Bring the World to Your Classroom
Celebrating 10 Years of Live Lessons and Interactive Resources Reaching a Million and a Half Students
Our Mission
Inspiring the next generation of scientists, explorers, and conservationists by bringing scientific exploration and interactive resources into the classroom.
Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants opens the frontlines of our changing planet to all students through the passion, immersive technology and visual storytelling of the scientists, explorers, conservationists, and adventurers who are smashing the boundaries of what we thought was possible.
Our events are free for classrooms everywhere. Each day students are introduced to important and challenging issues, exciting places, strong role models, and new STEM career paths.
What We Do
Since 2015 we’ve hosted 4,500+ live lessons, connecting over a million and a half students to scientists, explorers, and conservationists from 113 countries. Our live lessons and interactive resources will always be free for classrooms everywhere.
Fresh Content from Around the World
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We’ve got resources that will excite and inspire your students with STEM material that will take them around the world. All of our resources are free.
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Upcoming Lessons
Saving Elephants with Lek Chailert
Save Elephant Foundation is a Thai non–profit organization…
Tracking Baby and Teenage Sharks with Julia Saltzman
Where does a baby shark grow up? Do…
Canadian Josh Kutryk’s mission to the ISS with Plateau Astro
Join astronomy educator and long time friend of…
Robots on Mars with Abigail Fraeman
Dr. Abigail Fraeman is the deputy project scientist…
Catching Up with Wings of Survival
Join us for our first check in with…
Don’t Panic! – Ask Anything About AI and Online Information with Chelsea Humphries
Join academic librarian and AI literacy expert Chelsea…
Sailing Around the World with James Ketchell
In July 2025, British adventurer, James Ketchell set…
Live from the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys
Join us for a virtual field trip to…
Exploring the Ocean Through Game Play with Fabien Cousteau and Jason Link
Join Fabien as he shares some of his…
Sharks of the World with Arzucan Askin
Arzucan Askin is a National Geographic Explorer, OWUSS…
Space Mission Engineering with NASA’s Ravi Prakash
What happens when you try to build several…
Trash to Treasure: How Wasted Food Can Become Healthy Soil
What happens to food scraps and yard trimmings…
Bringing Back Africa’s Lost Blue Antelope
Meet the bluebuck, a shimmering blue antelope from…
Protecting Peru’s Big 5 with Daniel Cáceres Bartra
When people think about Peru, the think about…
Exploring the Deepest Places in the Oceans with Victor Vescovo
Join deep-sea explorer Victor Vescovo to learn what…
Out of Breath: Coral and a Warming Planet with Ariel Pezner
Just like people, corals need oxygen to survive,…
Canadian Josh Kutryk’s Mission to the ISS with Plateau Astro
Join astronomy educator and long time friend of…
Meteor Hunting in Antarctica with Linda Welzenbach
Linda Welzenbach is a planetary scientist and science…
Exploring the Red Planet with Ashwin Vasavada
The Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring Gale…
Live with Birds of Prey at the Vermont Institute for Natural Science
Join us for a virtual field trip to…
James Webb Space Telescope with Nathalie Ouellette
Nathalie is an astrophysicist and a science communication…
Exploring the Universe with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched into…
Cool and Crazy Critters of the Deep
Where can you find the oldest animals on…
Ask a Space Engineer ANYTHING!!!
Join Caitlin Crawford, systems engineer at NASA’s fabled…
Dinosaur Discovery at ROM
Step back in time for dinosaur adventures with…
Hanging Out With Former NASA Astronaut Col Terry Virts
Celebrated NASA astronaut, pilot of the space shuttle…
The Magic Waterton Grasslands
Waterton Lakes National Park is a unique place…
Engineering Robots to Explore Other Planets With Aaron Yazzie
Aaron is a Mechanical Engineer at NASA Jet…
Characterizing Alien Worlds with Munazza Alam
Join astronomer and National Geographic Explorer Munazza Alam…
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