STEM in 30

This episode explores helicopters: their design, how they work, and the functions they play in our society. 

This episode explores kites and their importance to aviation history. 

This episode explores the construction of the Mars rovers and the science that is being done 140 million miles away on the Red Planet. 

Before they built airplanes, the Wright brothers built bicycles. This episode explores how engineers throughout history and today have transferred technology from one field to another. 

In the lifetime of today’s middle school students, there hasn’t been a day without a human presence onboard the International Space Station (ISS). This episode celebrates the 15th anniversary of continuous occupation of the space station.

This episode investigates the plans to send humans to Mars and the ongoing research into water and the possibility of life on the Red Planet.

NASA is planning a mission to capture a piece of an asteroid to be studied by NASA scientists and astronauts. This episode explores asteroids, what we can learn from capturing one, and the technology needed to accomplish such a mission.

We take a look at the challenges of navigating at sea, in the sky, and even in space in this episode.