From videos to ready-to implement classroom activities, we’re here to help you get your learners excited about air and space.
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Lift: Bernoulli’s Principle Find out how Bernoulli’s principle helps explain lift. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/media/lift-bernoulli’s-principle Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 8 Aircraft, Physical science, Science

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Parent and Teacher Resources (Ashley Naranjo) Learn about digital learning opportunities from all of the Smithsonian Museums! This chat featured Ashley Naranjo from Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xOt-fOkjdI Science

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Animals in Aerospace (April 1) Animals have been a part of aviation and space travel since the very beginning. Hear stories about animals in aerospace including dogs, cats, lions, and bugs all from two VERY special hosts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC_QPWmNS7A Life sciences, Spaceflight

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Science Fiction with Dr. Margaret Weitekamp This edition of the Air and Space Live Chat with Dr. Margaret Weitekamp, curator and department chair of the Space History department at the National Air and Space Museum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFsYtJDmV-M Science fiction

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Moon Photography (Tom Watters Jennifer Levausser) Join museum curators to learn about Moon photography from the Apollo missions to today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvygi0jwy6w Art, Moon (Earth), Apollo program

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell & Teasel Muir–Harmony) Join Captain Jim Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13 and National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony for a discussion about Apollo 13. This live chat was recorded on April 16th, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3GznsYCZ_o Apollo program

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 Gravity Keeps Us Down to Earth If you visited another world, you would notice a change in your weight, because the force of gravity acting on you there would be different from the force of gravity here on Earth. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/gravity-air/gravity-keeps-us-down-earth Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Human spaceflight, Science, Spaceflight

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Apollo 12: The Shocking Story (Teasel Muir Harmony & Nancy Conrad) This live Q&A was filmed on 11-20-19 as a follow up to the STEM in 30 Episode - Apollo 12: The Shocking Story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SygUMGBnIw Women, Spaceflight

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Solving Complex Problems with Simple Machines (Meghan Shaller) Join teacher Meghan Shaller to debrief the STEM in 30 Episode - Solving Complex Problems with Simple Machines and learn how she teaches corresponding content in her classroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4efcutU0Wc Science

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Buzz the Tower: Bees and Aviation (Imad Attalah & Holly Walker) Have you ever wondered how bees fly? Or what use their honeycomb structures have outside of a bee hive? Join us in conversation with Dr. Holly Walker and Imad Atallan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ1E8RGHOaU Aviation, Life sciences

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 Air and Space Live Chat: The SR–71 Blackbird: Student Edition – STEM in 30 Mission Debrief (Walter Watson) Have you ever wondered what it is like to fly in an incredibly fast airplane? Find out in this STEM in 30 Mission Debrief with SR-71 Navigator Walter Watson! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4znFoyuzfk Aviation

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 Air and Space Live Chat: Diamonds in the Sky: Stars and Exoplanets – STEM in 30 Mission Debrief Dr. Luke Sollitt from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Planetary Science Institute answers student questions about exoplanets and the telescopes being used to search for them. https://youtu.be/7Qr9Qm2uU24 Astronomy, Exoplanets, Stars

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