Aerial Archaeology - STEM in 30 - Season 11 - Episode 3“Archaeology is about facts….Forget any ideas you’ve got about lost cities, exotic travel and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot.” – Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr., Fictional Archaeologist When we think about archaeology most of us think about people digging up lost cities in remote places. Aerial Archaeology offers another way to uncover the mysteries of th...
Comics in Air and Space and Everywhere - STEM in 30 - Season 11 - Episode 2“Superheroes are best imagined in comic books. The union between the written word, the image, and then what your imagination has to do to connect those allows for so much.” – Ta-Nehisi Coates Comics, often read under the covers with a flashlight in secret so not discovered by others, are noted as inspiration to many. Graphic novels and comics offer a pathway to a lifelong love of reading to children who n...
The Rocket That Launched Us to the Moon | “Transformational Technologies” Episode 8The mighty Saturn V — the rocket that launched the Apollo astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s — was powered in part by five F-1 engines producing a combined thrust of 7.5 million pounds. In the “Transformational Technologies” video series, the National Air and Space Museum explores artifacts in its collection that changed our lives, transformed the way we viewed the world, or looked at...
Elephant Keeper: Deborah Flinkman - My PathWhat does it take to care for an Asian elephant? The elephants at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute have a team of people who tend to their needs. In this My Path we hear from one of their keepers, Deborah Flinkman, who offers insight into what it takes to care for these huge, highly intelligent personal creatures. Subscribe and turn on notifications
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