The two Podcasts I signed up for were Science Channel and Scientific American's 60 second Science. I found both the have some strengths and weaknesses. Starting with the Science Channel first, I thought the videos were solid. They were well presented and all right between two and three minutes. The content was not always great on the videos though. It seemed a bit random and at least for a life science class, not always relevant.
The second Podcast was the better of the two in my opinion. 60 second Science was entirely audio and gave a 60 second presentation on various science topics. I liked it because most of the clips leaned towards the life sciences and covered many of the topics we discuss in biology. My only concern would be the level of the presentations. The few that I listened to seemed fairly advanced for most freshmen. I could see this used in an honors class, but it would be a stretch in the regular class.
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