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Caption: Photo of Amy Pirzada inside her business My Coding Place in Austin, Texas., Credit: Pios Labs
Amy Pirzada started My Coding Place as an educational business focused on teaching coding to kids in Austin. But she soon expanded to teach chess, ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 39:26
Caption: Neel Dhanesha
What is a nurdle, you ask? Is it the latest variation on the popular New York Times puzzle, Wordle? No, not quite. Nurdles are the tiny little petr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute with Craig Robbins MD on Pediatric and Adult Limb Lengthening, Corrective Surgery and more

  • Added: Apr 29, 2022
  • Length: 26:15
Caption: Physics Circus presenters light up a pickle with electricity., Credit: The Physics Circus
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
Caption: Tanya Dimitrova, founder of Science Journal for Kids, Credit: Courtesy of Tanya Dimitrova
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
Caption: Andrea Copping
We hear a lot about solar and wind power, but a renewable source of clean energy that continues to be largely untapped is the ocean. According to t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Energy Sources for the Future with Magnetic Miles. Magnetic Miles COO John Pierson and Maximum Health Radio talk self-perpetuating magnetic energy,...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 27:04
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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
Caption: Screenshot of the game RoboCo., Credit: Filament Games
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
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Building Tomorrow's Schools and Saving the Future of Humanity one Child at a Time. Lauren Hollander Director and Co-Founder of Public School Develo...

Bought by WCNY and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 26:12
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Brad Liski
The next time you’re doing a load of laundry, take a second and think about all that goes into cleaning your clothes. You’ve probably contemplated ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Image of Scott Steward., Credit: Original photo courtesy of Scott Steward.
Chicago educator and entrepreneur Scott Steward breaks down his teaching philosophy, rooted in getting to know his students. Steward founded Genius...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 01:17:31

  • Added: Aug 14, 2021
  • Length: 26:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A student robotics team works on a robot., Credit: REC Foundation
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
Caption: Jim Motavalli
If you haven’t considered buying an electric vehicle yet, there’s a good chance that in the not-so-distant future, the decision will already be mad...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James Brenza, head of Greenest Grow, faces unique challenges leading his start-up through an emerging agricultural industry.
Emerging Industries often lend a new twist on businesses: they allow the opportunity to relook at old practices, and can lead to innovation in the ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 49:12
Caption: Sebastian Sajoux
This week on Sea Change Radio, we learn about a small, innovative company that is recycling all sorts of plastics and turning them into gravel. We ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Richard Rusczyk, from Art of Problem Solving
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
Caption: Two books on 3D Printing by David Seto and Michael Welch.
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
Caption: Rosemary Kamei of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation., Credit: Silicon Valley Education Foundation
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
Caption: Daniel Oberhaus
New iterations of the smartphone often focus on bells, whistles and other fancy features, when what we all really want for our devices are batterie...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Air, water, and art. The three things a Dutch artist is using to lead an environmental change.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:13
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Inspiring social change with photographic art to to showcase the severity of E-waste.

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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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
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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