{"id":1280,"date":"2010-08-16T12:26:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T19:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2010-08-23T09:04:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:04:54","slug":"essential-podcast-for-catholic-science-teachers-the-catholic-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/essential-podcast-for-catholic-science-teachers-the-catholic-laboratory","title":{"rendered":"Essential Podcast for Catholic Science Teachers &#8211; The Catholic Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1289\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1289\" title=\"The Shroud of Turin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/shroud.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/shroud.png 223w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/shroud-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Shroud of Turin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Can you name ten significant Catholic scientists? Three? How about just one? And yet, according to Ian Maxfield at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiclab.net\">The Catholic Laboratory<\/a>, &#8220;Over 200 religious and lay Catholics have made significant and notable  contributions to our understanding of the natural world and our universe  through research into astronomy, chemistry, physics, atomic theory,  geology, meteorology, seismology, cosmology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic social justice tradition used to be the best kept secret in the Church, but it&#8217;s now been superseded by Catholic contributions to science. Many people today, including our own Catholic students, see faith and science as mutually exclusive, as if one has to abandon all reason to be religious. The Catholic Laboratory Podcast aims to change that by helping the world &#8220;rediscover the rich scientific heritage of the Catholic  Church, to understand the Church\u2019s stance towards modern science, and to  inspire and give comfort to today\u2019s Catholic scientists who may be  struggling to practice their faith whilst pursuing their God-given  talent for science.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Laboratory Podcast is a must-listen for every science teacher in Catholic schools. A new Catholic scientist is featured in every episode, along with discussions of current scientific topics and their relevance for Catholics. Past topics have included multiverses, Darwinism, the Shroud of Turin, Galileo, and the 35 lunar craters named for Jesuit priests. Since its beginning in May of 2009, the podcast has featured profiles of dozens of Catholic scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does Ian Maxfield give valuable background information about Catholic contributions to science, but he does so in an engaging, relevant and often humorous way. But watch out for his jokes&#8211;some of them are real groaners!<\/p>\n<p>Science teachers (and catechists) can use the podcast in many different ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Listen to it yourself as general background information for your teaching;<\/li>\n<li>Play excerpts from it to your students during class (especially the scientist profiles);<\/li>\n<li>Break students into groups and assign each group an episode; ask them to share what they&#8217;ve learned with the class, or have them research the featured scientist more thoroughly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the podcast, The Catholic Laboratory also features several other resources of interest to Catholic educators:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiclab.net\/TheCatholicLaboratory\/Resources.html\">Suggested books and websites<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiclab.net\/TheCatholicLaboratory\/Downloads.html\">2 Free presentations about Catholic scientists<\/a> (in pdf format)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Catholic-Laboratory\/91304973673?ref=mf\">A Facebook fan page<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/catholiclab\">Twitter feed<\/a> with daily tidbits about Catholics in science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss this amazing and essential resource for Catholic science teachers and catechists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you name ten significant Catholic scientists? Three? How about just one? And yet, according to Ian Maxfield at The Catholic Laboratory, &#8220;Over 200 religious and lay Catholics have made significant and notable contributions to our understanding of the natural world and our universe through research into astronomy, chemistry, physics, atomic theory, geology, meteorology, seismology, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/essential-podcast-for-catholic-science-teachers-the-catholic-laboratory\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Essential Podcast for Catholic Science Teachers &#8211; The Catholic Laboratory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[161,75],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-reviews","tag-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-kE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2389,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/teach-them-something-that-lasts","url_meta":{"origin":1280,"position":0},"title":"Teach Them Something That Lasts","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"February 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Note: The following reflection was written for Catholic Schools Week 2011 as part of a series for ACE Advocates for Catholic Schools. 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