STEM in Environmental Education with Meridith Ebbs

Want to incorporate STEM into environmental education? Meridith Ebbs is someone to guide you through this! Meridith is a highly experienced teacher with a real passion for teaching students in natural environments whilst using different technologies. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About Meridith Ebbs Meridith is an experienced teacher with a background in Education, Environmental Science and Digital Technologies. She is currently exploring applications for STEM and technology while learning outside and applications for STEM in low-cost real-world projects. She facilitates the hashtags #STEMnNature and #STEMinTheWorld on social media and shares knowledge and ideas using the handles @iMerinet and @MakeCreateEducate  In the past, Meridith worked for 4 years as the CSER NSW Project Officer on the Digital Technologies project with the University of Adelaide. Meridith has experience teaching students K-10 and she is an experienced facilitator of adult workshops, with experience working in both school and corporate environments. She has worked as an instructional designer documenting computer systems and creating training materials. Meridith is accredited as a Makey Makey ambassador, an Apple Teacher, an Apple Teacher in Swift Playground and Sphero Lead Educator.  Contact Meridith https://withkoji.com/@iMerinet  - one link for all contacts https://www.instagram.com/imerinet/ https://www.facebook.com/makecreateeducate https://twitter.com/iMerinet https://www.youtube.com/c/MeridithEbbsiMerinet/videos https://makecreateeducate.blogspot.com/  More information about Meridith https://imerinet.weebly.com/  Resources for more information What is Citizen Science - https://citizenscience.org.au/10-principles-of-citizen-science/  Project Finder https://www.csiro.au/en/education/get-involved/citizen-science  https://citizenscience.org.au/ala-project-finder/ https://biocollect.ala.org.au/acsa#isCitizenScience Projects mentionedInternational: Great Southern Bioblitz 2022 https://www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/about-1  iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/ Backyard Bioblitz https://www.backyardbio.net/ Australian: Frog ID Project https://www.frogid.net.au/  Dead Tree Project ​​https://biocollect.ala.org.au/acsa/project/index/77285a13-e231-49e8-b212-660c66c74bac About the FizzicsEd podcastHosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?  Share it!The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network (AEON )http://www.aeon.net.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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For educators and teachers working to make STEM amazing... no matter whether you're teaching science in grade 1, running a high school lab or delivering science shows in a museum, this education show helps you teach science & technology the way kids want to learn. The FizzicsEd Podcast brings in educators from across Australia and around the world to talk about tips, tricks, lessons and learnings they've had whilst working with students in the classroom and beyond. Hosted by Ben Newsome, a science teacher, author and founder of the multi-award winning science outreach team at Fizzics Education.