Jeff sits down with Jeffrey Bennett to discuss his new book\xa0On Teaching Science\xa0and how your students can have an astronaut read to them from the International Space Station.
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On Teaching Science: Principles and Strategies That Every Educator Should Know\xa0
Math for Life: Crucial Ideas You Didn\u2019t Learn in School\xa0(Updated Edition)\xa0
Max Goes to the Space Station
Max Goes to Mars
Max Goes to Jupiter
Max Goes to the Moon
The Wizard Who Saved the World
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Links of Interest
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Twitter:\xa0@JeffreyOBennett
Facebook:\xa0https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeffrey-Bennett/159547380906805
Websites:\xa0http://jeffreybennett.com
www.bigkidscience.com
www.storytimefromspace.com
Twitter:\xa0@JeffreyOBennett
Facebook:\xa0https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeffrey-Bennett/159547380906805
Youtube:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/user/BigKidScience
YouTube Videos that might be helpful as commercials or tutorial
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A Global Warming Primer:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnWoFJmqCF8&list=UUi5mh45-VDFJ8TEJg6vj0vw
Cosmic Inflation: Understanding the Newly Discovered Evidence:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpaV7CzPtQ0&list=UUi5mh45-VDFJ8TEJg6vj0vw
About our Guests
Dr. Jeffrey Bennett\xa0(http://jeffreybennett.com) is an astronomer and educator in Boulder, Colorado. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in astrophysics and a B.A. in biophysics. He is the recipient of the 2013 American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award and the Entertainment Industries Council Science Engineering and Technology (SET) Award. He is the author of\xa0On Teaching Science,\xa0Math for Life, and\xa0What Is Relativity?\xa0He is also the author of five award-winning children\u2019s books about science,\xa0which are currently onboard the International Space Station being read by astronauts as a part of Story Time From Space (www.storytimefromspace.com).