Life Of The School Podcast: The Podcast For Biology Teachers

Paul Strode is a biology teacher at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. Throughout his career, Paul has taught a variety of science courses in both high school and university settings. In addition to his work in the classroom, Paul is a powerful and prolific communicator about the Nature of Science and Science Education. Paul has also created materials and and presented teacher workshops for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. A particularly popular resource Strode has created for HHMI is on the teaching of Math and Statistics in Biology. He has also has published peer-reviewed scientific articles, middle school science textbook chapters, and a book titled “Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails)” with Physicist Matt Young. Paul has been interviewed about bird migration and climate change on NPR’s “All Things Considered” (May 3, 2006) and about teaching evolution on KGNU Denver/Boulder’s “How on Earth” (June 28, 2011). Paul’s recent published work includes the article “Hypothesis Generation in