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Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Scaling Up Barbie

Published:   June 2, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:08:25
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Body Metrics

Published:   May 26, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:06:43
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Let's Find Out!

Published:   May 19, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:04:43
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That's a Good Question

Published:   May 12, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:07:04
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Teaching Abroad

Published:   May 5, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:05:11
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Revising the Rainbow

Published:   April 28, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:07:04
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye

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Total Running Time:   00:07:27
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Find That Sound

Published:   April 14, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:05:51
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Follow the Bouncing Ball

Published:   April 7, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:09:29
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The Last Straw

Published:   March 24, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:06:50
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Minilabs

Published:   March 17, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:09:00
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'Hey, neat!' The Importance of Provocacion

Published:   March 10, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:05:36
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The Drama of the Immune System

Published:   March 3, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:13:11
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Seeing the Light

Published:   February 24, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:04:52
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Then <i>You</i> Measure It

Published:   February 17, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:10:10
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Whack a Stack

Published:   February 10, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:04:40
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Running Hot and Cold

Published:   February 3, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:05:20
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Huh?

Published:   January 27, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:04:40
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Nobody's Ever Taught You Anything

Published:   January 20, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:05:51
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Whirled Music

Published:   January 13, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:08:39
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Hey Batter, Batter!

Published:   January 6, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:08:42
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Ooh, You Make My Motor Run

Published:   December 30, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:08:12
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Groovy Sounds

Published:   December 23, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:09:32
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

If You Could Hop Like a Frog

Published:   December 16, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:09:26
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Which Is Closest?

Published:   December 9, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:31
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That Sounds Good

Published:   December 2, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:09:39
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Electrifying Ideas

Published:   November 25, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:54
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

The Value of Support

Published:   November 25, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:16
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

It’s All in Good Taste

Published:   November 18, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:37
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Take It from the Top

Published:   November 11, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:06:28
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

A Tale of Adjustment

Published:   November 4, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:38
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Going to the Dogs

Published:   October 28, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:52
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Stringing Us Along

Published:   October 21, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:09:30
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

When Words Fail You

Published:   October 14, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:55
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Sound Bytes (Part 2)

Published:   October 7, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:23
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

I Don't Think So

Published:   September 30, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:06:45
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

The Teaching Box

Published:   September 23, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:59
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Carbon Dioxide-It's a Gas!

Published:   September 16, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:08
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

You Can Take It with You

Published:   September 9, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:10
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Private Theories

Published:   September 2, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:06:50
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Size Does Matter

Published:   August 26, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:59
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Why We Teach

Published:   August 19, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:11:54
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Discovering Pi

Published:   August 12, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:06:19
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Hands-On Science

Published:   August 5, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:05
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Survival Guide

Published:   July 29, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:21
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

For the Love of Math

Published:   July 22, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:08:30
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Ice Scream

Published:   July 15, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:06
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

How Much <i>Is</i> a Million?

Published:   July 8, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:49
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Sound Bytes (Part 1)

Published:   July 1, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:32
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

The Buzz on Bees

Published:   June 24, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:11:02
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Take It Outside

Published:   June 17, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:28
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Think Positive

Published:   June 10, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:03:53
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

The World’s Cheapest Electroscope

Published:   June 7, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:39
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Marshmallow Puff Tube

Published:   June 3, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:09:29
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Lucky Break

Published:   May 27, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:36
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Through the Looking Glass

Published:   May 20, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:42
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

The Hairs on My Head

Published:   May 13, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:33
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

To Coin a Phrase

Published:   May 6, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:59
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

What's Your Story?

Published:   April 29, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:08:53
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Tough Times

Published:   April 22, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:07:13
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

We Won Best Professional Development Podcast!

Published:   April 15, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:13:10
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Make a Cuica!

Published:   April 8, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:27
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Classroom Management

Published:   April 1, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:57
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Student Misconceptions

Published:   March 25, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:35
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Straw Oboe

Published:   March 18, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:00
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Name That Book

Published:   March 18, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:04:01
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Stem Cells

Published:   March 18, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:03:28
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Sing a Song of Science

Published:   March 18, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:08:43
Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips

Exponential Folding

Published:   March 18, 2009
Total Running Time:   00:05:56

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