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Periodicity 52: Yahoo! Teachers Our 52nd Episode! We celebrate a year of podcasting with an interview with Derek Baird. He talks to us about Yahoo's soon-to-be-released service Yahoo! Teachers. Yahoo! Teachers lets you create projects, share with other teachers and network with teachers in your discipline. Running time: 18:40

Periodicity 51: Swedish Science Teacher This week Periodicity goes the distance when we talk to Peter Whitley- science teacher from Sweden. Running time: 21:13

Periodicity 50: Fly in to Teacher Day We talk about Teacher's Day with Dr. Lee Siudzinski from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Teacher's Day is a special event held during AirVenture each year, providing educators and EAA members who work with youth an opportunity to learn and share activities that educate through aviation. Running time: 13:13

Periodicity 49: New Science Teacher Academy NSTA Executive Director Gerry Wheeler discusses the New Science Teacher Academy. With support from The Amgen Foundation, the program will support new middle and secondary school science educators by providing opportunities for professional development such as online mentoring and financial support to attend NSTA's national conference. Running time: 10:32

Periodicity 48: Biotech and Science Communication Our guest this week is Dr. Michelle Arduengo. Michelle is a scientific communications specialist for a biotech company in Madison, WI. She will be giving us a recap of the 6th Annual International Bioethics Forum (see episode 42), and discussing the importance of science communication. Running time: 17:45

Periodicity 47: Fish Virus Today we talk to Phil Moy (Fisheries and Aquatic Invasive Species Specialist at the UW Sea Grant Institute) about the spread of the Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) virus in the Great Lakes and now into Lake Winnebago. Running time: 11:53

Periodicity 46: Flock of Dodos Evolutionary biologist and filmmaker Randy Olson discusses his documentary, Flock of Dodos, which depicts the "evolution - intelligent design circus" in our country. Dodos will air May 17th on Showtime. Running time: 27:14

Periodicity 45: WI Toyota TAPESTRY Awardee Dennis Rohr talks about winning the Toyota TAPESTRY Award for his groundwater testing project. Running time: 20:02

Periodicity 44: John Whitsett We talk to John Whitsett, long time WSST member and current NSTA President, about his goals as president and the challenges science education faces. Running time: 17:50

Periodicity 43: Bassam Shakhashiri Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri discuss Science Literacy. Running time: 21:38

Periodicity 42: Bioethics Forum Dr. Karin Borgh, Executive Director of the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (BTCI), talks to us about next week's 6th Annual International Bioethics Forum. Running time: 22:12

Periodicity 41: Harnessing Science Interest This week we spoke to Sylvester James Gates (Jim Gates) about how to harness the interest in topics like string theory to meet other educational goals. Running time: 23:40

Periodicity 40: Body Worlds This week we discuss Bodyworlds, an exhibit by Gunther van Hagens currently at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Running time: 20:14

Periodicity 39: Writing Science Dr. Deborah Blum is our guest this week. Dr. Blum is a UW Madison journalism professor, career science writer and author. Running time: 22:39

Periodicity 38: Discussing Fish This week we talk to Dr. Carole Baldwin. Dr. Baldwin is a systematic ichthyologist and star of the IMAX film titled Galapagos. She will be the keynote speaker at the WSST 2007 Convention on March 24th in Green Bay. Running time: 17:33

Periodicity 37: Modeling Instruction Today we talk with Jane Jackson, co-director of the Modeling Instruction Program at Arizona State University. Running time: 22:11

Periodicity 36: Movie for Math Class This week we talk to Dano Johnson and Jeffery Travis, animator and director (respectively) of Flatland the Movie. Running time: 15:40

Periodicity 35: Sean B. Carroll on Evolution Dr. Sean B. Carroll talks to us about evolution and its place in our classroom and society. Running time: 27:01

Periodicity 34: Start a Cafe Scientifique Today we talk with Randy Landsberg, director for education and outreach with the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago about Cafe Scientifique in Chicago. Running time: 23:32

Periodicity 33: Ag Classes and Science This week we talk with Paul Larson (Freedom Middle/High School) about Agricultural Sciences and science credits for students. Running time: 36:39

Periodicity 32: Stem Cell Road Show This week we talk with Tom Still, President of the Wisconsin Technology Council, about Wisconsin Edge- a traveling program to inform citizens about stem cell research. Running time: 21:32

Periodicity 31: Remaking Glass This week we talk to Dr. Mark Ediger from UW Madison. Dr. Ediger's research has lead to a new technique for make glass. Running time: 23:27

Periodicity 30: BLAST-- Balloon-borne Telescope Today we talk with Dr. Mark Devlin (Department of Physics and Astronomy at UPenn) about BLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope). Running time: 23:50

Periodicity 29: Truth about Boys and Girls This week we talk with Sara Mead (of Education Sector), author of The Truth of Boys and Girls. Running time: 14:28

Periodicity 28: Teaching Plants This week we talk with Dr. Timothy Gerber from UW-La Crosse about the Teachers Using Living Plants (TULIP) project. Running time: 20:14

Periodicity 27: Goodbye 2006 Brian and Dale discuss some of the important science stories of 2006. Running time: 21:57

Periodicity 26: Nicholas Wade This week we talk to Nicholas Wade, author of "Before the Dawn: Recovering The Lost History of Our Ancestors" and science writer for the New York Times. Running time: 34:07

Periodicity 25: Microbots This week we talk to Jean-Sebastien Plante from MIT about Microbots. Imagine sending not one or two robots to Mar but a thousand! Microbots may change the future of exploration. Running time: 13:14

Periodicity 24: Snowflake Stamps Our guest this week is Dr. Kenneth Libbrecht. The US Postal Service is featuring his photographs of snowflakes on four stamps this winter holiday season. Running time: 19:47

Periodicity 23: Cream Cheese This week we talk about the science of cream cheese, with Mercedes Brighenti from the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research. Running time: 15:20

Periodicity 22: State Science Fair This week we talk with Gary Stresman about the Badger State Science and Engineering Fair. Running time: 27:42

Periodicity 21: Turkeys Scott Stankowski, from the Wisconsin chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, joins us to talk about all things turkey. You can even hear some impressive turkey calls. Just in time for Thanksgiving. Running time: 28:28

Periodicity 20: SESD Babette Moeller, president of Science Education for Students with Disabilities (SESD) joins Periodicity to discuss their organization. Running time: 20:38

Periodicity 19: Car Crashes We are talking about car crashes this week on Periodicity. Our guest is Anne McCartt from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. Running time: 27:40

Periodicity 18: Science Safety Periodicity goes on the road. On Oct. 16th we attended the Northeastern Wisconsin science forum on the UWGB campus. The topic of the evening was science safety presented by Pat Schlinder. We sat down with Pat after the presentation to discuss some of the highlights of his presentation. Running time: 24:15

Periodicity 17: Mars Rovers This week we talk with Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the science payload on the Mars Exploration Rover Project, and Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Running time: 16:40

Periodicity 16: whyfiles.org This week we talk to Terry Devitt at whyfiles.org about the past 10 years on the web. Running time: 18:39

Periodicity 15: Chris Mooney Our guest Chris Mooney joins us to discuss SEforA. Running time: 17:57

Periodicity 14: e. coli This week we discuss spinach and e. coli with Dr. Gregory Kleinheinz, associate professor of microbiology at UW Oshkosh and Director of the Environmental Microbiology Lab. Running time: 24:30

Periodicity 13: Robotics Competitions In this episode we talk to Dr. Eric Brunsell, Assistant Professor of Science Education in UW La Crosse, about various robotics competitions throughout the state. Running time: 23:58

Periodicity 12: Karyl Rosenberg This week we talk to Karyl Rosenberg-- the District 6 representative of WSST. Running time: 15:22

Periodicity 11: Emerald Ash Borer This week we learn about the Emerald Ash Borer from Linda Williams who is a Regional Forest Health Specialist for the DNR. Running time: 21:48

Periodicity 10: Discovery World In episode 10 we talk to Liz Sutton from Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin in Milwaukee about their new location which is opening Sept. 9th. Running time: 17:38

Periodicity 9: Pluto and Plutons This week on Periodicity we talk with Dr. Mode from UW Oshkosh regarding Plutons and Pluto's status as a planet. Running time: 23:49

Periodicity 8: Denise McCulley This week on Periodicity we talk to Denise McCulley-- WSST's District five representative. Running time: 19:32

Periodicity 7: cheese waste into ethanol In this episode we talk to Joe Van Groll of DuBay Ingredients in Stratford Wisconsin. Van Groll has developed a technology that converts cheese waste into ethanol. Running time: 20:08

Periodicity 6: Science at the Movies In this episode, we discuss "An Inconvenient Truth" (which we saw today) and other upcoming science related movies. Running time: 34:29

Periodicity 5: EAA Teacher Day In this episode we discuss Dale's visit to EAA's Teacher Day. Running time: 26:02

Periodicity 4: NSTA in Toronto Our first international podcast! This week Brian and Dale are in Toronto, Canada for NSTA's National Congress on Science Education. Running time: 31:18

Periodicity 3: Discovery Education Our first interstate podcast! This week Brian is in Washington DC at the Discovery Communications Corporate Headquarters attending the first annual Discovery Educator Network Leadership Conference. Running time: 27:29

Periodicity 2: In the News Shuttle launch, cancer treatment, troubles with nano, status of science in US, basement biotech Running time: 46:53

Periodicity 1: Ten science stories Our first episode covers ten science stories in the news. Running time: 37:26

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