Podcasts & Webinars

Listen to Dr. Okhee Lee in conversation, sharing research and insights on STEM, language,
and equity via engaging podcasts and webinars that connect theory with classroom practice.

Podcasts

RBERNing Questions Podcast

Season 2, Episode 12 | December 6, 2024

Okhee talks about the SAIL fifth-grade science curriculum her team developed, challenges of integrating language learning with science learning, and how WIDA and NGSS mirror each other.

Host: Yasmeen Coaxum
RBERNing Questions Podcast
Mid-State Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (RBERN)
Onondaga Cortland Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services

Cultural Connections Lab

Season 2, Episode 18 | November 25, 2024

Okhee offers insights to help educators grow in the fields of science and language.

Host: Dr. Kelly Forbes
Lead Learner and Founder, Kelly B’s Consulting

Teaching STEM #4Real

Season 3, Episode 6 | October 24, 2024

“STEM for Multilingual Learners with Dr. Okhee Lee”

Okhee gives her vision for how STEM education can be made inclusive and empowering for multilingual learners.

Host: Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean
Founder, STEM4Real

Summit K12 Presents Doing Science, Using Language

December 8, 2023

“Part 4: Justice-Centered STEM Education with Multilingual Learners”

Host: JW Marshall, Summit K12


“Part 3: Contemporary Approaches to Science and Language Integration with Multilingual Learners”

Host: JW Marshall, Summit K12


“Part 2: Contemporary Language Education with Multilingual Learners”

Host: JW Marshall, Summit K12


“Part 1: Contemporary Science Education”

Host: JW Marshall, Summit K12


Conversations with CAST Speakers: Dr. Okhee Lee

November 10, 2022

Okhee talks about what it means to have an asset-oriented view of multilingual learners.

Host: Cathrine Prenot, STAT Member-at-Large

Conversations with Tim – WIDA

August 17, 2022
“Examining how the 2020 Edition impacts multilingual learner education”

Host:
Tim Boals, founder and director of WIDA

Host: 
Merideth Trahan, WIDA chief of staff
Ask Matt — NGSS Science Education Advice from An Expert

EPISODE 18 | February 5, 2021
“Part 2: Science and Language”
Okhee talks on language learning and the role it should play in our science classrooms. 

Host:
Eugene Cordero
Climate scientist; founder of Green Ninja

Host:
Matt d’Alessio
Science education expert; author of the 2016 California Science Framework for NGSS

Ask Matt — NGSS Science Education Advice from An Expert

“Part 1: Intentions of the NGSS”
EPISODE 17 | February 2, 2021

Okhee gives her unique perspective and advice surrounding NGSS teaching and learning

Host:
Eugene Cordero
Climate scientist; founder of Green Ninja

Host:
Matt d’Alessio
Science education expert; author of the 2016 California Science Framework for NGSS

RBERNing Questions Podcast

“Supporting ELLs in Science”
Episode 5 | April 29, 2020

Okhee talks about how teachers can engage all students, including English language learners (ELLs), in science and engineering as they make sense of compelling phenomena.

Host: Liesl Coope
Mid-State RBERN Resource Specialist

Co-host: Christopher Leece
STEM Coordinator at OCM BOCES

Webinars

“How COVID-19, Climate Change and Other Crises are Changing Science Instruction”
Education Writers Association – November 4, 2021

“STEM Education for All Students, Including English Learners”
Accelerate Learning Inc./STEMscopes Webinar Series – June 16, 2021
Okhee’s presentation begins at 4:50 minutes

“Integrating Science and Language for All Students with a Focus on English Learners”
National Science Education Leadership Association – April 22, 2021
Okhee’s presentation begins at 9:50 minutes

“Pursuing Diversity: The Words We Choose”
Omaha Public Schools’ Community to Classroom Connections Webinar Series – January 26, 2021
Okhee’s presentation begins at 1:13 hours