It's Time for Science Podcast Episode 27: Back to School: Student Collaboration, Academic Vocabulary, and More!

It's Time for Science Podcast Episode 27: Back to School: Student Collaboration, Academic Vocabulary, and More!

From It's Time for Science by Tom Racine

September 30, 2025 · 24 min

About this episode

Tom Racine interviews teacher Lisa Lacey about student collaboration and experiences in the science classroom.

It's Time for Science, and it's time to talk about going back to school–with a first on It's Time for Science–talking to actual students! Tom talks with teacher Lisa Lacey about embedded assessment, student collaboration, academic vocabulary, and more! AFTER listening to an interview Ms. Lacey conducted with two students–talking about their experiences in the science classroom! Lisa Lacey is currently a third-grade teacher living in England. She has spent her career living and working in military communities. She has 26 years of teaching experience in elementary schools, with a language arts reading specialization and a Masters in Education. Ms Lacey has led several writing initiatives and enjoys transferring her passion for teaching writing into helping students develop their scientific responses. She finds it a rewarding experience to witness students' confidence grow as they begin to facilitate sense making discussions and collaborate with others. Tom and Ms. Lacey begin by discussing what students bring to science, how they can take ownership over collaboration, and she works to empower students with the learning process. They discuss why she chose the students she did to…

People in this episode

Host: Tom Racine

Guest: Lisa Lacey

Topics covered

  • student collaboration
  • academic vocabulary
  • embedded assessment
  • science education
  • student experiences

Keywords

  • back to school
  • student collaboration
  • academic vocabulary
  • embedded assessment
  • science classroom
  • teacher interview
  • student experiences

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Places: England

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