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Summary:

In this episode, we meet clinical psychologist, Sarah Victor. She explains what a clinical psychologist does, and how it differs from other types of psychologists and other mental health professionals like social workers & psychiatrists. Sarah describes her research on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide. She is interested in identifying the between-persons factors that increase risk for these problems, as well as within-persons factors that contribute to short-term changes in self-harm risk in daily life.

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• 02:00 - 05:30   Sarah's research on self-injury, suicide and adolescents
• 07:00 - 12:00   How clinical psychologists differ from other mental health professionals
• 12:00 - 15:30   Skills needed to be...

Summary:

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...