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The Read In!

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Reading-in-with-readin.org_.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/16/2002 The Read In! Transcript In tight budget times like these, it’s become increasingly more difficult for schools and libraries to afford to bring children’s book authors to town for visits with their young readers. Enter the The Read In on the Internet — […]

Grossology and Other Scientific Phenomena

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-New-Science-of-Grossology.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 4/18/2002 Grossology and Other Scientific Phenomena Transcript Sylvia Branzei is one of a new generation of science authors and educators who are trying to connect with kids, and get them really interested in the world of science. Branzei has a method she calls “Grossology […]

National School Success Month

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-School-Success-Month.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 9/12/2001 National School Success Month Transcript This is National School Success Month, which you would think should come in May when awards are handed out. Certainly that’s what success usually means – receiving awards and certificates for being the best at something. And […]

Astronomy Week

Author John Cech Air Date 4/23/2001 Astronomy Week Transcript Have you seen what’s been going on in the sky lately? Well, it’s actually been happening for probably tens of millions of years, but we’ve only been able to see it for the past few centuries, and, really, since 1990 when the Hubble Space Telescope was […]