The Science Teacher's Playbook
The Science Teacher’s Playbook is your go-to resource for making science education engaging, effective, and exciting! Hosted by an experienced middle school science teacher, curriculum leader, and doctoral candidate, this podcast is packed with practical strategies, fresh ideas, and expert insights to help you bring science to life in your classroom. Whether you’re looking for hands-on activities, three-dimensional teaching strategies, or ways to boost student engagement, this podcast has you covered. Tune in and get ready to level up your science teaching—one episode at a time!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 45
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
40. Out With the Old: How STEELS Differs from the 2002 PA Science Standards
Welcome to Episode 40 of The Science Teacher’s Playbook Podcast!
In this episode, we're breaking down the big shifts coming to Pennsylvania science education with the upcoming implementation of the S…
39. From Leadership to Buildership – Cultivating a Thriving Science Ecosystem
What if we stopped treating leadership like a checklist and started thinking of it as an ecosystem? In this episode of The Science Teacher’s Playbook, Beth dives into her transformation from traditio…
38. Driving Question Boards – Fueling Student Curiosity
In this episode of The Science Teacher’s Playbook, we’re diving into one of the most powerful yet underused tools in the 3D science classroom: the Driving Question Board (DQB). These boards are more …
37. The Power of Phenomena
In this episode of The Science Teacher’s Playbook, we’re unpacking one of the most powerful tools in 3D science instruction: phenomena. Whether it’s a broken phone screen, a changing population of mo…
36. 3D Teaching and Why is Matters
🎙️ In this episode, we’re diving into 3D science teaching—what it is, why it matters, and how you can start incorporating it into your classroom. If you’ve ever been told to “make your lessons more 3…
35. Decoding the NGSS/STEELS Standards
Feeling overwhelmed by NGSS and STEELS standards? You’re not alone! These 3D learning frameworks ask teachers to move beyond memorization and engage students in real-world science—but what does that …
34. The Relaunch! - Welcome to STPB!
After a year-long break, The Science Teacher’s Playbook is back! In this episode, Beth is sharing why she hit pause, what’s been happening behind the scenes, and what you can expect moving forward. W…
33. 3 Quick Tips to Embrace the STEELS Standards
You are listening to episode 33 of the ready, set, science podcast. Today is all about quick tips for getting started with the STEELS standards. Whether you like them or not these standards will be t…
32. The 2002 PA Science Standards vs the STEELS
You are listening to episode 32 of the ready, set, science podcast. In today's episode we are going to outline some of the big changes coming with the STEELS standards and how the STEELS compares to…
31. STEELS PLC? Yes, please!
You are listening to episode 31 of the Ready, Set, Science Podcast and today is all about setting yourself up with a STEELS PLC. What is a PLC? What is their purpose? How can you set one up at your s…
30. PETE & C Round Up
You are listening to episode 30 of Ready, Set, Science! On today’s episode we will discuss my recent trip to PETE & C. I am going to review what I heard, learned and my reactions, good and bad. So ar…
29. The 5E Model
You are listening to episode 32 of the ready, set, science podcast. On today’s show, we are talking all about the 5E model and how to use it in your science classroom. The 5E method of learning is a …
REPLAY Using Phenomena in the Classroom
Welcome back to ready, set, science! Today we are going to focus on all things phenomena! I am so excited to get into this topic because it is one of my favorite ways to teach science. I love when st…
REPLAY: Failure IS an option
Many people have a complicated relationship with failure, including me! How do we move away from teaching so kids can “get the right answer” toward teaching to understanding the process? Why are we …
REPLAY The Scientific Method is Dead…now what?
For generations, the scientific method has been the “go to” method for teaching real science in the classroom. But what it has really done, is take out the problem solving and thinking processes that…
28. Homework - Dos & Don'ts
You are listening to episode 28 of the ready, set, science podcast. On today’s show, we will discuss homework. I feel like homework is such a debatable topic. Even in my teaching career there have be…
27. Science Education Trends: Friend or Foe
You are listening to episode 27 of the Ready, Set, Science podcast. On today’s episode we are going to discuss science education trends and whether or not those are valuable tools or more work than t…
26. Breaking Student Misconceptions about Evolution
You are listening to episode 26 and today we are going to talk about what to do when students have science misconceptions and how to help them break those to really understand science. So are you rea…
25. Teaching Students to Think Critically
You are listening to episode #25 of the Ready, Set, Science Podcast. This week we are talking all about Critical Thinking and how to promote it with your students.Critical thinking skills are not onl…
24. STEM Competitions
You are listening to episode 24 of the Ready, Set, Science Podcast. On today’s episode we are talking about STEM competitions. There are numerous STEM competitions and events designed specifically fo…