Exploring STEM through exciting television shows across the country
Alabama is the new car manufacturing capital of the country. Along with numerous research and development institutes, cyber security and missile defense, it is one of the largest employers in multiple STEM fields.
Alabama STEM Explorers – All Episodes
Cyber Forensics
FBIToday Mitch visits the FBI to investigate how investigators use technology to solve crimes."Citizen of a Digital Culture - Safety, Privacy, & Security9. Identify common methods of securing data.Ex: Permissions, encryption, vault, locked closet. Legal and...
Advanced Manufacturing
Gene Haas Center for Advanced ManufacturingToday Mitch visits one of the many Gene Haas training centers and discovers that in many industries that create the many items we encounter everyday, from car parts to Grandpa's new hip, was once programmed and tooled by a...
Building Cars with Robots
Honda AlabamaToday Peyton visits the Honda Alabama plant to find out more about how cars are built using the expertise of humans and strength and safety of robots.Citizen of a Digital Culture - 15. Identify emerging technologies in computing.
Rocket Launches
United Launch AllianceWhat do Skins, Rings, domes,and payloads have in common. Today Mitch visits ULA to talk to engineers about building and launching rockets."Grade 6 Earth's Place in the Universe 2. Construct models and use simulations (e.g., diagrams of the...
Catalysts and Emissions
BASFHow does a catalyst help reduce greenhouse gases released from our cars and other heavy machinery? Join Mitch at BASF to learn more about what we're doing to reduce our environmental footprint."Objective SCI.6.16.4: Describe causes and effects of the human impact...
Natural Gas
TVAToday Mitch visits the TVA Colbert Plant to learn how a natural gas plant is managed and how electricity is generated from natural gas."Objective PS.6.3: Identify types of non-nuclear generation. Objective SCI.8.7.1: Define thermal energy, concentration,...
Science of Ice Cream
Blue Bell Ice CramHow could science taste so good? Join Mitch today to see how some of the best tasting science is made and experiment with some exciting new flavors."Objective SCI.8.5.2: Observe and record physical and chemical changes of a substanceduring a chemical...
Birds, Wolves and Anteaters
Montgomery ZooWhy do birds have different beak sizes and shapes? Why do come in different colors? Join us today at the Montgomer Zoo to learn about the many types of birds and their differences, as well as Main Wolves and Anteaters."Objective SCI.7.10.1: Define...
Science of EMT
Alabama Fire CollegeEMT and Parmedics must know anatomy and physiology as first responders in order to address many of the medical emergencies that people experience."The Human Anatomy and Physiology standards provide a depth of conceptual understanding to adequately...
Science of Fire Fighting
Alabama Fire CollegeJoin Mitch at the Alabama Fire College to learn how Science, Math and Chemistry is used by fire fighters.Objective SCI.7.7.3: Identify causes and effects of fire on an ecosystem.
Science of Coffee
PrincipioDid you know that coffee is a fruit and chocked full of antioxidents? Today we learn about coffee from bean to cup and what takes place along the way."Objective SCI.8.5.2: Observe and record physical and chemical changes of a substance during a chemical...
Water Purification
Coca-ColaWater is essential to life! Join us today at the Coca-Cola plant in Montgomery to learn more about the how bottles of water are purified and stored. Also, how it is dispersed to areas when natural disasters occur."Objective SCI.6.16.3: Investigate different...
Nuclear Energy
TVAWhat are the benefits of nuclear power versus coal generated power? Join us to today to learn about the differences and benefits."Objective PS.6.1: Define half-life, radioactive decay, radiation, nuclear power generation, and power generation. Objective PS.6.2:...
Lions & Snakes
Montgomery ZooJoin Mitch today at the Montgomery Zoo to learn about lions and snakes, some of their natural characteristics, how trained staff care for the animals and learn about their natural and learned behaviors. "Citizen of a Digital Culture - Safety, Privacy, &...
Cyber Security
Alabama School of Cyber Technology & EngineeringJoin us today at the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering to learn about some of the many aspect of Cyber Security along with benefits and threats associated."Citizen of a Digital Culture - Safety, Privacy,...