Societies and cultures around the world have been impacted by flight and space exploration. This impact ranges widely from being able to fly across the country in mere hours to standing in line to see the latest science fiction blockbuster film. People have also used aviation and space exploration as an avenue for change—calling out injustices in their society and fighting for equality—on land and above.

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Teacher Tips for Food on the Fly

Teacher Tips to correspond with STEM in 30's Food on the Fly episode.

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Grade Level
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 and Grade 9
Topics
Commercial aviation, Human spaceflight, Life sciences, People and Society and Culture
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Teacher and Parent/Caregiver
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Activity/Lab Video

My Path: Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of Hidden Figures

From paper route to award winning author! Learn about Margot Lee Shetterly's path to publishing Hidden Figures.

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Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 and Grade 9
Topics
African American or Black people, Human spaceflight, People, Behind the scenes, Society and Culture and Women
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Student
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Activity/Lab Video

STEM in 30: STEM in Real Life: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and More at the National Air and Space Museum

Teachers, tune in to this special, 50th episode of STEM in 30 to learn all about STEM in real life.

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Grade Level
Grade 7, Grade 6 and Grade 8
Topics
Science and Society and Culture
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Student and Teacher
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Activity/Lab Video

STEM in 30: Mail Away, Mail Away, Mail Away: Innovations in Delivering the Mail

In the United States mail service often fueled the transportation industry to expand and innovate allowing more people to be connected, and ushered in an era of faster communication.

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Grade 6, Grade 7 and Grade 8
Topics
Technology and Engineering, People and Society and Culture
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Student
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Activity/Lab Video

My Path: Margot Lee Shetterly; Author of Hidden Figures

From paper route to award winning author! Learn about Margot Lee Shetterly's path to publishing Hidden Figures.

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Grade Level
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 and Grade 9
Topics
African American or Black people, Human spaceflight, People, Behind the scenes, Society and Culture, Spaceflight and Women
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Student
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cc-by-nc
Lecture Video

Coding Apollo and Today - Educational Webinar Recording

This Hour of Code program for classrooms explored how coding was used in the Apollo program to get us to the moon and how coding is used today for official military space operations.

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Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grades 13-14 and Grades 15-16
Topics
Apollo program, Science, Society and Culture, Technology and Engineering and Spaceflight
Leader
Student, Teacher, Parent/Caregiver and Other
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