2 Math Podcasts

Shell Education is is website that has many different subject links.  I focused on the Math link and found many different teacher focused Math podcast opportunities. www.shelleducation.com
Much of this site was mostly for comerce but there was quite a few free things.

The podcast I found was the Math Stretches podcast that was informing teachers how to use math stretches for math warm-up instead of just doing bell work that doesn't have meaning except as busy work.
http://www.shelleducation.com/podcasts/Math_Stretches_Podcast_Final.mp3


Dan's Math
www.dansmath.com
Is a website for high school or higher math student or just people who like math!  Dan is a community college math professor in Northern California.  There are many links to great Math web sites.  There are Math puzzles, jokes, lessons and math for the masses.  His website has been up since 1997 with many years of resources.

http://www.shelleducation.com/podcasts/Math_Stretches_Podcast_Final.mp3

Show One is the summary of the first chapter in the Algebra book he has co-authored.  It is a bit high handed and too quick for Els.  I think you would need video to keep up with his summary.

My Math Story

The first memory of not liking Math was in the 3rd Grade.  When we cam back after Christmas break, we had to do a timed multiplication test every Friday.  If you failed one you had to keep taking it over until you passed.  These were to most stress inducung things I had ever faced in my young Math life!  I even remember her name, however as the internet goes everywhere I will not post it!  Haha!  For the rest of elementary school I was fine and progressed to the satisfaction of my teachers, however still not being the quickest at the 7 and 8 times table for what ever reason.  In 7th grade we started multiplying and dividing fractions and that blew me out of the water!  Help I thought and went to the remediation class  until I understood that concept.  Neesdless to say I did not feel like a great math student and got through high school taking only the things needed to graduate, byw it was not calculus. In college I thought I wanted to be a business major until I took accounting, Yuck!  I failed!  Changed majors and went into elementary education, not much math needed. 

I taught 2nd grade for 11 years and did not have math problems until I started teaching ESl and the students in middle and high school needed help.  I will have to admit that the teachers in my middle school are very helpful and I have learned just as much as the students!!!  I can now do middle school math in my sleep except for that 8th grade slope intercept stuff, but I am working on that!

Have a Great 4th!

Naked Science

I found a great resource for podcasts on Naked Scientist!  Great ideas and they are not very long and many are things you can attempt in your classroom!!!!

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/

Quick and Easy!!!

I found this posdcast in a list of 40 Science podcasts.  It is quick and to the point it is 60 Second Science.  I would not say it is specifically for Els but it is interesting and quick.  When you click on the report it does hae a transcript of the report so you can follow along.  It is quite like an NPR report, I like it!  I think I mostly like the fact that it is short where some of the otherones I have found are very long.

THis is the website where you can choose the report you would like-
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcasts.cfm?type=60-second-science

This is the one where they talk about seeds growing better because birds eat them and then deposite tham elsewhere!  The kids will love it!  I can think of many places you could use this in the elementary plant curriculum.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=chili-seeds-get-survival-advantage-13-06-28

EESL 650

 

 Podcast!
I found Sci Girls on PBS that promotes girls in Science.  They use the STEM format and enquiry based problem solving to understand Issues that include glacers, underwater robotic building to check up on an expierement, cave swallow tracking and creating makeup and trying it out on prospective customers.  They also have accompaning podcast in Spanish.  I have watched three of the videos and if it would fit into your curriculum they would be wonderful.

Cave Swallows in English
http://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/d59f080b-6874-4d90-b4ef-3b804b41c702/d59f080b-6874-4d90-b4ef-3b804b41c702/

2 part Spanish activity
http://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/57ca1d64-5e13-41ea-a176-d61507b191b3/57ca1d64-5e13-41ea-a176-d61507b191b3/

There is also a SciGirls website
http://pbskids.org/scigirls/

I hope you like my first post!