Katie's+Podcasts

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Most of these podcasts are geared toward intermediate or middle school students. However, I did find a few that are for early childhood and high school students.

English and Language Arts

1. Reading Rockets: Videos and Podcasts []

Multimedia resources, documentaries, and Meet the Authors

2. Billy Go Rilly: Songs to Teach []

Note: This is geared towards Preschool and First Grade. These are Educational Music and Activities to Learn from.

Examples: Washing Hands, Rainbow Colors, Letters, Counting, etc.

3. Odyssey: The Fantasy Writing Workshop []

Note: This is better for high school students.

“These podcasts are excerpts from lectures given by guest writers, editors, and agents at the Odyssey Writing Workshop. Every month or two, we release a new podcast. Each one is ten to fifteen minutes long.”

Examples: Jack Ketchum, Patricia Bray, Jeffrey A. Carver, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, etc.

Science

4. Physics in Action []

“Welcome to Physics in Action, a podcast which showcases physics in our everyday world, reaching beyond the scope of the standard textbook by bringing you applications and analysis of physics in such diverse settings as sports, movies, video games, and television. We also take a look into the frontiers of physics exploration and highlight interviews with exciting physics personalities.”

Examples: Friction, Dynamics, Black Holes, Energy, etc.

5. Snacks for the Brain: including some Steve Spangler Science Podcasts []

“Steve Spangler is a cross between a modern day Mr. Wizard and an entrepreneur who is passionate about creating educational science toys that make learning fun. An Emmy-award winning television personality, educator, inventor, and CEO of a Denver-based retail catalog company, Steve Spangler doles out sage advice to teachers on how to amaze their students and to parents on how to get their kids excited about science. In addition to daily audio segments, you'll also find weekly videos of Steve doing crazy science experiments in the studios of the Denver NBC affiliate KUSA-TV which airs to over million homes every Monday. Whether viewers are learning to how mix up a batch of slime or make a 2-liter bottle of soda erupt on command, Spangler knows how to make learning fun.”

Examples: Health, Swine Flu, AIDS, etc.

6. National Geographic Free Podcasts for Teachers []

“Download the latest nature and science news, eye-opening photography, audio travel guides, classic video clips, world music coverage, and wild animal adventures with National Geographic's free podcasts.”

A new one comes out every Friday.

7. Health Education: Girl’s Self Image []

“What does it mean to be pretty? A look at self-image and the effect of advertisement and peer pressure.”

Social Studies

8. Peace Corps and Volunteering []

These are stories from Peace Corps volunteers from around the world.

9. Environment []

These are Peace Corps volunteers educating about environmental awareness and doing such activities as planting trees.

10. The Natural Inquirer []

This site features some examples of student-made podcasts – which are effective teaching tools before students make their own – with relation to the environment, climate change, and forest preserves.

11. Social and Cultural Studies at AEI (American Enterprise Institute) []

“AEI’s research is informed by the understanding that freedom and prosperity depend on healthy social and political institutions. This podcast features recordings of events related to religion, education, social welfare, and other cultural issues.”

Examples: VERY wide range of topics: Reviewing the Obama Administration, Bringing Down the Schoolhouse, Rethinking America’s Budget Process, No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists, etc.

Math

12. The Education Podcast Network: A Landmark Project []

“The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century. Most of the producers of these programs are educators, who have found an avenue through which they can share their knowledge, insights, and passions for teaching and learning and for the stories that they relish and teach. The directory will grow as more people come forward with their stories and ideas, and we hope that you will start to share your ideas with the larger education community by producing your own program.”

Several different disciplines are offered here, including basic Math skills.

13. Is All About Math []

Podcast about Math – is accessible both to the mathematically inclined and not.

Examples: Proofs, Triangles, Dimensions, etc.

14. Math Mutation []

“A podcast for people of all ages where we discuss fun, interesting, or just plain weird corners of mathematics that you would not have heard [about] in school.” School would be more fun if these were sprinkled in sometimes!

Over 120 different podcasts!

15. Discover the Basics: Math Podcast []

“The Discover the Basics library is concept and skill based, not grade based, so you can refer to the podcasts across ages and grades to quickly introduce, reinforce, or review the basics.”

Examples: Counting, Square Roots, Multiplying and Dividing, Adding and Subtracting, etc.   [delete]