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Science Teaching Tips is dead. Long live Science Teaching Tips!

2009-03-3002:031

The final episode of Science Teaching Tips has been posted. But don't despair! They've been given new life (and a new webhome) over at http://exploratorium.edu/ti/podcasts. Check out the new location, it's all spiffy and snazzy, and listen to all the great episodes of the compiled wisdom of the Exploratorium's Teacher Institute. Enjoy!

69. The World's Cheapest Electroscope

2009-03-3007:381

Dying to know whether something’s positively or negatively charged? TI staff educator Modesto Tamez explains an easy – and dirt cheap – way to probe the electric charge of the world.

68 - Body Metrics

2009-02-2106:421

Students really struggle with the metric system. TI staff educator Lori Lambertson tells us how she helps students get a handle on what the units really mean.

67. Let's Find Out!

2009-02-1004:42

Teaching isn’t just work, it’s a lot of fun. Staff scientist Thomas Humphrey quickly figured out he didn’t have the answer to every question in the classroom, and that’s the fun of it.

66. That's a good question!

2009-01-2307:041

TI staff biologist Karen Kalumuck describes how she tries not to answer every question that’s asked during a class. Instead, she guides her students to discover ideas for themselves. Karen Kalumuck’s Web site: philo.exploratorium.edu/karenk

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