Society and Culture
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.
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
Leader
Teacher and
Parent/Caregiver
Rights
educational-use-permitted
Activity/Lab
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.
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 and
Women
Leader
Student
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab
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.
Grade Level
Grade 7,
Grade 6 and
Grade 8
Topics
Science and
Society and Culture
Leader
Student and
Teacher
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab
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.
Grade Level
Grade 6,
Grade 7 and
Grade 8
Topics
Technology and Engineering,
People and
Society and Culture
Leader
Student
Rights
cc-by-nc
Activity/Lab
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.
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
Leader
Student
Rights
cc-by-nc
Lecture
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.
Grade Level
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
Rights
cc-by-nc
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