LOTS13 - Paul Strode

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 Biology” in The American Biology Teacher and his contribution of “Getting Students to Think Like Scientists” to the Unity & Diversity writing Project. Paul also blogs about his teaching as Mr. Dr. Science Teacher. Paul earned his Ph.D. in Ecology and Environmental Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2004 while studying the spring forest ecology of migrating songbirds. Strode earned a Masters of Science Education from the University of Washington (Seattle) in 1996.