More ideas for creating podcasts, but in science this time. I am aiming to get 101 ideas for podcasting across all learning areas. Please add you ideas for creating podcasts in science, by writing a comment on this post (just click ‘Leave a Comment’). Feel free to add links to your podcasts as well, as I know there are some very ICT savvy science teachers our there: some of whom subscribe to our blog!

  1. Record presentations and explanations of key terms and concepts covered in science, using diagrams, images and video footage where possible. For example, a science teacher in the US produced a rap song on the theme of ‘protein synthesis’, to help students learn the information. Another teacher had their students create podcasts with a recording about the issue of climate change. One student created a animation of the process using Keynote slides.
  2. Record steps or instructions in a carrying our a scientific procedure, using diagrams, images or video footage where necessary. This can be particularly useful in carrying our scientific experiments, as it will free up the teacher to move between groups and provide assistance. Alternatively, students can narrate labs, dissections and experiments to record the research process.
  3. Record news stories and breakthroughs about developments in science, for a radio show type segment. Student can use magazines like New Scientist, newspapers, podcasts and much more to help them with their research.
  4. Record interviews with experts in a scientific field, for a radio show type segment. For example, students could create a mock interview with a scientist about a new scientific discovery.
  5. Record student progress in Science, with samples of work before and after a learning sequence.
  6. Record student goals for science and reflections throughout the year in terms of how they have been working to achieve their goals.
Written by Callie Whelan.
Melbourne Beyond Chalk Facilitator