In this episode, Eugene and Matt talk about classroom strategies that can help move instruction toward NGSS. For example, how do sentence frames, vocabulary, and hands-on activities look in Matt’s ideal classroom? They also talk about hard  to have environmental conversations, and how to navigate those through a science lens.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Eugene and Matt's suggestion for responses to climate skeptical arguments
  • https://skepticalscience.com/
• Matt's resources on the carbon footprint of food
  • His favorite resource: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10669-015-9577-y
    • that has the best data in Table 4 of the electronic supplement: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs10669-015-9577-y/MediaObjects/10669_2015_9577_MOESM1_ESM.docx
  • He found out about this paper from this news article: https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1215/Eating-lettuce-is-three-times-worse-for-climate-than-bacon-say-scientists?cmpid=FB
    • Its headline was so misleading that he wrote a letter to the editor that was published: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Readers-Respond/2015/1226/Readers-write-screening-before-gun-ownership-vegetarian-diets-are-greener
  • A much more kid-friendly view of food carbon footprints: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714
  • A more advanced view that lets you dig into the different parts of the lifecycle: http://www.foodemissions.com/foodemissions/Calculator.aspx
    • Though to make this one really work, you need to convert serving size into pounds.