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Science Beyond the Classroom is a podcast that features scientists from a variety of disciplines. These scientists share their experiments and research.
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Every week, I have conversations with naturalists, coaches, docents, museum guides, music teachers -- anyone who educates outside a traditional classroom. We share ideas about what works best and what we can learn from one another. Our goal is to support developing communities of practice among all informal educators. Come join us -- in The Classroom Beyond!
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Authentic, Emotional Experiences: A Talk with Outdoor Educator Lacie Ownbey
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For an outdoor educator, what is the value of an authentic experience? How can you guide your learners to affective engagement -- an attitudinal, emotional connection with the material you're sharing? That's the topic I discuss today with Lacie Ownbey, educator at the Indianapolis Zoo. She shares her adventures with dolphins, seals, and sharks to g…
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Include Everyone: Exploratorium Explainers Gianna & Gwen
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On this week’s podcast episode, I have a conversation with two Explainer-Facilitators from the Exploratorium, San Francisco’s storied palace of science, art, and perception. Gwen Payne and Gianna Calamar both participate in the Exploratorium’s diversity and inclusion efforts, and we talk a lot today about how including everyone improves the visitor…
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The Art of Interpretation: Talking with State Park Interpreter Elise McFarland
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On this week’s podcast, I talk with Elise McFarland, an Interpretation and Education Manager for the California State Park system. In her far-ranging job, she’s responsible for several parks’ cultural resources and, of course, many levels and modes of interpretation. Like many informal educators – especially outdoor educators in regional parks – El…
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Working with Informal Education Volunteers: A Conversation with Teacher-Trainer Brittany Sabol
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On this week’s podcast, I talk with science educator Brittany Sabol. She’s the training director at Environmental Volunteers, an organization that turns everyday folks into extraordinary informal educators who go into classrooms to provide science enrichments. On the blog, I have a post about volunteer training, often a big part of informal educati…
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Nature-Based Learning in the Field: A Conversation with Naturalist Claire Dobie
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On this week’s podcast, I talk with Minnesota naturalist Claire Dobie. Nature-based education is popular – who doesn’t like a field trip? But we don’t talk as much about how learning while immersed in the outdoors, in nature, can impact student behavior and outcomes. Claire and I discuss the profession of naturalist and the “nature” of “nature-base…
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Making Connections -- and Music! A conversation with music teacher Jim Cornfoot
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On this week’s podcast, I talk with piano teacher Jim Cornfoot from Memphis, Tennessee. We talk about the kinds of connections non-classroom teachers make with their students. For some informal educators like piano teachers, those connections can last for years. There’s a huge body of research around affective connection and how it impacts learning…
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Nature-Based Education at a Zoo Preschool: A conversation with zoo educator Eileen Garcia-Sanchez
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On this week’s podcast, I talk with Eileen Garcia-Sanchez of the San Antonio Zoo in Texas. It’s a fully-accredited preschool that takes a lot of its inspiration from the world of outdoor education. At the school, children spend a majority of their time outdoors, on both the school’s outdoor campus and in the zoo itself. Eileen and I talk about natu…
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From Physical Response to Visitor Engagement: A conversation with aquarium educator Jim DePompei
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This week, I talk with Jim DePompei of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in Los Angeles. We talk about visitor engagement during the pandemic and, of course, doing the grunion dance. Grunion are small fish and pretty unremarkable except for this one thing: they dance. Grunion visit wide, sandy beaches in Southern California and use wavelets to coast as …
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"Small Town, Big Museum": A conversation with science educator Kady Yeomans
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For our inagural podcast, I talk with science educator Kady Yeomans of the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. The small city is the museum hotspot of rural Georgia, and the 100,000-foot Tellus is their crown jewel. Kady and I talk about techniques for working a museum floor and also, what happens when controversial topics come up, like…
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Hey, are you an Informal Educator? Museum Guide? Naturalist? Coach? Music Teacher? Zoo Teacher? The Classroom Beyond, an informal education podcast, launches next week! For our very first episode, we talk with Kady Yeomans, a science museum educator in Georgia. Listen in for a little taste! Every Tuesday, we'll talk with a different informal educat…
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Coming soon: The Classroom Beyond, the podcast for informal educators! We'll be chatting with naturalists, coaches, music teachers, museum guides, and docents -- all of us who teach outside of the classroom! We're dropping our first episode on November 29th. Here's a little taste of what's to come -- subscribe now and stay tuned! Site: https://www.…
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Coming soon: The Classroom Beyond, the podcast for informal educators! We'll be chatting with naturalists, coaches, music teachers, museum guides, and docents -- all of us who teach outside of the classroom! We're dropping our first episode on November 29th. Here's a little taste of what's to come -- subscribe now and stay tuned! Episode: http://th…
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How do baboons communicate with each other? UNL Anthropology professor, Shimelis Beyene studied the biology and social behavior of two different types of baboons. He found that by observing behavior, there were ways to tell a baboon's rank in society. And, the way they communicate isn't too different from the way humans communicate.…
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How do paleontologists study fossils? What can fossils tell us about earth's past climates? What went into the creation of the Smithsonian Channel's documentary Titanoboa: Monster Snake? Titanoboa is the world's largest snake, it would have been 48 feet long and would weigh 2,500 pounds. Dr. Jason Head, Vertebrate Paleontologist, shares his experie…
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What all goes into the educational exhibits at museums? What are some innovative ways science is being presented through media? Dr. Judy Diamond, Professor and Curator for Informal Science Education, shows how a wide audience can engage in science through educational projects. One of these projects is called "World of Viruses." "World of Viruses" i…
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Could biological factors influence whether we are liberal or conservative in our views? What can cognition - or, the way the brain processes information tell us about our behavior? What is the gaze-cueing effect? Cognitive Psychologist Dr. Mike Dodd had an experiment in collaboration with Political Scientists John Hibbing and Kevin Smith to get to …
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What do rural sociologists do? What makes people decide to move from a big city to a small town, or vice versa. How do migration patterns affect the economy? Dr. Randolph Cantrell answers these questions, and more.저자 Alex Epperson
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