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Between chronic absenteeism and shifting grading systems, we know many students lack motivation to learn. What can schools do differently?
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and KMXT
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 5
Dr. Holly Golecki, a professor in the Bioengineering department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about using soft robotics ...
- Added: Sep 04, 2023
- Length: 48:22
The social stigma surrounding mental illness is very real. What would happen if we changed our perspective on mental illness and how we treat it?
- Added: Aug 10, 2023
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 7
We hear what makes tidewater glacier habitat an acoustic refuge, and why glaciers are important to other species in the ecosystem.
- Added: Jun 26, 2023
- Length: 19:11
Cultivated meat has the potential to disrupt the meat industry, and engineer Dr. Katie Kam joins the podcast to talk about it. Katie founded BioBQ...
- Added: Feb 12, 2023
- Length: 28:20
When Rachel Graham experienced a real-life sharknado on a dive trip, she knew her future was connected to these amazing and threatened creatures.
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Nov 15, 2022
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 3
An astronaut experiences a juxtaposition of the sublime and the mundane, sensing God while floating weightless, fixing cables outside his spacecraft.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Nov 07, 2022
- Length: 52:51
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Nov 07, 2022
- Length: 59:01
A passion for movement encounters serious constriction when a yoga instructor and lifelong athlete is diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome. When...
- Added: Sep 20, 2022
- Length: 22:11
The Physics Circus at The University of Texas at Austin tries to attract kids to science using loud and entertaining demonstrations that might not ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2022
- Length: 29:29
Topic 1: How to protect schools from hackers trying to get children's information. Topic 2: Hundreds of space rocks and dust are falling through Ea...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more
- Added: Feb 08, 2022
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 7
Do scientific research articles sometimes sound like another language? To K-12 students, very often it’s yes. Tanya Dimitrova tried to help solve...
- Added: Feb 03, 2022
- Length: 48:59
What is synthetic biology? Researcher and professor Dr. Xiaojing Gao introduces this cutting edge field. He explains how his lab at Stanford Univer...
- Added: Dec 15, 2021
- Length: 27:54
Topic 1: Print versus Digital; Topic 2: New Drug for Dwarfism Sparks Controversy; Topic 3: Cuisine Reinvented by the Global Diaspora
Bought by KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP and more
- Added: Dec 08, 2021
- Length: 51:46
- Purchases: 7
Learning in robotics doesn’t have to take weeks, if you can design, build, and test a robot in hours in a video game. Dan White, CEO of Filament G...
- Added: Nov 20, 2021
- Length: 51:41
Topic 1: Leeches are Still Used in Modern Hospitals; Topic 2: Are Beavers Contributing to Climate Change? Topic 3: Super Bowl Champ’s Reading Crusade
Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, and GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Aug 24, 2021
- Length: 51:42
- Purchases: 3
The Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation has been running robotics programs for youth for years, including the widespread global com...
- Added: Aug 06, 2021
- Length: 37:29
Math is fundamental to engineering education and other disciplines. That’s part of why Richard Rusczyk wants to teach kids harder math than they o...
- Added: Jul 13, 2021
- Length: 59:36
Kids can learn CAD for 3D printing, but teaching it doesn’t have to be a hassle. David Seto and Michael Welch wrote a set of books to make teachin...
- Added: Jun 17, 2021
- Length: 49:38
The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a nonprofit running several programs in K-12 STEM education, including its Computer Science Insti...
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 35:39
The pandemic has spurred teachers like Amanda Hough to teach CAD remotely, but how do you do that if students don’t have the hardware to run resour...
- Added: Apr 27, 2021
- Length: 34:15
Topic 1 - How to Breathe; Topic 2 - Overdue Credits; Topic 3 - Pregnancy & Pain Meds
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, and WYAP
- Added: Apr 27, 2021
- Length: 51:46
- Purchases: 3
STEM curriculum specialist Dr. Corey Hall shares tips and resources for teaching engineering effectively at the K-12 level in 2021, both during and...
- Added: Apr 07, 2021
- Length: 45:50
Recorded in August of 2002, a generational discussion about smoking
- Added: Mar 30, 2021
- Length: 24:40
LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have changed the world – and continue to do so. This energy-efficient electronics technology came from decades of ...
- Added: Mar 05, 2021
- Length: 53:11
