Rocket Roll Control

Learn more about how rockets are kept from spinning and can stay pointed in the right direction during a launch.

Rocket Stages & Separation (Launch)

Get a closer look at the stages of the Ares I rocket and how they will function during a launch.

Rockets and Materials Science

Let engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center introduce your students to fascinating concepts in materials science, the importance of alloys, low temperature welding using friction, strength to weight ratio and much more.

Roller Coasters

The heart-pumping exhilaration keeps us coming back time and time again, but it’s the laws of the physics and a great deal of math that keep these thrill rides soaring through the air day after day.

Saving the Bald Eagle

Our national bird is back in the lower 48 states after nearly disappearing in the 60's and 70's. Robert Mesta, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, explains what it takes to recover a species like the bald eagle, and demonstrates his use of math.

Science & Sunglasses

Go inside a Zeiss facility in Northern Italy for a rare look at the science and technology behind designing, testing and manufacturing lenses for high-end sports performance sunglasses.

Science on Mars, Part 1

In 2011 NASA launched its most ambitious mission to Mars that landed a car-sized rover on the red planet. The rover, named Curiosity, has a greater range than any rover before and carries an impressive array of science instruments.

Science on Mars, Part 2

One of the most vital and rewarding engineering disciplines is also the least understood. Show your students what it means to be a Systems Engineer with Part 2 of our video series about the Mars Science Laboratory.

Second Skin Capability

MIT Professor Dava Newman is working on a new “second skin” space suit that could end the “bunny hop” once and for all. Introduce your students to a woman whose work could dramatically improve space exploration technology.

Solar Power: Photovoltaics

There are a number of methods of generating electricity from solar power. In this movie, engineers Beth Richards and Miguel Contreras demonstrate the most widely used method today, and break down the math and science behind this renewable energy source

Space Architecture

Building places to live and work in extreme environments takes architects that understand how to play by a different set of rules. Take your students to meet architects that are tackling the challenges. This is all about problem solving in outer space.

Space Weather

With solar flares 200,000 miles across releasing the equivalent of all the energy ever produced on the Earth at one time, space weather forecasters will become an important feature on the future news. Featured: Joe Hirmann & Joann Joselyn.

Spaceports

Whether you’re talking about privately owned and operated rockets to ferry cargo to low earth orbit, or the customers already in line for the opportunity to weightlessly gaze upon Earth from outer space, the “personal space flight revolution” will bring a...

Statistics in Farming

There are over 2.1 million farms in the U.S., totaling over 900 million acres. And those millions of harvests producing food; they’re also producing data--a lot of data! That’s where statisticians like Sarah Hoffman and Jackie Brown of the USDA come in.

STEM in Guitar Building

Professional guitar players love owning and using custom-built guitars. Something that has the look and feel that suits them. Alembic Guitars is a leader in custom-built guitars. This video shows how they use math in building guitars.

Testing Bats

From the cannon room to the bat-swinging robot to the bat handle-breaking machine, the engineers at Easton Sports are testing the latest sports equipment for durability, performance and handling.

Testing Development & Qualification Types

There are two basic types of testing when developing a new space launch system: development & qualification. Find out more and see examples of both in this two-minute clip.

Testing Rockets

Go on location with five engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for a real-world look at the science, technology, engineering and mathematics behind rocket testing.

Testing the Robotic Hand

Designing a robotic hand that can match even some of the capabilities of the human hand is an engineering feat. But even that challenge can be met through an application of the basic problem solving strategies that every engineer learns.

The ABC’s of Architecture

"Seeing your drawing come to life and become a real building is absolutely fantastic." When Penn Station needed a new front entrance, they called upon architect Frances Halsband, and she called upon her knowledge of geometry.

The Art Director

A set is a created place where the action of a film or TV show happens. Actors, animals and objects are placed on a set for filming. Creating a set where everything fits just right calls for an understanding of "area".

The Avionics System

This two-minute clip defines the "avionics system" and explains what it does.

The Bakery

Whether he's making mouth-watering chocolate croissants or perfectly flaky apricot danishes, this baker has to make sure that he has just the right amount of each ingredient and that requires math.

The Blackfooted Ferret

US Fish and Wildlife biologists explain how they are making strides in saving this endangered species. From breeding ferret offspring to preparing them for release back into the wild, the recovery effort of these cute carnivores is rich in math & science.

The Business of Farming

There are more than 350 different commodities grown in California. In a state that provides approximately 15 percent of U.S. agricultural products, statistics are an important tool for agricultural economists to keep up with supply and demand.

The Chemistry of Solid Rocket Propellant

Get a closer look at the chemistry behind solid rocket propellant.

The First American Coins

Steve Contursi owns the first gold coin minted in the US. It's worth 6 million dollars. But numismatists like Steve don’t just collect coins—they also collect their stories. Find out the meaning behind the term "two-bits" and much more!

The Forester

For Tami Sabol, the forest is her office. As a Forester for Plum Creek Timber Company, she is responsible for the health of hundreds of thousands of acres of trees. Using math and science is a routine part of her work.