Here, you can download our OCDE Podast series. You may listen to these podcasts on your computer, mp3 player, iPod, or on a CD player if you have a CD burner.

The first series is on science misconceptions. These misconceptions are pervasive amongst students and many block them from learning the correct explanation for the phenomenon. The collection will grow by one or two podcasts a week so check back frequently. For great videos about science misconceptions, go to http://www.learner.org and view the two series, A Private Universe and Minds of Our Own.

If you have ideas for misconceptions that are not listed here, please email ideas to DENISE ANTRIM.

Our next series of podcasts will be "Ask-the-Professor." Students and/or teachers may email me questions and I will find a professor to answer them and record their answer. I will then email you the recording and post it here on this site for others to hear. Please email your questions to DENISE ANTRIM.

Note: If you got to this webpage through an internet search, please note that all of the statements below are FALSE . Do not quote them as being true.

To listen, simply click on the link. To download the files, right click and select "Save Target As."

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PODCASTS: Science Misconceptions

1) "The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue."
PRIMARYCOLORS.MP3

2) "The seasons are caused by the highly elliptical orbit of the earth." and "Earth's orbit is highly elliptical."
SEASONS.MP3
EARTHORBIT.DOC

3) "Atoms get larger when you heat them."
ATOMSLARGER.MP3

4) "Oxygen-rich blood is red, oxygen-deprived blood is blue."
BLUEBLOOD.MP3

5) "The material to make a tree comes from the ground."
TREEMASS.MP3

6) "Battery acid leaks out of old batteries."
BATTERYACID.MP3

7) "Burning a candle is endothermic because you have to light it."
ENDOTHERMIC.MP3

8) "Fish breathe the "O" from the H2O"
FISHBREATHE.mp3

9) "Race cars have wide tires because they provide more friction."
FRICTION.MP3

10) "You can cool a room by opening the refrigerator door."
REFRIGERATOR.MP3

11) "Sound waves are transverse, I've seen them on screen." SOUNDTRANSVERSE.MP3

12) "Pluto is not a planet."
PLUTONOTPLANET.MP3

13) "The oxygen that we breathe comes from rain forests." OXYGENRAINFOREST.MP3

14) "Oil and water repel each other."
OILWATERREPEL.MP3

15) "I have seen pictures of the milky way galaxy."
MILKYWAY.MP3

16) "Air friction slows your car down on the freeway."
AIRFRICTIONCAR.MP3

17) "40 degrees C is twice as hot as 20 degrees C."
40DEG.MP3

18) "Boiling water bubbles are made of a) hydrogen b) oxygen or c) air." BOILINGWATER.MP3

19) "Salts and salt solutions have neutral pH."
SALTSARENEUTRAL.MP3

20) "Water molecules are wet."
WATERMOLECULESWET.MP3

William M. Habermehl, Superintendent of Schools