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Summary:

John Russell is a Research Associate at Math ƒor America and instrumental in supporting research-practice partnerships that bolster MƒA’s efforts to encourage its model nationally. John discusses the powerful collaboration between science and math educators that is taking place in the Math for America program in New York and shares with us their model.

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 Show Highlights

• 02:00 - 03:30   What is Math for America?
• 03:30 - 05:15   How does Math for America work?
• 05:30 - 12:30   How math and science teachers collaborate through Math for America
• 15:30 - 17:30   An example of math and science teachers collaborating around the standard of precision
• 18:15 - 23:30 ...

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Meet plant biologist, Dr. Steven Burgess. In this episode Dr. Burgess talks about his research in improving photosynthesis to increase crop yields. He also tells us about important skills needed to be a scientist which he believes are important skills for everyone. Are we teaching these skills in our NGSS classrooms? You’ll have to listen to find out!

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• 02:30 - 08:25    Learn about Steven's work with the RIPE lab
• 06:30 - 11:45    Computational modeling and genetic modification
• 12:15 - 13:30    How does this impact global warming? 
• 15:30 - 19:00    How Steven got involved with this research
• 19:30 - 23:55    Chlorophyll and light absorption
• 24:30 - 29:30    Skills Steven thinks students need to pursue careers in...

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Meet Pawandeep Jandir, a former particle physicist who worked at the Large Hadron Collider and is currently a data scientist.  In this episode, we discuss his work at the Large Hadron Collider, where he was working at the time of the 2012 discovery of the Higgs Boson! We look at the importance of science and physics in the world today and the ways in which students become and stay interested in it.

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Show Notes:

• Introduction of Pawandeep Jandir, a particle physicist who worked at the Large Hadron Collider, and a description of the nature of the Large Hadron Collider.
• The ways particles are controlled magnetically within the accelerator, and accelerated to 99.9999% the speed of light.
• The nature of the data extracted from the collision experiments of the LHC; data from collisions with familiar results can be discarded
• The nature of the...

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 Episode #004 Summary

(1:00) So without further ado, here is Jen Gutierrez. Welcome, Jen. Thank you for coming on to our show today. Will you tell us a little bit about yourself?

(2:00) Jen tells us about working on the NGSS writing team specifically on the Life Science team and Appendix D.

(3:00)  How did Jen get involved in that process?

(4:00) Jen’s incredible “aha!” moment when she first reads the drafts of the Framework (the foundation of NGSS).

(7:53) Jen tells us about her go-to NGSS resources.

(11:34) What are some of the misconceptions that you (Jen) might still be seeing that teachers might have about the NGSS?

(22:08) Jen discusses Engineering is Elementary

(34:39) Jen gives some final words of wisdom and more resources!

NGSS Resources mentioned in this episode

• Framework for K-12 Science Education
• Episode 001: NGSS Beginnings
• Rodger Bybee’s 5 E’s

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