Instructional Video13:02
TED Talks

TED: The 100 tampons NASA (almost) sent to space -- and other absurd songs | Marcia Belsky

12th - Higher Ed
Performing two original songs, stand-up comedian, writer and musician Marcia Belsky shares comical commentary on some peculiar aspects of our culture -- from Instagram-stalking your crush to fending off mansplainers on social media --...
Instructional Video7:48
SciShow

Great Minds We Lost in 2012

12th - Higher Ed
Hank pays tribute to some of the great scientific minds we lost in 2012, and then apologizes for some mistakes made in recent SciShow episodes.
Instructional Video0:55
Curated Video

OTD In Space - June 18: America’s First Woman In Space

3rd - Higher Ed
On June 18, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space after she and four colleagues blasted off on the space shuttle Challenger for the STS-7 mission. The astronauts spent 6 days in space deployed two...
Instructional Video5:44
Curated Video

What Is a Physicist?

3rd - 8th
“What Is a Physicist?” introduces Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, and the study of physics.
Instructional Video11:42
Curated Video

Sally Ride for Kids | Bedtime History

K - 5th
Learn about the physicist and astronaut, Sally Ride, who became the first American woman to fly in space.
Instructional Video5:32
Curated Video

Space Exploration: Risk Versus Reward

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester examines the history of the Challenger mission to space by diagramming a timeline of the historical events. She compares and contrasts the positive and negative travels to space by making sense of the reasons for traveling...
Podcast50:08
NASA

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: Eye to the Earth

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Kay Taylor describes an experiment on board the space station that allows middle school students to remotely photograph the Earth. HWHAP Episode 218.
Podcast22:41
NASA

‎NASA in Silicon Valley: Elisa Quintana, Kepler/K2 Mission: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A conversation with Elissa Quintana, NASA research scientist for the Kepler and K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Instructional Video10:46
Weird History

Facts About the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

12th - Higher Ed
Every American who lived through the '80s remembers the Challenger explosion. But what happened to cause the famous national tragedy? How could such a catastrophe happen when NASA so meticulously checks and double checks all the...
Instructional Video2:25
Curated Video

Ellen Ochoa: The First Female Hispanic Astronaut

9th - Higher Ed
In 1993, Ellen Ochoa wrote her name in the stars – as the first Hispanic woman to enter orbit. She continues to inspire generations of aspiring astronauts today.
Instructional Video7:58
Maddie Moate

Awesome Astronauts | Building LEGO's Women of NASA!

K - 5th
LEGO Idea's bought out this amazing 'Women of NASA' set, and I thought it would be fun to build, play and learn from these inspiring women! First up, let's discover a little more about Sally Ride and Mae Jemison, two AWESOME ASTRONAUTS!
Stock Footage3:02
Getty Images

2012 Celebrity Memorial

Pre-K - Higher Ed
2012 Celebrity Memorial on December 10, 2012 in Los Angeles, California (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
Stock Footage3:02
Getty Images

CLEAN: 2012 Celebrity Memorial

Pre-K - Higher Ed
CLEAN: 2012 Celebrity Memorial on December 10, 2012 in Los Angeles, California (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
Stock Footage1:53
Getty Images

This Week In History 6/14 - 6/20

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This Week In History 6/14 - 6/20
News Clip0:08
Hearst Metrotone News

Astronaut Sally Ride practices parachute simulator training.

Higher Ed
Astronaut Sally Ride practices parachute simulator training.
News Clip0:27
Curated Video

U.S. Mint To Feature Women On Quarters

Higher Ed
Writer Maya Angelou and the first woman to fly in space, Sally Ride, are the first to appear on the coins.
News Clip0:38
Hearst Metrotone News

Astronaut Sally Ride trains to fly into space.

Higher Ed
Astronaut Sally Ride trains to fly into space.
News Clip0:53
Curated Video

President Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to more than a dozen prominent Americans, including former President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and the late astronaut Sally Ride. (Nov. 20)

Higher Ed
President Barack Obama bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans on Wednesday, 50 years after the death of its founder, President John F. Kennedy.

Obama honored former President Bill...
News Clip0:46
Curated Video

A spacecraft orbiting the moon has captured the first video of the lunar far side that people on Earth can't see. The video was captured by one of NASA's twin Grail probes using MoonKAM, a camera which will eventually be used by students.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE Raw Video: First video from moon's far side

CAPTION: A spacecraft orbiting the moon has captured the first video of the lunar far side that people on Earth can't see. The video was captured by one of NASA's...
News Clip3:03
Curated Video

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey and Loretta Lynn among recipients of Medal of Freedom

Higher Ed
President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans 50 years after the death of the award's founder, President John F. Kennedy.

Obama...
News Clip3:34
Curated Video

Space, Volcanoes, Earthquakes

Higher Ed
SPACE (Shuttle Challenger's Maiden Voyage)

Space Shuttle Challenger on Maiden V
oyage
Space Shuttle Challenger o
n take-off
Satellite launch
from Challenger
Open
hatch of...
Instructional Video3:18
Curated Video

United States President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans 50 years after the death of the award's founder, President John F. Kennedy. (Nov. 20)

Higher Ed
United States President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans 50 years after the death of the award's founder, President John F....
News Clip1:23
Curated Video

Twin NASA spacecraft slam into lunar mountain

Higher Ed
1. NASA animation of Ebb and Flow, or the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), travelling above the surface of the moon

2. NASA animation of GRAIL orbiting the moon on its final orbit before...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Sally Ride, Pioneer

9th - 10th
A tribute to space pioneer Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut