A bug's life: millimetre-tall mountains on neutron stars. (2021). The Royal Astronomical Society. https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/bugs-life-millimetre-tall-mountains-neutron-stars  https://www.facebook.com/spacecom. (2009, May 18). Neutron Star Crust Is Stronger than Steel. Space.com; Space. https://www.space.com/6682-neutron-star-crust-stronger-steel.html  ‌Baker, H. (2021, July 21). Neutron star “mountains” may be blocking our view of mysterious gravitational waves. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/millimeter-tall-neutron-star-mountains.html  ‌Gittins, F., Andersson, N., & Jones, D. I. (2020). Modelling neutron star mountains. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(4), 5570–5582. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3635  Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day withCody Gough andAshley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Offset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll plant 10 extra trees for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearth. Because smaller animals have to eat more relative to their bodyweight, Tolkein's hobbits need to eat a lot - not for comfort, but for survival. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Metabolism: The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. Square-cube Law: A mathematical principle which describes the relationship between the volume and the surface area as a shape's size increases or decreases. Kleiber's Law: The observation that, for the vast majority of animals, an animal's metabolic rate scales to the 3⁄4 power of the animal's mass. Calorie: Unit of energy. One food calorie equals 1 kilocalorie. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Cameron Duke | Script Writer David Goldenberg | Script Editor, Narrator and Director Adam Thompson | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Sarah Berman • Arcadi Garcia i Rius David Goldenberg • Julián Gustavo Gómez Melissa Hayes • Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Kleiber, M. (1947). BODY SIZE AND METABOLIC RATE. Physiological Reviews, 27(4), 511–541. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.1947.27.4.511. Dawson, N. (1967). The Surface-Area/Body-Weight Relationship in Mice. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences, 20(3), 687. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1071/bi9670687. How Much Does an Elephant Weigh? (2019, September 26). Wonderopolis.org. Retrieved from: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-much-does-an-elephant-weigh Thommen, Albert, et al. “Body Size-Dependent Energy Storage Causes Kleiber's Law Scaling of the Metabolic Rate in Planarians.” (2019) ELife, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 4 Jan. 2019. Retrieved from: http://www.elifesciences.org/articles/38187. West, G. B., Brown, J. H., & Enquist, B. J. (1997). A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology. Science, 276(5309), 122–126. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5309.122.

Bill Nye discusses the 2 things that make “science” what it is. Then, you’ll learn about how female tree frogs have noise-canceling lungs; and why your stomach growls when you’re hungry. Additional resources from Bill Nye: Official website https://billnye.com/  Bill Nye’s podcast, Science Rules! https://www.askbillnye.com/  Pick up “Bill Nye's Great Big World of Science” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3u8iKQi  “Everything All at Once: How to Think Like a Science Guy, Solve Any Problem, and Make a Better World” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3whsk5j  Follow @BillNye on Twitter https://twitter.com/BillNye  This frog has noise-canceling lungs by Cameron Duke Lee, N., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., White, L. A., Schrode, K. M., & Bee, M. A. (2021). Lung Mediated Auditory Contrast Enhancement Improves the Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Communication in Frogs. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.048  This frog has lungs that act like noise-canceling headphones. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210304145430.htm  Why your stomach growls when you're hungry by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Safin in Lisbon, Portugal) Why does your stomach growl when you are hungry? (2002, January 21). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-your-stomach-gro/  ‌What Makes Your Stomach Growl? (2020, February 12). Wonderopolis.org. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-makes-your-stomach-growl  Follow Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day withCody Gough andAshley Hamer — for free! You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here:https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Claudio and I talk about hearing from our students with tools that empower them to create. Specifically, Adobe's tools Spark Video, Premiere Rush, Premiere Pro, Spark Post, Spark Page, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, and Audition. Also, audience questions about sites to use for surprise inclement weather folders for elementary schoolers and a Google Sheets conundrum. Show Notes also available at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-52 Today's Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks - vizor.cloud/eduducttape Soapbox Moment: Tool Time with Jake the Tool Man Miller and Bryon Carpenter Bryon's Fresh Air at Five Tweet - follow him! Today’s Guest: Claudio Zavala, Jr. Claudio is a creative media consultant based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He is passionate about storytelling and empowering individuals, entrepreneurs and small business owners to tell theirs and to build their brands. He is a YouTuber, avid photographer and videographer, professional musician, a master woodworker and cyclist. Instagram - @claudiozavalajr Twitter - @claudiozavalajr Facebook - facebook.com/claudiozavalajr LinkedIn -linkedin.com/in/claudiozavalajr YouTube - youtube.com/iamclaudius https://kit.co/iamclaudius iamclaudius.com 2 Truths & 1 Lie Educational Duct Tape Question: How can I hear from all of my students? “Everyone’s got a story to tell.” “Whoever is doing the most talking is doing the most learning.” Adobe tools Video Tools Premiere Pro - high-end video editing - paid Premiere Rush - YouTuber and student-focused video editing Windows, PC, Android, iOS, not Chrome - free available, but paid features available Can edit Rush projects in Pro as well Spark Video - all platforms except Android, free in education Video tools from simpler to more complex - Spark Video → Premiere Rush → Premiere Pro Visual Tools Spark Post or Page Animation added into Spark Post Photoshop - manipulate pictures - Windows, Mac, iPad Illustrator - now on iOS as well as desktop Fresco - mobile & tablet, digital drawings Audio Tools Audition - music, audio - GarageBand on steroids Adobe Creative Cloud licensing gives students access to all of the products YouTube “Pocketful of creativity” Celebration of the Adjacent Possible Tristan Tolle (@TristanTolle) asked “What asynchronous activities/apps/websites would you suggest for elementary teachers to use for an inclement weather day folder?" Wonderopolis where each day they answer the Wonder of the Day. There’s lots of fun exploring, learning, and wondering that can happen here. Flipgrid Disco Library, tons of prompts from tons of sources, including Wonderopolis as well as Minecraft, the MET, Discovery Education, Epic, Lego, and a bunch more. Code.org and HourOfCode.com Scratch CSinSF.com Applied Digital Skills Curriculum PBS Kids, National Geographic Kids Google Arts and Culture Virtual field trips (Ann Rad episode) Prodigy, Dreambox Just please, please, please, not CoolMathGames. Books! Drawing things! Building things! Have kids learn about something new and then report out on Flipgrid. Ryan Canton, @TheSwish on Twitter: “On a list of email addresses (Ss that submitted a Form), and a 2nd list (main, all Ss email addresses)...what's the easiest way to compare the two to isolate/highlight Ss on the main list to see who hasn't submitted yet?” Formula - =filter(A1:A,isna(match(A1:A,B1:B,0))) Example Jen Giffen “Remove Duplicates” Add-On from Ablebits Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!  Apple Podcast Reviews FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape #EduDuctTape on social media Telling your friends & colleagues The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers Stickers! Want to pass some out?  Want some for yourself? JakeMiller.net/SendMeStickers The JakeMillerTech Newsletter – Sign up! jakemiller.net/newsletter

When you think of parent teacher partnerships, conferences and report cards might come to mind, but what if we made family engagement more fun? Colleen Ryan, 2019 Toyota Family Engagement Teacher of the Year shares her innovative approach to building partnerships with families. She offers advice for parents and teachers on how to work together to help kids get what they need to thrive. Resources: Read “6 Ways to Be Engaged in Your Child’s Education” in PTA’s Our Children online magazine Discover more about The Passage, the mobile classroom that Colleen and her colleague launched to bring learning to the neighborhood and follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram For more opportunities to learn at home with your kids, check out Wonderopolis a project of National Center for Families Learning

Learn about whether parasites can turn us into zombies, why awkward silences are so awkward, and why bubbles form in boiling water. Could parasites turn us into zombies? By Cameron Duke Ahmed, I. (2019, November). The science of zombies: Will the undead rise? Phys.Org; Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2019-11-science-zombies-undead.html Blum, J., Schmid, C., & Burri, C. (2006). Clinical aspects of 2541 patients with second stage human African trypanosomiasis. Acta Tropica, 97(1), 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.08.001 Flegr, J. (2007). Effects of Toxoplasma on Human Behavior. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33(3), 757–760. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbl074 McAuliffe, K. (2012, February 6). How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/ Pappas, S. (2011, October 20). Unrelenting Sex Drive May Signal Deadly Rabies. Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/16627-sex-drive-rabies-infection.html Thomas, B. (2015, October 29). Meet the Parasites That Control Human Brains. Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/meet-the-parasites-that-control-human-brains The Science of Awkward Silences by Anna Todd Koudenburg, N., Postmes, T., & Gordijn, E. H. (2011). Disrupting the flow: How brief silences in group conversations affect social needs. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(2), 512–515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2010.12.006  Koudenburg, N., Postmes, T., & Gordijn, E. H. (2013). Resounding Silences. Social Psychology Quarterly, 76(3), 224–241. https://doi.org/10.1177/0190272513496794  Why do bubbles form in boiling water? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Abu) UCSB Science Line. (2020). Ucsb.Edu. http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=3197  Why Does Water Bubble When It Boils? (2019, November 2). Wonderopolis.Org. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-does-water-bubble-when-it-boils Helmenstine, A.M. (2019). Know the Chemical Composition of Bubbles in Boiling Water. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-are-the-bubbles-in-boiling-water-4109061 Breslyn, W. (2016). Boiling, Atmospheric Pressure, and Vapor Pressure [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4lLUXKuSM  ‌FAQ: Boiling and altitude/pressure. (2020). IAPWS.org. http://www.iapws.org/faq1/boil.html  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this episode of GoGreenfields, River and Terran explore their results of an Ancestry report, then take some time to study the regions where their ancestors once lived.  This research, of course, is overflowing with food history, which they happily share with you.  Join them in the kitchen to create many traditional, delicious foods, including German pretzels,Israeli Matzo Ball Soup, and Finnish Fish Pie. Your GoGreenfields' hosts enjoyed learning about their familial history and are sure that you would like to do the same.  If you want to give it a try, you can get your own Ancestry DNA kit at Gogreenfields.com/DNA. For the sake of this podcast, River and Terran did a lot of research (don't worry; this did count toward their unschooling!).  The sources included interviews with family and the following sources: Wonderopolis. (2014-2020). Wonder of the Day #200: How Did the Pretzel Get Its Shape? Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2QI1Juu Fountain View at College Road. Matzo Balls as Medicine, Plus Tips for the Best Matzo Ball Soup. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3jzXn5k Mapes, T. (2020, Jan. 31). 7 Traditional Finnish Foods to Try. Retrieved from https://www.tripsavvy.com/foods-from-finland-4150098 Thomas, R. (2017, Oct. 6). This is Why Wales is Called Wales. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/32PilWU      Israeli Matzo Ball Soup Gluten-Free Matzo Ball Ingredients: 4 large eggs ¼ cup unsalted butter melted ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon baking soda ¼ cup coconut flour or any gluten-free flour (you can mix almond and breadfruit if desired) 2 teaspoons dried herbs of your choice or 2 tablespoons fresh chopped herbs of your choice (e.g. rosemary, thyme, etc.)   Gluten-Free Matzo Ball Directions:  Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl and blend well with a spoon. Scoop 1 to 2 tablespoons of batter into a ball, roll in your hands and place on the baking sheet. Repeat for the remaining batter. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until they are no longer soft in the middle. Serve in bowls of very warm chicken broth or vegetable broth.   Soup Ingredients:  4 Pounds Chicken Breasts  2 Medium Onions, cut into 1-inch cubes  3 Carrots (7-1/2"), sliced  2 Stalks of Celery, sliced thick and chunky  1 Cup chopped fresh Dill Weed  Salt to taste  2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil  2 Tablespoons Chicken Cracklings (Gribenes), finely minced  2 Large Eggs, beaten  1 Teaspoon salt  ¼ Cup Vegetable Broth Soup Directions:  Cut chicken breasts into quarters. Place meat in a large pot with onions, and cover with about 3-4 quarts of water. Bring water to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 2 hours. After 2 hours, add carrots and celery to the soup, then simmer an additional hour. Remove chicken pieces, and set aside. You may reserve the chicken pieces for another use, or shred the meat for the soup. If keeping the chicken for soup, keep covered at room temperature, before shredding. Once your Gluten-Free Matzo Balls are ready, place shredded chicken and Matzo Balls in soup. Heat for ten minutes to allow flavors to blend, then serve!   Finnish Kalakukko Fish Pie Filling Ingredients: 2lbs fish 1 ½ lbs pork 3T salt Dash allspice (optional) Dough Ingredients: 2 ½ C water 3 ¼ C Rye Flour 1 ¾ C Whole Wheat Flour 4 tsp Salt ½ ounce yeast, active dry Directions:  Clean the fish, removing fins, large scales and entrails.  You may leave the heads if you dare to eat them. Mix the flours and salt. Add the yeast to the water. When the yeast is fully dissolved, make a thick dough by pouring flour mixture into water and blending well. The ratio of flour to water depends on the nature of the flours. This ratio of 1:2 by volume works well in Finland with Finnish flours. Where flours contain more gluten you should use slightly less water. Set aside about 4 tablespoon of dough to be used later. Roll out the remaining dough into a circular shape about ¾ inch thick. Assemble the meats into the dough: cover the inner half of the dough circle with half of the pork (the pork should cover a circle whose diameter is half the diameter of the rolled dough). Then put all of the fish over top of the pork, and add allspice and extra salt if you are using them. Finish with the second half of the pork. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Lift the edges of the dough all around the filling and glue together with a little water so that you have the filling surrounded from all directions with about ¾ inch-thick dough. Put upside down (the seam downwards) on a baking sheet and let it rise about half an hour at room temperature. Put the kalakukko in a 500 degree F. oven for long enough to brown the dough, which will seal it against moisture. Then lower the temperature to about 250 degrees F. and let it bake for 4 to 7 hours depending on the size of the fish (bigger fish need more cooking time). You can brush some melted butter over the top of the dough just after lowering the temperature; this will give it a prettier appearance. If it starts to leak while baking, fill holes with the dough which was set aside. Serve hot or cold. German Sourdough Pretzels Ingredients: 2 C culture from the Culture Proof 2T oil 1tsp salt 1T sugar 1/2C water 3C unbleached all-purpose flour 1/4C baking soda Coarse salt Directions: Pour the culture into a mixing bowl.   Stir the oil, salt, and sugar into the water; add to the culture and mix well.   Add the flour a cup at a time, until the dough becomes too stiff to mix by hand.  Turn out onto a floured board and knead in the remaining flour until the dough becomes smooth and satiny. Divide the dough into 15 to 20 egg-size balls. Roll each ball into a 14-inch (35 cm) rope by rolling between your hands.  Twist and loop each rope into a pretzel shape.   *Proof for 1 hour at 85 degrees F (29 degrees C) in a proofing box. Add the baking soda to a large pan of water and bring to a boil.  Carefully drop pretzels into the water one at a time.  Simmer briefly, turning once.  Remove them with a slotted spoon and place on paper towels or a cloth until the water drains off.  Transfer the drained pretzels to a baking sheet.  Make several oblique slashes in the crust of each pretzel with a razor blade and sprinkle with coarse salt.   Bake in a preheated oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 to 40 minutes, or until brown.  Let cool on a wire rack. *In cooking, proofing can also be called ‘proving', and it refers to the time that baked goods are allowed to rise a final time.  The yeast ferments the dough and causes the dough to leaven. Recommended Products from this episode of GoGreenfields: ‣ Get your own DNA kit     This episode is brought to you by: ‣ Belcampo Organic, Grass-Fed Meat! 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An impromptu episode with Jason Falls (Author, Digital Lead at Cornett) covering Influencer Marketing. Jason Falls I've been called a thought leader and an expert, but I've also been called bad names by trolls, so it balances out. My job is leading digital strategy for a kick-ass agency called Cornett in Lexington, Ky. My experiences have given me the opportunity to speak at conferences, write two books (a third on the way from Entrepreneur Press in late 2020/early 2021) and be called all sorts of superlatives by Forbes, Business Week, Entrepreneur and others. To serve the small business community, I offer a few select marketing coaching calls each month. Let's connect! I host a pair of podcast on C-Suite Radio. Digging Deeper – Make Creativity Your Business Advantage is a weekly interview series focused on creativity and marketing. Winfluence – The Influence Marketing Podcast dives deep into experts on influencer marketing. Some people know me from founding SocialMediaExplorer.com, which at one point was one of the top marketing blogs in the world according to AdAge. I've been involved in some really cool projects over the years that have won awards and recognition. I'm particularly proud of helping form the strategy for Wonderopolis, an education effort by the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) which was called one of the top 50 websites in the world by Time Magazine in 2013. Projects I've been a part of have also won SAMMY Awards, Shorty Awards and dozens of regional ADDY Awards. Some people call me insightful. Some call me funny and engaging. My kids just roll their eyes and call me Dad. I dig bourbon and sports.

In this episode, Jen and Cate hang out with the one and only Ann Kozma and Adam Parker Goldberg of Flipgrid Engagement Team. Ann and Adam have messages of inspiration and encouragement for educators and flipgridders near and far. We also talk about ways that Flipgrid serves remote learners at this crazy COVID-19 time. We literally cannot say enough amazing things about this team. You'll be smiling from beginning to end! “Flipgrid is Microsoft's free video discussion tool for all educators, learners, and families. Engage and empower every voice by recording and sharing short, awesome videos together! Sign up at at flipgrid.com and learn more about amplifying and connecting your community at blog.flipgrid.com/gettingstarted/. Towards the end of the episode, we discuss the Flipgrid Disco Library where you can find 15,000+ free, ready-to-use discussion prompts for your scholars including partner content from The Met, California State Parks, BBC Learning, Wonderopolis, BreakoutEdu, and more! Simply log in to your Flipgrid Educator Account and click on the "Disco Library" tab to explore.” (says Adam) We'd love to hear your shiny moments from the week! Let us know on our SHINY MOMENTS FORM and we'll share it on our podcast! For show notes, bios, and contact info, visit bit.ly/buoycastEP13! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buoycast/message

As a global community, we are hearing of k12 schools, universities, and businesses, experiencing the impact of COVID-19 or more commonly known as the coronavirus. Many are staying connected through virtual communication. With this in mind, we are sharing our top three suggestions for connecting home, school, and work during extended absences. If you are a business, school, or university planning for extended absences, here are some things to consider. Be mindful of technology limitations.  The home environment is often differently equipped with technology in comparison to work and school.  Be sure to consider variables such as: number of devices per family  number of family members needing devices types of devices  data plan limits Internet access.  tech savviness Consider the social and emotional impact. Whatever has caused the extended absence will affect each household differently.  Be reasonable with expectations.  Set soft deadlines Reduce the typical completion rate Encourage and participate in daily/weekly check-ins  Be aware of possible increased responsibilities Stick with familiar communication platforms. This is not the time to teach a new tech skill but an excellent time to reinforce digital communication skills, such as posting comments, responding with video, and composing an email.  Choose one regular route of communication and stick with it to avoid confusion. G-Suite Office 365 Flipgrid SeeSaw: The Learning Journal Remind Class Dojo Newsletters Weekly teacher Emails Below you will find ten general technology resources that parents, students, and teachers can use to support classroom standards.  Visit your online library to check out ebooks -  in Savannah Live Oak Public Libraries Take a virtual field trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Listen to educational podcasts from Common Sense Media Practice keyboarding skills with Typing.Com Travel with Google Earth or Google MyMaps.  Submit photos to teacher of workspace, math worksheet, art work Create video explaining a day in your world FlipgridScreencastify Teachers,  create a playlist for students on YouTube Visit BrainPOP’s free resources and Wonderopolis  to learn more about something that interests you.   Learn more about computer science and coding by participating in a Free course at Code.Org If you would like to hear the accompanying podcast, offer suggestions or resources please visit somethintotechabout.com More resources: ISTE Standard(s) for Educators and Students Newspapers In Education Common Sense Media Find out more about Somethin' To Tech About at: Website Facebook Twitter Email

As a global community, we are hearing of k12 schools, universities, and businesses, experiencing the impact of COVID-19 or more commonly known as the coronavirus. Many are staying connected through virtual communication. With this in mind, we are sharing our top three suggestions for connecting home, school, and work during extended absences. If you are a business, school, or university planning for extended absences, here are some things to consider. Be mindful of technology limitations.  The home environment is often differently equipped with technology in comparison to work and school.  Be sure to consider variables such as: number of devices per family  number of family members needing devices types of devices  data plan limits Internet access.  tech savviness Consider the social and emotional impact. Whatever has caused the extended absence will affect each household differently.  Be reasonable with expectations.  Set soft deadlines Reduce the typical completion rate Encourage and participate in daily/weekly check-ins  Be aware of possible increased responsibilities Stick with familiar communication platforms. This is not the time to teach a new tech skill but an excellent time to reinforce digital communication skills, such as posting comments, responding with video, and composing an email.  Choose one regular route of communication and stick with it to avoid confusion. G-Suite Office 365 Flipgrid SeeSaw: The Learning Journal Remind Class Dojo Newsletters Weekly teacher Emails Below you will find ten general technology resources that parents, students, and teachers can use to support classroom standards.  Visit your online library to check out ebooks -  in Savannah Live Oak Public Libraries Take a virtual field trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Listen to educational podcasts from Common Sense Media Practice keyboarding skills with Typing.Com Travel with Google Earth or Google MyMaps.  Submit photos to teacher of workspace, math worksheet, art work Create video explaining a day in your world FlipgridScreencastify Teachers,  create a playlist for students on YouTube Visit BrainPOP’s free resources and Wonderopolis  to learn more about something that interests you.   Learn more about computer science and coding by participating in a Free course at Code.Org If you would like to hear the accompanying podcast, offer suggestions or resources please visit somethintotechabout.com More resources: ISTE Standard(s) for Educators and Students Newspapers In Education Common Sense Media Find out more about Somethin' To Tech About at: Website Facebook Twitter Email

#EduDuctTape S02-E031 #EduDuctTape -- EduDuctTape.com -- @JakeMillerTech -- JakeMiller.net -- JakeMillerTech@gmail.com   Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!  Apple Podcast Reviews FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape #EduDuctTape on social media Telling your friends & colleagues The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers Certificates of Listening, Laughing, and Learning! EduDuctTape.com/certificate Listen to the whole show to hear the “super-secret code”! Shake Up Learning Affiliate Link: bit.ly/jakeuplearning #EduDuctTape Twitter Chats Access the calendar! - bit.ly/EduDuctTapeCalendar Highlights from the last chat - jakemiller.net/eduducttape-twitter-chat-11-6-19 Seah Fahey & Karly Moura’s “A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter for Educators” - Section 2 focuses on Twitter Chats - drive.google.com/file/d/1wrMWGN6QyrICGNis1SwLQOHlbfze3vpt/view Thanks to The Mighty Ducts! Alex Oris, Amy Huckaby, Angela Green, Benjamin Voss, Brandy New, Dan Stitzel, David Allan, Jennifer Conti, Joshua Hough, Kimberly Wren, Lisa Marie Bennett, Matt Meyer, Melinda Vandevort, Melissa Van Heck, Molly Klodor, Nanci Greene, Pam Inabinett & Sarah Kiefer! The JakeMillerTech Newsletter - Sign up! jakemiller.net/newsletter Make sure you identify the messages as “Important”!  And get them out of SPAM or Promotions! Jake’s Upcoming Events Ideastream Technology & Learning Conference - Cleveland, OH, Mini-Keynote - 11/20/19 - ideastream.org/become-a-2019-tech-conference-presenter Educational Duct Tape Workshop Series at Kent State University Research Center for Educational Technology - kent.edu/rcet/innovating-teaching-learning Session 1 - November 22, 2019,  9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Educational Duct Tape: Viewing #EdTech as a Set of Tools to Address Learning Goals & Solve Problems in the Classroom Session 2 - December 6, 2019,  9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.- Educational Duct Tape Toolbox Focus Session: Flipgrid Cy Fair Ed Tech Live - 11/7/19 - 9:00 AM-12:45 PM CST - bit.ly/cfisdedtechlive Castleberry, TX - Digital Learning Day - 1/6/20 Revere Schools, OH - 2/14/20 WITCon (Whatever It Takes Conferences) - Galesburg, Ill - 6/12/20 - witconf.org Book Jake as a Speaker! - JakeMiller.net/Speaking SoapBox Moment - “How to Move on from a Tech Tool that Goes Away” #EduDuctTape 011 - the one where I discuss the EdPuzzle Story -  eduducttape.libsyn.com/amy-roediger-edpuzzle-the-answer-pad-peardeck-nearpod-classkick-google-drawings-quizlet-diagrams EdPuzzle - Edpuzzle.com PlayPosit - go.PlayPosit.com The tweet where I fielded a list of some tech tools that we’ve said goodbye to: twitter.com/JakeMillerTech/status/1194338715595935745 Today’s Guest: Jornea Armant Jornea, an educator for over 16 years, and current Educator Innovation Lead at Flipgrid is committed to supporting educators in innovative learning experiences, focuses on continuous improvement, has a zest for learning for life, and is on a mission to empower every voice with her team at Flipgrid! Contact Info: Twitter: @savvy_educator E-mail: jornea@flipgrid.comWebsite: Flipgrid.com FlipGrid App Smash Madness - link to the 2018 competition - flipgrid.com/0c25e8 Which of the following is less torturous?  Be fantastic at flying a plane or amazing at driving a monster truck? Listen to all of your music on a Walkman or take all of your pictures on a digital camera Question #1: What are some good video creation tools for kids under the age of 13? (audience submitted question) Flipgrid - flipgrid.com No student accounts necessary!  Authenticate with Microsoft or Google email domain! Similar to popular social media platforms Creativity tools built into the camera New Features: Editing videos & rearranging clips Whiteboard Filters, pixel mode 4 ways to connect to Flipgrid School email domain (can be multiple domains) Student IDs - for schools that don’t have Google or Microsoft accounts Public PLC Grid - authenticate with an email address from any domain Guest Mode - code is generated My.flipgrid.com Screencastify - Screencastify.com Loom - Loom.com Screencast-o-matic - Screencast-o-matic.com Nimbus - nimbusweb.me/screenshot.php Adobe Spark - Spark.Adobe.com WeVideo - WeVideo.com COPPA  - ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule Students under 13: **Educators should defer to the policies set by their school or district administration or policies** Flipgrid: Use teacher-generated student IDs if necessary Adobe Spark: Under 13 is okay if accounts are generated by teacher WeVideo: under 13 is okay in a WeVideo for Education plans, with parent consent or as guest user Question #2: How can you involve the entire learning community? Seesaw - web.Seesaw.me Flipgrid GridPals - blog.flipgrid.com/news/gridpals Originated by Bonnie McClelland - @BMcClelland24 Can now search for connections and contact through social media or email Microsoft Global Learning Connection - educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2019/09/announcing-microsoft-global-learning-connection-2019-extending-the-skype-a-thon-experience-to-more-learners-around-the-world Family Connections FlipGridAR - blog.flipgrid.com/news/ar Guest Mode - blog.flipgrid.com/news/guestmode “Share, Celebrate and Showcase” - @AnnKozma723  #FlipgridAR on Twitter Wonderopolis Wonders - wonderopolis.org Access in the Flipgrid Disco Library at admin.flipgrid.com/manage/discovery  (must be logged in as a teacher to access) Virtual Field Trips to Flipgrid - blog.flipgrid.com/fieldtrip Content from the Duct Taper Community This Episode’s Apple Podcast Reviews:  AlBrown97 Favorite #EduDuctTape Tweets: (each handle is linked to the mentioned tweet) @mrORIStech @amyjhuckaby @mathwitz @Mo_physics New #EduDuctTape Tweeps: @bluetanso, @cso618, @danieltmares, @DavidJLockett, @DawnShea_teach, @henneld_edu, @jesush1979, @jrberlin58, @KeeleyBarr, @koolteecha, @mathwitz, @michGoogle, @MissGalang, @MissKampTeaches, @mjhankins4, @mrmarkowich, @mrsjacksonelar, @nearpod, @PHausEDU, @rbathursthunt, @ShakeUpLearning, @steven_kolber, @teachlawrence, @TeachtheTech, @urbie #EduDuctTape FlipGrid Responses: Joshua Hough Angela Greene Angela’s Tech With Heart grid - flipgrid.com/7e77e3d9

This podcast is about different ways that our perspectives affect our personalities, and how they make us who we are. At the end of the podcast, there is some information that may surprise some people. Credits: Closing music is Inspiring- Happy Upbeat Background Music by Audio Lounge Music, and background music is Cinematic Indie by MorningLightMusic, Epic by Altro, and Cinematic and Emotional Background Music for Documentary Videos and Film by MorningLightMusic. All transitions are from Anchor.fm. Information is from Wonderopolis.org, livescience.com, and ABC News. The opening quote was from BrainyQuote. This podcast was made possible by Anchor.fm.

When I was in Washington, DC, a few weeks ago, I stopped at the International Spy Museum before leaving. I could have stayed in there for hours, and it was incredible to see these gadgets and spy equipment that we normally only see in movies. But a set of pictures intrigued me. They were of both Union and Confederate soldiers using the topic of today's episode to spy on one another. Not only would they use this to observe the enemy, but they were also able to learn the terrain of the battlefield, take inventory, and even aim accordingly in the direction of the oncoming enemy. Oh, and this “spy vehicle” wasn't concealed at all. You're listening to The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History of the Ordinary. I'm your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Balloons. Grab your copy of The Story Behind Book! Are you a member of The Podcast Brunch Club? Find out how you can WIN a copy from them, plus meet other podcast listeners in your area! Check out Emily's other podcast, Hate to Weight! Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook! Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers Click here to become an Executive Producer and support this podcast on Patreon. Media: Music for Makers Sources: Balloon - Etymonline.com This Party's Blowin' Up - Slate Frequently Asked Questions - The Balloon Council The Physics Of The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons - Wired Early Balloons Were Made From Animal Intestines - Mental Floss History of Toy Balloon - Who Invented the Rubber Balloon? - History of Balloons Why We Are Running Out of Helium And What We Can Do About It - Forbes That Dire Helium Shortage? Vastly Inflated - Wired We Discovered Helium 150 Years Ago. Are We Running Out? - National Geographic It's The Dixville Notch Chamber Pot Mystery: Who'll Be First To Vote In First Primary This Year? - Hartford Courant Explainer: Why Dixville Notch Votes at Midnight - WNYC Neil Tillotson, 102, First Presidential Voter - The New York Times Why Does Helium Change the Sound of Your Voice? - Wonderopolis

Have you ever wondered how you can encourage students to wonder? Check out this episode to hear about resources that will help you do that in your classroom. Then, find out about Google Keep, an easy tool to help you "keep" organized.

Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who loves middle grade books.  I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a 5th grade teacher, a mom, and a HUGE Guardians of the Galaxy fan! I just saw the second movie last weekend, and I loved how the writers constructed a story to make me love a character I had previously hated. And I loved how this story shows how an empathic character can be deeply powerful without toting a gun or fighting. Plus - my favorite band is Fleetwood Mac! This is Episode #24 and Today we are discussing lots of ideas for summer reading and I’ll be chatting with author Nanci Turner Steveson about her new novel Georgia Rules. Main Topic - Summer Reading Our main topic today is summer reading! For me,  my school year up here in New York doesn’t end for another five weeks but lots of my friends are already wrapping up their school year so I thought it would be a good time to discuss this topic. And whether you are a parent, or a librarian, or a teacher there will be something in today’s show that you will find useful. First, we’ll talk about defining the purpose of summer reading and the importance of planning. Then we’ll talk about ways to ensure access to books for kids and end with some fun summer reading ideas. Purpose The first thing to really think about is what purpose summer reading should serve for kids. In my view, summer reading should be all about fun and free choice and continuing to build a community of readers. And not earning trinkets. The prize should be the book, the shared experience, not some cheap piece of junk from a chintzy looking treasure box.  Whatever you decide to do to encourage summer reading, please keep the focus on fun and not guilt tripping kids into reading. As we approach the end of the school year and kids dive into busy or unpredictable schedules, maintaining that reading momentum is key. If you are like me and saying good-bye to outgoing students, it feels a little like they are fledging and you’ll be encouraging more reading independence. Or, maybe you are thinking about activities with incoming students. In that case, your goal might be to welcome them into a new community of readers and to start to build or maintain those relationships heading into a new year. Planning One of the most effective things that you can do to get kids reading over the summer is to help them make some reading plans before school ends and to fill up their To Be Read list with titles they are excited about. Suggested book lists can be nice - especially if they are created by other students. (You know how it is - kids are going to listen to each other way more than they’re going to listen to us!) If there are some movies coming out over the summer that are based on books, definitely mention those and maybe show the trailers. For example, I know there’s a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie and Captain Underpants and then Wonder is coming out in the fall. One thing that I like to do is to try to get kids hooked into a new series right at the end of the year so they are motivated to read the rest of the books into the summer. My school has started using the Units of Study from the TCRWP and our final unit in 5th grade is Fantasy Book Clubs. So they are totally getting hooked on Gregor the Overlander and Wings of Fire and Warriors and already starting to research the sequels. And - speaking of Fantasy, have you seen the new Wizarding World Book Club being launched this summer through Pottermore? That sounds awesome and every year I have three or four kids who are just getting started in the Harry Potter series so I feel like I relive reading that series every year.  I’ll include a link in the show notes for all of my fellow Potterheads to check out.  So making a great TBR list is one major part of planning summer reading. Another part is to think about some Summer Challenges. Maybe share the Reading Without Walls Challenge which encourages readers to expand their reading horizons by reading a book about a character who doesn’t look or live like you, a book about a topic you don’t know about and a book in a format you don’t normally read for fun. Scholastic also has a Summer Reading Bingo Card that might be fun to print out and try with spaces like Read With a Flashlight, Read Outside, or Read Aloud to an Adult - those are fun but what might be even cooler would be to have kids design their own Summer Reading Bingo cards! One last word about planning. Definitely share your own summer reading plans with your students and your kids. They are really more likely to follow through if you join them and make your commitment public. Access Alright so you now know your purpose and you and the kids have a plan. Let’s talk about helping them have access to those amazing books they want to read. One great idea that I know a lot of teachers and librarians are doing is to coordinate a Book Swap at the end of the year where kids bring in books from home, share them in some central spot and then take what they want. Another idea for teachers is to give each child in your class a book as an end-of-the-year present.  I did this for the first time ever last year. I went to my local Scholastic Warehouse during their year-end sale, and I picked out a book that I knew the child had not yet read but I thought they would really like. And I brought with me my clipboard of Status of the Class sheets from the entire year so I had a record of exactly what they had read and I had a decent idea of what they would like. Then I added a personalized note inside, wrapped each one up, and added a Krazy Straw and a some ribbon. Now, depending on your class size or your budget, that is not always an option. When I taught in a middle school with over 60 students, I just couldn’t do that.  Now, I have just one class and also I don’t buy lots of other things so I can splurge a little at the end of the year.   Another way to get more books into kids hands over the summer is to open up your classroom library or the school library over the summer. Some schools I know have library hours once a week. Some handle the issue of access by letting each child take out ten books over the summer. If you can do this, I think it’s a fabulous idea. Why let the books just sit around?   However, if that is not possible or you’re not there yet another thing you can do is send home a resource sheet to let parents know where they can get books over the summer. List the locations of local libraries, of any Little Free Libraries in the area, and also the links to online places where they access books and articles. Definitely don’t forget about digital reading. Places like Wonderopolis or Newsela or any other online databases or subscription site they use during the school year. Often those passwords will work right over the summer. And don’t forget to plug the audio books! Sometimes a summer trip is the perfect time to try out an audio book.   Bringing books out into the community is another fantastic way to get more books out to more kids. You could set up one or more Little Free Libraries near the school. A lot of my local libraries are placing satellite Little Free Libraries around in various parks. If you’re up for a bit of planning - and maybe it won’t happen this summer but put it in the back of your mind for next year - a bookmobile would be another great method of outreach and making sure that every kid can bump into some books over the summer! Julie, a librarian friend of mine, took a bookmobile out to a local breakfast spot on the weekends. A local ballpark where they have summer rec games going on would be another great spot. I’m thinking of summer festivals and 4th of July spots or the Farmer’s Market!   Basically, you want to make sure kids have books in their hands before they leave school and know exactly where to go to get more.   8 Summer Projects & Activities Let’s talk about some cool summer projects and activities that you can do with students or your own kids. Here are eight ideas for summer reading projects: Have students write a letter or postcard to you over the summer telling you about a book they loved. You can supply a template if you want and a pre stamped and self-addressed envelope before the end of school. Do a Library Crawl! I chatted with you about this back in January on Episode 14, but my daughters and I challenged ourselves to hit 16 libraries during the summer of 2016. And we posted pictures on social media along the way, included some Little Free Libraries, and it was a lot of fun. This idea is more geared toward parents but you might find a way to do something similar as a teacher or librarian. Host a meetup at your local library or bookstore. Set a few dates ahead of time and join your students for a quick get-together to share what you’ve been reading and pick out some new titles. Usually libraries have summer programs going on, so you could time those meetups to match the library schedule. Meet at school for a Breakfast & Book Swap! Make some pancakes, chat about books, and get some ideas of what to read next. Share your reading on Social Media. You could encourage kids to share pics of their books on Snapchat or Twitter or Instagram and maybe use a school hashtag. Also - if you use Google Classroom or Seesaw, often students can still log-in to use those over the summer. So, why not take advantage of that and continue to share what you’re reading through June, July, and August? Summer Book Clubs! If you have multiple copies of the same book, put together a book club that meets a couple times over the summer. Is an idea called Books on Blankets that I first saw on Stacey Reidmiller’s site Literacy for Big Kids. And basically, they host a get-together once a week over the summer with a read aloud, popsicles, and kids get a free book! Families bring a blanket and sit out on the grass and enjoy a great story together. Is a similar idea but instead of having a read aloud at your school, do a read aloud station at, say, your local Farmer’s Market. It doesn’t have to be for the whole day - maybe just half an hour! Or really, any place where lots of kids gather over the summer. Just gather some books in a totebag, lay out a beach blanket, put up a sign, and start reading! You may not be ready to take on some of these ideas, yet. I am definitely not quite ready for some of them. But, every year I feel like I’m adding another piece. But - please keep in mind that you don’t have to do everything yourself. I certainly would find it hard to commit to going to my school once a week for the entire summer. But, I could get together with some my colleagues and some PTO members and we could each take one week.     My challenge to you and to myself is to find one area where you could encourage more pleasure reading this summer. And I know you’ll get just as much out of it as your kids will.   And of course, I want to hear about your summer reading plans and ideas. You can tag me on Twitter, Instagram, and now Facebook - our handle is @books_between or email me at booksbetween@gmail.com and I’d love to see what you’ve got going on this summer. Interview - Nanci Turner Steveson   Today I am excited to welcome Nanci Turner Steveson to the podcast. She is the author of Swing Sideways and the newly released Georgia Rules.  We chat about why she set her new middle grade novel in Vermont, the theatre, and her favorite kind of pie. Take a listen.   Welcome to the podcast! I heard that your first novel, Swing Sideways, was nominated for the Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award! Congratulations!   Georgia Rules Your second middle grade novel, Georgia Rules, is released today.  I am so honored to be chatting with you on your launch day! Tell us about Georgia Rules - what is this story about?   At the beginning of the book, the catalyst that prompts Maggie and her mom to move to Vermont is that her step-father has decided to divorce them and have a boyfriend move in. And I just want to say that situation of a family breaking up and one of the parents moving on to a same-sex relationship is becoming more common - or at least more openly acknowledged. And I am glad that it’s in this book - I think Georgia Rules is the first book I’ve read that’s shown a breakup in that way. There is this tension between the more formal “Georgia Rules” that Magnolia has been brought up with in Atlanta and the more casual, country vibe of Vermont. Which one is more in line with your upbringing?   I loved the Vermont setting - it reminded a lot of Central New York actually. Have you ever lived in Vermont?   The Parker family is known for their pies. What is your favorite pie? Your Writing Life You’ve mentioned that you got a late start in publishing and that your first novel, Swing Sideways, wasn’t published until you were older. Were you writing all along and just stuck with it until you had a breakthrough or did you also come to writing later as well?   What drew you to writing middle grade?   Theatre I’ve noticed that you are involved in the theatre! = What do you do - act? Or more technical aspects? What sort of chapter books did you like to read when you were a kid?   What about have you been reading lately?   Thank You! Closing   Okay - that wraps up our show this week. If you have a question about how to connect middle grade readers to books they will love or an idea about a guest we should have or a topic we should cover, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or message me on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between.   Also, this past week I was honored to be a guest on the What Book Hooked You? podcast where I chatted with Brock Shelly about The Book Whisperer and lots of other things. I’ll link to that in the shownotes if you want to check it out.   Thank you so much for joining me this week. 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What is time & why does it move forward? (The Conversation) (http://theconversation.com/what-is-time-and-why-does-it-move-forward-55065) What is time? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time) A debate over the physics of time (Quanta Magazine) (https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160719-time-and-cosmology/) Check if the time on your devices matches 'atomic time' anywhere on Earth (Time.is) (https://time.is) Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-time-division-days-hours-minutes/) A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving in its orbit around the Sun (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year) The period of time during which the Earth completes one rotation with respect to the Sun is called a solar day (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day) Length of a day & a year on Mars (NASA) (http://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/facts/#?c=inspace&s=distance) Timekeeping on Mars (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_on_Mars) The 'stardate' system: How they track time on Star Trek (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardate) How do Star Trek stardates work? (Mental Floss) (http://mentalfloss.com/article/68741/how-do-star-trek-stardates-work) A discussion on how the Federation sets its clocks on Star Trek (StackExchange, SciFi) (http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/17575/how-does-the-federation-determine-how-to-set-their-clocks) What is the arrow of time? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time) Where does our arrow of time come from? (Forbes) (http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/10/12/where-does-our-arrow-of-time-come-from/#5d5c0c255251) Travelling forwards through time is possible, Einstein said so (Physics.org) (http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=131) The 'twin paradox' involves identical twins - one travels into space in a high-speed rocket (Sven) & returns home to find that the twin who stayed on Earth has aged more (Geoffrey) (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox) Does light experience time? (Phys.org) (http://phys.org/news/2014-05-does-light-experience-time.html) Interstellar (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/) Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how gravity affects time (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRw6ox3dGcA) Theory claims that time is not the 4th dimension (The Daily Galaxy) (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/04/weekend-feature-space-is-4d-theory-claims-that-time-is-not-the-4th-dimension.html) The 'jiffy': The duration light takes to travel one fermi (10^−15 m, about the size of a nucleon) in a vacuum (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time#List_of_units) The origins of calendars (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar) The Gregorian calendar is the international standard, but there are many national calendars in use (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar#Calendars_in_use) Is it time to overhaul the calendar? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-it-time-to-overhaul/) Proposals for replacement calendars (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_reform#Proposals) Cool animation - 'A new history for humanity': Proposes adding 10,000 years to the date so it's the year 12,017 (Kurzgesagt, YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgOWmtGVGs) How do we know what year it is? (Redditt) (https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/2qyywj/how_do_we_know_what_year_it_is_when_did_people/) Year zero (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(year)) 'Precision time protocol' is used to synchronise clocks throughout a computer network (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Time_Protocol) 1 January, 1970: When Unix time/Epoch time began for computers (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) Convert regular time to Epoch time (Epoch Converter) (http://www.epochconverter.com) Set your iPhone's date to January 1, 1970 & you'll kill it (Sydney Morning Herald) (http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/iphone-date-bug-dont-set-your-iphones-date-to-january-1-1970-20160214-gmtzem.html) Remember Y2K? (Time) (http://time.com/3645828/y2k-look-back/) What are the main problems with the Y2K computer crisis & how are people trying to solve them? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-main-problem/) How quartz clocks & watches work (Explain That Stuff!) (http://www.explainthatstuff.com/quartzclockwatch.html) What is quartz? (Geology.com) (http://geology.com/minerals/quartz.shtml) Caesium atomic clocks & the definition of a second (HyperPhysics) (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/acloc.html) How does one arrive at the exact number of cycles of radiation a caesium-133 atom makes in order to define one second? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-one-arrive-at-th/) Every now and then we have to insert a leap second because the Earth's rotation is slowing down. Could we speed up Earth's rotation, so that we do not need leap seconds? (xkcd) (https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/) What is a leap second? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second) What is a leap year? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year) Neil deGrasse Tyson explains leap years (YouTube) (https://youtu.be/yd1i3vkkh-0) Measure the tilt of the Earth on the solstice with a stick (Starts With a Bang!) (http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/06/19/measure-the-tilt-of-the-earth-on-the-solstice-this-wednesday/) All about the solstice-s (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/earth/everything-you-need-to-know-december-solstice) Clock drift: When a clock gradually desynchronises from another clock (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_drift) Why do we have different time zones? (Wonderopolis) (http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-do-we-have-different-time-zones) Why do we have time zones? (timeanddate.com) (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/time-zones-history.html) China has only one time zone & that's a problem (The Atlantic) (http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/11/china-only-has-one-time-zone-and-thats-a-problem/281136/) Convert your time to Beijing time (worldtimebuddy) (http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/china-beijing-to-gmt) Australian times zones - Eucla in WA has its own! (timeanddate.com) (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/time-zones-background.html) Integer overflow: When a number is too large for available storage (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow) FAA warning all airlines to reboot Dreamliners regularly (International Business Times) (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/faa-warning-all-airlines-reboot-dreamliners-regularly-risk-pilots-losing-control-mid-flight-1596060) How to convert between date & Unix/Epoch time in Excel (Extend Office) (https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/2473-excel-timestamp-to-date.html) Gene name errors can be introduced inadvertently when using Excel in bioinformatics (BMC Bioinformatics) (http://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2105-5-80) The hidden 'Easter egg' flight simulator in Excel 97 (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYb5GUs0dM) List of hidden 'Easter eggs' in Microsoft products (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Easter_eggs_in_Microsoft_products) Differences between the 1900 & the 1904 date system in Excel (Microsoft) (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/214330) Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia Check out our new Fireside home! Find aaaaall the great episodes & show notes & handy instructions should you feel like leaving us a cheeky iTunes review...go on...we know you want to! (http://strangeattractor.random.productions) Vote for us! Vote for us in the people's choice section of the Castaway Australian Podcast Awards :) (https://thecastawayawards.submittable.com/gallery/fb53f574-b3c9-43c8-8585-83bb919489f4/6982961/)

What's outside our solar system? Where does the solar system end? (ABC, Australia) Where in the universe is Voyager? The surprising showdown over where our solar system ends (TIME) What defines the boundary of the solar system? (NASA) Live tracking: Where are the Voyager probes now? (NASA) Voyager 1 is travelling at ~17 km/second (Wikipedia) It's believed that Voyager 1 is either in interstellar space or pretty close to it (the heliopause) - that's the furthest we've sent anything (Wikipedia) In about 30,000 years, Voyager 1 will have passed through the Oort Cloud & in 40,000 years it will pass within 1.6 light-years of the star Gliese 445 (Wikipedia) The infamous 'pale blue dot': Earth as seen by Voyager 1 from 6 billion km (Wikipedia) What is the heliopause? (Encyclopaedia Britannica) What is the heliopause? (Southwest Research Institute) The heliosphere: A proper sciencey paper (Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie) What is the Kuiper Belt? A belt of icy bodies beyond Neptune (Cosmos, Swinburne University) What is the Oort Cloud? A hypothesised belt of icy bodies in the far reaches of the solar system (Cosmos, Swinburne University) Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft flight paths (The Planets Today, Vimeo) Could the Voyager, Pioneer & New Horizons probes eventually be caught by the gravity of another star & start orbiting that star? (Quora) What is a galaxy? (NASA) Galaxies & how they're formed (NASA) The Milky Way galaxy (NASA) Hubble's high-definition panoramic view of the Andromeda galaxy (NASA) All about the Andromeda galaxy (EarthSky) Elliptical galaxy facts & definition (Space.com) Spiral galaxy facts & definition (Space.com) Estimates on how many solar systems & galaxies there might be in the universe (University of Cambridge) How many solar systems are in our galaxy? (NASA) Do all stars have solar systems? (Dept. of Physics, University of Illinois) How did our solar system form? (HubbleSite) Are we really all made of stardust? Yep (Phys.org) How are stars formed? (Science, How Stuff Works) Population I stars (younger) tend to be in the discs of spiral galaxies & made of heavier elements (Hyperphysics, Georgia State University) Population II stars (older) tend to be in globular clusters & the nucleus of galaxies & made of lighter elements (Hyperphysics, Georgia State University) Main sequence stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (Hyperphysics, Georgia State University) Interactive Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (Las Cumbres Observatory) Black holes come in 3 varieties: Stellar, supermassive & intermediate (Space.com) Into a black hole: A lecture transcript from Prof. Hawking (Stephen Hawking) Journey into a black hole (HubbleSite) The escape velocity for Earth is ~25,000 miles/hour or 40,000 km/hour (Wolfram Alpha) A list of escape velocities for the planets, moons, sun & solar system (Wikipedia) A list of the gravity values for all the planets compared with Earth (NASA) Definition of massive: "Having relatively high mass" (The Free Dictionary) How do black holes work? (Science, How Stuff Works) Black hole jets can influence star formation in galaxies by dispersing & heating interstellar gas (Phys.org) What happens when 2 black holes collide? You get gravitational waves like the one LIGO detected in 2015 (LIGO) Exoplanets are planets outside our solar system (Space.com) How long does it take for a star to ignite at birth? Not long, but the first photons of light may not escape for thousands of years (Reddit) First sun, then planets: The formation & evolution of the solar system (Wikipedia) Solar system formation (Windows 2 the Universe) What's the difference between comets & asteroids? (EarthSky) What is an orbit? (NASA) A list of solar system objects by orbit (Wikipedia) There are >8,000 artifical objects orbiting Earth (National Geographic) How can one say that gravity is a very weak force, when all the planets & stars are rotating around due to gravity only? (Quora) How can galaxies collide if the universe is expanding? (ABC, Australia) What is a galaxy cluster? A group of hundreds to thousands of galaxies, believed to be the largest gravitationally-bound structures in the universe (Wikipedia) What fuel does Voyager 1 use? (Slate) Live tracking: Where is Halley's comet now? (The Sky Live) What is Halley's comet (& its tail) made of? (Wikipedia) Halley's comet completes an elliptical orbit around the sun every ~76 years (Wikipedia) The difference between meteoroids, meteors & meteorites (Meteorites Australia) What causes a shooting star? (Wonderopolis) How do you shield astronauts & satellites from deadly micrometeorites? (Smithsonian) How does the space station avoid meteors? (Reddit) Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia Corrections Johnny meant 'elliptical' galaxies, not globular (Cosmos, Swinburne University) A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite (Wikipedia) To go into orbit, a body must still reach escape velocity, but it must be directed away from a planet & then it follows a curved path (Wikipedia) Cheeky review? (If we may be so bold) It'd be amazing if you gave us a short review...it'll make us easier to find in iTunes: Click here for instructions. You're the best! We owe you a free hug and/or a glass of wine from our cellar Click to subscribe in iTunes

What is radioactivity? Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia What is radioactivity? Including alpha, beta & gamma decay, half-life, background radiation & health effects (Physics.org) Types of radioactivity (Andy Darvill's Science Site) The difference between radioactivity & radiation (The Conversation) Cool chart that shows radiation doses for all sorts of things...including sleeping next to someone & eating a banana (xkcd) Alpha, beta & gamma penetration (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Alpha, beta & gamma penetration (BBC, GCSE) Radioactive elements can 'decay' into other elements — here's the crazy decay chain for uranium-238 (Wikipedia) There are 29 radioactive elements on Earth & thousands more radioactive isotopes (Wikipedia) Some examples of radioactive isotopes or 'radionuclides' (Wikipedia) Some 'nuclides' are stable, but most are radioactive & decay — here's a list of >900 with half-lives from 50 million years (Wikipedia) The number 20 is a 'score' in ye olde talk (Wikipedia) What is uranium? (Jefferson Lab) What is plutonium? (Jefferson Lab) What is an alpha particle? (Physics Department, Idaho State University) During alpha decay, alpha particles (helium nuclei) are released from a radioactive atom's nucleus (Wikipedia) The crazy strong nuclear forces involved (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Conservation of energy — it can neither be lost nor gained (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Energy equals mass: e=mc^2 & all that malarky (livescience) Alpha particles are the least harmful in that they are large & can be easily stopped by e.g. paper; however, if ingested they're super dangerous (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Radioactive elements are inherently unstable (Reference) Sometimes you have to wait a loooooong time for a radioactive element to spit out a particle, like 4.5 billion years (Wikipedia) Everything is radioactive in the periodic table from 83 (bismuth) onwards (Wikipedia) Why is radioactive decay random & spontaneous? (I'm a scientist get me out of here) Schrödinger's cat (IFL Science) What is polonium? (Jefferson Lab) What is alchemy? (livescience) What is an isotope? (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) What is an isotope? (The Conversation) Fact or fiction?: Lead can be turned into gold (Scientific American) It sounds like isotopes can indeed have too few neutrons, as well as too many (The Naked Scientists) What is a beta particle? (Idaho State University) Beta radioactivity (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) An electron is ~1,800 times smaller than a proton (Jefferson Lab) What is a gamma ray? (Idaho State University) Gamma rays consist of high-energy photons (Wikipedia) Gamma radioactivity (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Ionising radiation "carries enough energy to free electrons from atoms or molecules, thereby ionising them" (Wikipedia) How radiation sickness works (Science, How Stuff Works) Too much ionising radiation is bad...but humans have evolved to be able to cope with a certain amount of background radiation (World Nuclear Association) Natural background radiation (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Association) Bananas are a bit radioactive because they contain potassium: The banana equivalent dose (Wikipedia) Still cleaning up: 30 years after the Chernobyl disaster (The Atlantic) Flying and health: Cosmic radiation exposure for casual flyers and aircrew (Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency) Health threats for astronauts from cosmic rays (Wikipedia) How does lead absorb radiation like x-rays and gamma rays? (The Naked Scientists) How do x-rays work? (Wonderopolis) Radiation therapy employs x-rays, gamma rays & charged particles to kill cancer cells (National Cancer Institute) The 'gamma knife' delivers precise beams of radiation to diseased brain tissue or tumour from a large number of directions (Imaginis) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans don't use radiation (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering) Computed tomography (CT) scans use ionising radiation (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering) Positron emission tomography (PET) scans use radiopharmaceuticals (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering) Alexander Litvinenko: Profile of murdered Russian spy — the guy who drank tea with polonium-210 in it (BBC News) Want some polonium-209? It'll set you back USD$3,200 per microcurie (Jefferson Lab) Sydney's Lucas Heights reactor to ramp up nuclear medicine production to meet world demand (ABC News) Synchrotrons are extremely powerful sources of x-rays (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) The Australian synchrotron is in Clayton (Australian Synchrotron) Ikea Springvale How does a nuclear power station work? (Explain That Stuff!) A discussion about whether Mark Watney from 'The Martian' had a high cancer risk after heating up his little car with a radioactive source (Quora) How to protect astronauts from space radiation on Mars (NASA) Radioactive waste management (World Nuclear Association) Nuclear agencies are searching for the signs, language & solutions that will warn our descendants to stay away (FT Magazine) Cockroaches have an exoskeleton so they probably wouldn't know what a skull & cross bones are (Wikipedia) Thaw could release Cold War-era radioactive waste buried under Greenland's ice (ABC News) Greeland is an autonomous country within the Danish realm (Wikipedia) Nuclear power in space (Wikipedia) How do nuclear submarines work? (Science, How Stuff Works) The nuclear submarine that can remain underwater for 25 years (Wired) 'Letters of last resort' are written by all new UK Prime Ministers, with instructions to submarine commanding officers on what to do if a nuclear strike wipes out the Government (Wikipedia) Billionaires are buying submarines (The Daily Mail UK) Can nuclear waste be neutralised by bacteria? (Engineering.com) Iggy Pop is indeed alive & currently 69 (IggyPop.com) Nirvana David Bowie Ziggy Stardust (Wikipedia) Billy Joel Kim Wilde Atomic clocks & cesium...not radioactive even though they sound like it (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Atomic clocks (Wikipedia) Microwaves are not radioactive (Cancer Research UK) Mobile phones are not radioactive — they emit electromagnetic radiation, which is very different, & they also don't emit enough energy to break the molecular bonds inside cells (Scientific American) Mobile phones are not radioactive (Skeptic) Here's the patch you stick on your phone that apparently saves you from the evil 'radiation' — decide for yourself (cellsafe) Ionising (bad one) vs non-ionising radiation (Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency) UV light is ionising radiation & can break chemical bonds in cells (livescience) Suffering endures for 'Radium Girls' who painted watches in the '20s (Hartford Web Publishing) The Bachelor, Australia (Channel Ten) Corrections An exact description of how the Americium-241 in smoke detectors works (Wikipedia) Bismuth's half-life is estimated to be more than a billion times the age of the universe (Wikipedia) Billy Idol isn't chubbsy at all...sorry Billy, you still got it (BillyIdol.net) The metre was originally defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator (not Paris) to the North Pole (Wikipedia) One of the main dreams of alchemy was to turn lead (atomic number 82) into gold (atomic number 79), which would have meant losing protons, not gaining (livescience) Cheeky review? 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Solids, liquids, gases & how they transform The 'classical' states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, plasma) "are distinguished by changes in specific heat capacity, pressure & temperature" (Wikipedia) Pic: Transitions between the four fundamental states of matter - this is mostly what Johnny is talking about (Wikipedia) There's LOADS of other states of matter (modern & high-energy), but you don't see them lying around, e.g. they're made in stars or particle accelerators (Wikipedia) A 'Bose-Einstein condensate' is an example of a modern state of matter (Encyclopaedia Britannica) What is a solid? (Wikipedia) What is a liquid? (Wikipedia) What is a gas? (Wikipedia) What is plasma? (Wikipedia) What is steam? (Wikipedia) What is vapour? (Wikipedia) What is a cloud? A mass of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mix of both, suspended in the air (Encyclopaedia Britannica) The anatomy of a rain drop (Precipitation Education, NASA) The different states of matter have different properties (Purdue Science, Department of Chemistry) The different states of matter have different properties (Bitesize, BBC) State changes usually involve heating, cooling or changes in pressure (Bitesize, BBC) What is freezing or solidification? The point where any liquid turns into a solid, not just water (Wikipedia) What is boiling? (ChemWiki, UC Davis) The Fahrenheit, Kelvin & Celsius temperature scales (Department of Physics, University of Oregon) What is melting point? (Wikipedia) Some famous temperatures in Celsius, Kelvin & Fahrenheit (Wikipedia) The Fahrenheit scale (Wikipedia) The Kelvin scale (Wikipedia) What is absolute zero? (Encyclopaedia Britannica) The journey to the other side of absolute zero (IFL Science) Mercury melts at -38.87 & boils at 356.58 degrees Celsius (ChemicalElements.com) What does frozen mercury look like? (TauFlederMaus, YouTube) Mercury in the food chain (Government of Canada) Quicksilver is another name for mercury (Wikipedia) Freezing a Koosh ball in liquid nitrogen (Jefferson Lab, YouTube) Eau-Di-Vie offers martinis cooled by liquid nitrogen (Eau-Di-Vie) Gelato flash frozen by liquid nitrogen (N2 Extreme Gelato) Condensation means going backwards from gas to liquid (Wikipedia) How is lava created? (Wonderopolis) Sublimation means going straight from a solid to a gas (Wikipedia) Snow & ice can 'sublime' (Wikipedia) Gif: Atoms/molecules in solids (touching, can't move), liquids (touching, can move), gases (not touching, moving) (Purdue Science, Department of Chemistry) Pic: Atoms/molecules in solids (touching, can't move), liquids (touching, can move), gases (not touching, moving) (Bitesize, BBC) CarlCox.com Glastonbury Festival What is gas diffusion & effusion? (Boundless) Energy, vibrations & bonding during phase changes (Zona Land Education) What is a joule? (Wikipedia) From zeptojoules to yottajoules: Definitions of what different amounts of joules do (Wikipedia) What is a calorie? (Wikipedia) Water's temperature curve is linear except at the phase changes from ice to liquid to gas (Boundless) Phase changes & energy conservation: Temperature increases linearly until melting & boiling points (Boundless) A 'phase' of matter is a "region of space throughout which all physical properties of a material are essentially uniform" (Wikipedia) A 'phase' of matter is different to a 'state' of matter: A system can contain several phases of the same state of matter (Wikipedia) The law of conservation of energy in simple terms (Explain That Stuff!) When you do a reverse phase change, e.g. liquid to solid, energy is released (Boundless) What is entropy? (Science 2.0) Entropy is simple - if we avoid the briar patches! (Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry) "In solids, atoms are bonded fairly firmly together, though they do move about a bit" (Explain That Stuff!) Electrons can travel in a solid even if the atoms can't (e.g. in conductors) (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Conductors, insulators & electron flow: Appears to support Johnny's electricity story about "holes moving down the wire at walking pace" (All About Circuits) Electrons only move about 1.2 cm per minute in standard home copper wire (Department of Physics, Union University) What is an electron hole? Debating how many molecules make a droplet (Physics Forums) Debating how steam is invisible vs water vapour (The Naked Scientists) Why is a steam burn more damaging than a burn with boiling water of the same temperature? (UCSB Science Line) The 'Mpemba' effect: In some circumstances warmer water may freeze faster than colder water (Wikipedia) Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? (livescience) The phase diagram for water is different than for other substances (chemguide) The phase diagram for water is different than for other substances (Chem Wiki) Water is weird: Its solid is less dense than its liquid - i.e. ice floats in liquid water - other stuff doesn't do this (Wikipedia) Water is weird: Its solid is less dense than its liquid - i.e. ice floats in liquid water - other stuff doesn't do this (Boundless) Clip: What if ice didn't float? Explained by chemist Martyn Poliakoff (The Huffington Post) What is liquefaction? (Wikipedia) Clip: The amazing Richard Feynman talks magnets (nebulajr, YouTube) How does a glacier move? It sounds like ice under pressure creating lubricating melt water does play a role (Geology.com) Johnny's heavy egg vs light jelly bean shaking experiment sounds legit (APS Physics) 'Granular convection' & the Brazil Nut Effect: Why the biggest nuts rise to the top (io9) What is vaping? (Vaper Soul) The 1755 Lisbon earthquake (Wikipedia) What was left of Lisbon was demolished & rebuilt according to modern urban design at the time (Wikipedia) The rebuilding of Lisbon involved one of the first uses of pre-fabricated buildings (History) The Anglo-Portugese treaty dates back to the 1300s...until Brexit? (Wikipedia) Quicksand science: Why it traps & how to escape (National Geographic) What is a non-Newtonian fluid? Examples include honey, cream & tomato sauce (Science Learning Hub) What is pitch? (Wikipedia) The pitch drop experiment: Watch for the tenth drop live! (The University of Queensland) The ‘glass is a liquid' myth has finally been destroyed (io9) What is steampunk? (The Huffington Post) NealStephenson.com Jumpin' Jack Flash is a gas, gas, gas (Menmo Music Station, YouTube) The Leidenfrost effect: Not really related to our chat, just cool - it's why balls of water zip around on a hot surface (Wikipedia) Corrections Water vapour is not steam: "Vapour refers to a gas phase at a temperature where the same substance can also exist in the liquid or solid state, below the critical temperature of the substance", "A liquid or solid does not have to boil to release a vapour" (Wikipedia) Debating the finer points between vapour, steam & gas (Quora) Johnny's definition of Celsius was used until 1954. The current version is "the unit 'degree Celsius' & the Celsius scale are currently defined by two different temperatures: absolute zero, & the triple point of VSMOW (specially purified water)" (Wikipedia) Probably best not to swirl your finger around in mercury kids, just in case (WHO) Nitrogen gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere, not 74% (Wikipedia) Nitrogen melts at -209.9 & boils at -195.8 degrees Celsius (ChemicalElements.com) Sorry Johnny, Ashford & Simpson sang Solid As A Rock, not Tina Turner (Fox News Entertainment) Clarifying Johnny's definitions of solid, liquid & gas by volume & shape (Glen Research Center, NASA) It's 1 calorie that raises 1cm^3 by 1 degree Celsius at 1 atmosphere, not 1 joule. However, this is an older definition & a calorie is now defined in joules (Encyclopaedia Britannica) There appears to be conjecture that entropy should be associated with 'randomness'...but it's over my head so I'll leave it there for now (Science 2.0) Sorry Johnny, there may be a new theory about why ice is slippery & how ice skating works - frictional heating - but the jury is still out (Wikipedia) Cheeky review? (If we may be so bold) It'd be amazing if you gave us a short review...it'll make us easier to find in iTunes: Click here for instructions. You're the best! We owe you a free hug and/or a glass of wine from our cellar

How does photography work? Johnny's Leica MP that we used as a prop (Steve Huff Photo) How does a camera work? (Tech, How Stuff Works) When were cameras invented? It depends...400BC if you count the ancient Chinese 'camera obscura' (Wikipedia) The camera obscura...who needs TV? (Wikipedia) The first proper photograph apparently took 8 hours to expose, credited to Joseph Nicephore Niépce, 1820s (University of California, Santa Barbara) 130-year-old plate camera captures pictures of modern Britain (but you must stand still for 15 minutes) (Daily Mail Australia) How the human eye works: It's a 'camera-type eye' (livescience) Why do your pupils get bigger in the dark? (Wonderopolis) What is a lens? (Explain That Stuff!) Cameras, lenses & how photography works (How-To Geek) Understanding camera lenses (Cambridge in Colour) What is exposure? (Cambridge in Colour) Squinting helps you focus - it narrows the 'aperture' of your eye (Wired) What is an aperture? (Wikipedia) A dicussion about wide aperture & unfocused light rays (Photography StackExchange) Principal focal length (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Understanding focal length (Nikon) Depth of field: How 'deep' is the amount of stuff that's in focus (Cambridge in Colour) As this photo of Elon Musk shows, a professional portrait usually focuses on the face & blurs the background (Feedoxy) "A lens typically has a set of marked 'f-stops' that the f-number can be set to" (Wikipedia) Pic: As your f-number increases, your aperture gets smaller & less light gets in (Wikipedia) Free f-stop chart (Tech Radar) Pic: Example of a Leica camera showing the f-stops on the lens, 2.4, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11 (Leicaphilia) Super groovy pinhole glasses that claim to strengthen your eyes (HealthTap) Diagram of light rays going through a wide & narrow aperture (Photography Life) Understanding shutter speed: A beginner's guide (Photography Life) Pic: Example of a shutter speed dial on a film camera (Roger & Frances) Pic: This is what Johnny's 'curtain shutter' looks like - the bit that reveals the 35 mm film segment (photo.net) What is a camera shutter? (Wikipedia) A history of shutter types (Early Photography) What is 35 mm film? (Wikipedia) F1.0 lenses are super expensive & rare - this is what the photos look like...kinda nice hey? (Fstoppers) What is a prime lens? i.e. they don't zoom (B&H) Why are some lenses so expensive? (Photography Life) What is infinity focus? (School of Digital Photography) Who killed infinity focus? (B&H) The Man Who Knew Infinity (IMDb) The amazing mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Wikipedia) Sally Gunnell (Wikipedia) Uluru (Wikipedia) Photographs of ocean waves captured with a long lens & slow shutter (PetaPixel) The secret to photographing hummingbirds (B&H) Slow motion footage of bullets going through stuff (DrDaveBilliards, YouTube) Femto-photography: Visualising photons in motion at a trillion frames per second (MIT) Film speed is a measure of its sensitivity to light (Wikipedia) ISO has been the standard for speed/sensitivity since 1974 (Wikipedia) How to make & use a pinhole camera (Kodak) Some thoughts on why people never smiled in old photos (Vox) How film works: Black & white vs colour (Kodak) What is slide film? (I Still Shoot Film) Some lovely slide films shot on Fuji Velvia (I Still Shoot Film) Some lovely slide films shot on Fuji Provia (I Still Shoot Film) Some lovely slide films shot on Kodak Ektachrome (I Still Shoot Film) A handy PDF guide on how to develop black & white film yourself (Ilford) How does photographic paper work? (Wikipedia) How do digital cameras work? (Tech, How Stuff Works) Digital camera sensors: Backs up Johnny's 'buckets of photons' analogy (Cambridge in Colour) Why more megapixels isn't always better (Gizmodo) Baaaaaall pit! (Kids'nShape) The 72 ppi web resolution myth (Photoshop Essentials) The iPhone 6S has a 12 megapixel camera (Apple) Introduction to medium format photography (I Still Shoot Film) Why medium format is so gorgeous (Reframe, Gizmodo) Phase One medium format digital cameras: May set you back up to $55K (CNET) Polaroid cameras (Polaroid Australia) How does a Polaroid camera work? (Tech in our everyday life) The Impossible Project: "Reinventing instant film from scratch" (IMPOSSIBLE) Guy Ritchie (bio.) Pic: Thingy that magnifies negatives so you can see what will be in your photo if you develop it (eBay) Pic: Nessie (CNN) Marked up photos show how iconic prints were edited in the darkroom (PetaPixel) Old timey flash bulbs (Camerapedia) ISO: How high can you go? Apparently up to 409,600 these days! (DIGITALPhotoPro) Common slide film seems to be around 50 or 100 ISO, but there's mention of higher numbers (120 Studio) Old timey photographic plates had very low ISO numbers: This example is 5 (Fstoppers) Daguerreotype: "The first publicly announced photographic process" (Wikipedia) Old timey photographic plates (Wikipedia) Places that still offer film processing in Melbourne (urbanlight) Cheeky review? (If we may be so bold) It'd be amazing if you gave us a short review...it'll make us easier to find in iTunes: Click here for instructions. You're the best! We owe you a free hug and/or a glass of wine from our cellar

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This week on Mom Talk Radio, Dr. Meg Meeker, author of THE TEN HABITS OF HAPPY MOTHERS: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity. Colleen Burns, the Mom on the Run, will discuss "After-School Crunchtime Tips" campaign by Lance Sandwich Crackers. The Mom's Roundtable discusses introducing a new baby to the family. And, Emily Kirkpatrick, Vice President of the National Center for Family Literacy, is here to discuss Wonderopolis! This show is sponsored by Lands' End and Family Circle.