How to Teach Science with Humor

Lab Out Loud by Dale Basler and Brian Bartel

Sep 30, 202458:39Education

Science comedy writer Sarah Rose Siskind has some ideas. We met Sarah at SXSWedu in the spring of 2024 where she delivered a keynote titled Science Comedy: Why it's a Thing and How to Do It. Of course we had to have her...

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