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From the science classroom. For the science classroom. Science education looks different today than it ever has before. The constant flow of new ideas and challenges opens up exciting opportunities for scientists, educators, and learners alike to reexamine our world and our place in it. Join middle school science educator Eric Cross as he sits down with fellow educators, scientists, and engineers to explore the best ways we can improve our K–8 science teaching practices and create wonder for young minds.
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Signup to Generate a PitchFrom the science classroom. For the science classroom. Science education looks different today than it ever has before. The constant flow of new ideas and challenges opens up exciting opportunities for scientists, educators, and learners alike to reexamine our world and our place in it.
Science Connections is hosted by Amplify Education. The show has published 34 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Phones, focus, and grit, with Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., on Beyond My Years" (26 November 2025, 47 minutes), "Beyond My Years is back: Season 2 trailer" (4 September 2025, 2 minutes), and "The best of Beyond My Years (so far!)" (19 December 2024, 3 minutes).
Science Connections publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 34 episodes.
Booking probability for Science Connections is 26%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Science Connections requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Science Connections's contact route on record: public web form.
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Amplify Education hosts Science Connections, an education podcast with 34 episodes published.
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Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., the New York Times bestselling author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, recently joined Host Ana Torres on the Beyond My Years podcast to discuss her new landmark research on...
Science Connections
Host Ana Torres and Classroom Insider Eric Cross give you the first look at Season 2 of the Beyond My Years podcast, launching September 17, 2025. This trailer highlights what’s coming after an award-winning first...
Science Connections
To close out the year, we’re revisiting some of our favorite moments from the first nine episodes of the Beyond My Years podcast – and looking ahead at some of what’s to come in 2025! Listen to Beyond My Years...
Science Connections
Hi Science Connections listeners! Here’s an episode from Amplify’s new podcast, Beyond My Years , that we think you’ll like. It features an incredible STEM educator from San Diego, California, named Khamphet Pease...
Science Connections
Check out Amplify’s new podcast, Beyond My Years — host and educator Ana Torres seeks out educational insights and hard-won lessons directly from people who have thrived for decades in the classroom: seasoned educators...
Science Connections
Listen to this trailer for our new podcast, Beyond My Years , launching August 14th. Every day headlines tout something “new” in education—the latest research, the hottest tech, the trendiest new hacks for organizing...
Episode #8
Tune in to the finale of Science Connections with elementary educator and recipient of the 2023 Anton Banko Award for Excellence in Teaching Elementary Science, Kate Bala. In this episode, Kate shares teaching tips on...
Episode #7
Join us for a new episode with doctoral student and 2023 NSTA keynote speaker, Minerva Contreras. Listen as Minerva tells her story and discusses the benefits of storytelling in science education. And don’t forget to...
Episode #6
Join us as we continue our discussion on the importance of integrating critical thinking into the science classroom with former teacher and current director of education at the Center for Inquiry, Bertha Vazquez. Listen...
Episode #5
Join us as we sit down with Melanie Trecek-King, college professor and creator of Thinking is Power, to explore how much of an asset science can truly be in developing the skills students need to navigate the real...
Episode #4
In the latest episode of the Science Connections podcast, we explore using AI in the classroom and its impact on our students. Listen as I sit down with teachers Donnie Piercey and Jennifer Roberts to discuss ChatGPT...
Episode #3
We’re continuing our investigations around science and literacy, with Doug Fisher, Ph.D., professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University. We talk about the importance of integrating science...
Episode #2
In our second episode of the season, we continue finding ways in which science is overlooked and how it can be better utilized in schools—and as an ally to other subjects! We sat down with Susan Gomez Zwiep, former...
Episode #1
Get ready for season 3 of Science Connections: The Podcast! In our first episode, we unpack the research around our season theme of science as the underdog with Horizon Research, Inc. Vice President Eric R. Banilower...
Episode #9
Listen to the last episode in our Winter Wrap-Up! In this conversation from season 1, Eric sits down with Shad Lacefield, 2021 Kentucky Science Teacher of the Year. Shad shares his experience teaching during the first...
Episode #8
While we’re hard at work producing the exciting third season of Science Connections: The Podcast , we’re continuing to share some of our favorite conversations from our first two seasons. This time we’re revisiting a...
Episode #7
While we gear up for the next season of Science Connections: The Podcast, we're revisiting some of our favorite conversations from past seasons! In this episode, we join Eric Cross as he sits down with physicist and...
Episode #6
In this episode, Eric Cross sits down with TikTok star and podcast host Lauran Woolley about her experience teaching science content within her K–5 classroom. Lauran shares how she’s learned how to make time for...
Episode #5
In this episode, Eric Cross sits with K–5 educator, Janis Lodge to chat about building on her own science curriculum to create meaningful project-based learning experiences. Janis shares her work teaching Gifted and...
Episode #4
In this episode, Eric Cross sits down with his colleague and friend Fabian Hofmann to talk through gamification in the K–8 classroom. They discuss Fabian's experience teaching outside of the United States, and the...
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psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
biology professor, science communicator, creator of Thinking Is Power, Massasoit Community College
professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University, New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Kraus-Anderson
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