Length: 6:03
How can I stop being so scared of making mistakes?
Resources used to research and write this podcast can be found in the show notes.
No goats were harmed in the making of this podcast.
Month: July 2015
Making Mistakes Show Notes
Resources used to research and write this podcast include:
- Mistakes Improve Children’s Learning from Psychology Today
- Mindful Discipline by Shauna Shapiro, PhD
- Getting it Wrong from Scientific American
- “His Hero” Adventure Time Season 1, Episode 25
- The Magic School Bus cartoon (based on the book series, of course)
Music included in this episode:
- Deep Minimal 1 by Fantom57 on freesound.org
- ANDANTE by tubbers on freesound.org
Post image by ilker . on FreeImages.com
No goats were harmed in the making of this podcast.
How Come Hello Kitty and the Mona Lisa Are So Well-Known? Show Notes
Resources used to research and write this podcast include:
- Mona Lisa’s Smile at ScienceNetLinks
- … Mona Lisa’s smile at Treasures of the World
- Solved: Why Mona Lisa doesn’t have eyebrows by Richard Holt at the Telegraph
- The Mona Lisa (What in the World?) by Jill Kalz
- 10 Questions for Yuko Yamaguchi at Time
Music included in this episode:
- Deep Minimal 1 by Fantom57 on freesound.org
- Without A Care Loop by bigcat_smauls on freesound.org
- ANDANTE by tubbers on freesound.org
Post image by Berkeley Robinson at FreeImages.com.
How Come Hello Kitty and the Mona Lisa Are So Well-Known? Podcast
Length: 7:00
How come Hello Kitty and Mona Lisa are so well-known, so popular?
Resources used to research and write this podcast are in the show notes.
How Is Neptune Different from North America? Podcast
Length: 6:29
How is Neptune different from North America? I mean, aside from the obvious? (Because otherwise this sounds like a pretty silly question.)
Resources used to research and write this podcast are found in the show notes.
How Is Neptune Different from North America? Show Notes
Resources used to research and write this podcast include:
- Neptune Overview by NASA
- When Was Neptune Discovered? on Cool Cosmos
- John Couch Adams on StarChild
- Urbain Le Verrier on StarChild
- The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America by History.com
- Top 5 Misconceptions About Columbus by LiveScience.com
Music (and sounds) included in this episode:
- Water4 by pushtobreak on freesound.org
- Deep Minimal 1 by Fantom57 on freesound.org
- etrange.wave by rap2h on freesound.org
- fete foraine 2 by rap2h on freesound.org
- cheerfulpiano.wav by luckylittleraven on freesound.org
- 02240 elephant trumpets longer.wav by Robinhood76 on freesound.org
Post image by Robert Proska on FreeImages.com.
Do you have a question for Teacher Off Topic? Put it in a comment below!
What’s up with the characters’ names in Harry Potter? Show Notes
Resources used to research and write this podcast include:
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- Name Origins by MuggleNet.com
- Harry Potter Characters by BehindTheName.com
- “The Rowling Connection: How a young Toronto girl’s story touched an author’s heart,” by Brian Bethune
Music included in this episode:
- Water4 by pushtobreak on freesound.org
- 04099 magic string spell.wav by Robinhood76 on freesound.org
- Magical Bells Music Loop by orangefreesounds on freesound.org
- Magical Thing.wav by jobro on freesound.org
- Deep Minimal 1 by Fantom57 on freesound.org
Post image by Bo Hansen at FreeImages.com.
What’s up with the characters’ names in Harry Potter? Podcast
Length: 8:05
What’s up with the character names in Harry Potter? Seriously, where did author J.K. Rowling come up with some of those?
Resources used to research and write this podcast are in the show notes.
Are Blue Whales, Like, the Biggest Thing? Show Notes
Resources used to research and write this podcast include:
- Is The Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? by Robert E. Wells
- Blue Whales by Julie Murray
- The American Museum of Natural History website
- The Canadian Museum of Nature website
- The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ocean portal
- Wonderopolis.org
Music included in this episode:
- Savanna stomp groove by jobro on freesound.org
- Cheerfulpiano by luckylittleraven on freesound.org
- deep blue sea by zagi2 on freesound.org
- Suling Flute – Bali by RTB45 on freesound.org
- Water4 by pushtobreak on freesound.org
- LowWhaleSong by RebekahDay on freesound.org
Post image by Marcin Rybarczyk at FreeImages.com.
Do you have a question for Teacher Off Topic? Put it in a comment below!
Are Blue Whales, Like, the Biggest Thing? Podcast
Length: 7:38
Blue whales – they’re big, but just how big? And are they, like, a big deal?
Resources used to research and write this podcast can be found in the show notes.
