Lisa Ammirati on Linking High School Science to the World Beyond the Classroom

Lisa Ammirati, high school science teacher and chair of the science department at Abington Friends School talks to us about her career as a science teacher and strategies to integrate classroom curriculum with events in the broader world.

In this conversation, we talk about:

*Lisa’s career in teaching [3:25];

*What it’s like being a department chair [4:58];

*What is uniquely special about teaching 10th grade chemistry [6:30];

*What Lisa has done in her classroom to connect the curriculum to the broader world [8:35];

*Why the Flint, MI chemistry unit worked so well [10:22];

*What are some challenges teachers face in connecting classroom curriculum to the broader world? [17:43];

*Why is it important to do this? [20:40];

*What can public school teachers, who may be more constrained in their curriculum, do to link the classroom to world events? [24:40];

*How can a podcast like best help in the effort to draw connections between the high school science classroom and the world of scientists and what they do? [27:50]

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