Ep 7: Supporting NGSS in Your Classroom

In this episode, Eugene and Matt talk about classroom strategies that can help move instruction toward NGSS. For example, how do sentence frames, vocabulary, and hands-on activities look in Matt’s ideal classroom? They also talk about hard  to have environmental conversations, and how to navigate those through a science lens.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Eugene and Matt's suggestion for responses to climate skeptical arguments
  • https://skepticalscience.com/
• Matt's resources on the carbon footprint of food
  • His favorite resource: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10669-015-9577-y
    • that has the best data in Table 4 of the electronic supplement: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs10669-015-9577-y/MediaObjects/10669_2015_9577_MOESM1_ESM.docx
  • He found out about this paper from this news article: https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1215/Eating-lettuce-is-three-times-worse-for-climate-than-bacon-say-scientists?cmpid=FB
    • Its headline was so misleading that he wrote a letter to the editor that was published: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Readers-Respond/2015/1226/Readers-write-screening-before-gun-ownership-vegetarian-diets-are-greener
  • A much more kid-friendly view of food carbon footprints: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714
  • A more advanced view that lets you dig into the different parts of the lifecycle: http://www.foodemissions.com/foodemissions/Calculator.aspx
    • Though to make this one really work, you need to convert serving size into pounds.