Exploring STEM through exciting television shows across the country
From the Mississippi River to the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee offers a vast range of opportunities in STEM careers. With digital recording studios in Nashville, tracking packages across the world in Memphis, and electric car innovations, STEM is now and the future.
Tennessee STEM Explorers – All Episodes
Weather
NOAAToday Aubrey learns about extreme weather and helps launch a weather balloon.6.ESS2: Earth’s Systems 5) Analyze and interpret data from weather conditions, weather maps, satellites, and radar to predict probable local weather patterns and conditions.6) Explain how...
Light Spectrum
Vanderbilt Dyer ObservatoryDid you know that the light in the different colors of the rainbow also have different temperatures? What does this have to do with looking into the universe? Join Aubrey today at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory to learn about light and...
Sustainability
GreenSpacesCan I build my own electric car? Will homes of the future generate their own power and clean air environments? Today Chris gets a glimpse into the near future at Green Spaces.6.ETS1: Engineering Design 6.ESS3 2)Investigate and compare existing and...
Aquaponics
New Way AquaponicsWhat does dirty fish water have to do farming? Chris visits New Way Aquaponics to learn about indoor farming.6.LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics 6.ESS3: Earth and Human Activity 1) Differentiate between renewable and nonrenewable...
Earthquakes
Univeristy of MemphisWhy did Tennessee begin to study earthquakes? Are we on a fault line? What magnitude earthquake might cause buildings to collapse? Chris gets answers to these questions and more today at the University of Memphis.8.ESS2: Earth’s Systems 5)...
Chemistry/Physics
Tennessee TechHow do chemists study matter and the changes it undergoes? What do magnets have to do with the North Pole? Join Aubrey at Tennessee Tech to find out.6.PS3: Energy 1) Analyze the properties and compare sources of kinetic, elastic potential, gravitational...
Veterinarian Medicine
Nashville ZooToday Aubrey learns that spraying is not a skunk's first line of protection from other animals. She also meets Wednesday a baby vulture at the Nashville Zoo.7.LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes 6) Develop an argument based on...
Weather
Weather at WKRNSunshine to precipitation, Aubrey learns how the water cycle brings us rain and snow and just how numbers are used to predict the weather.6.ESS2: Earth’s Systems 5) Analyze and interpret data from weather conditions, weather maps, satellites, and radar...
Sound
Quonset Hut StudiosHow does a sound wave become music? Join Aubrey to learn how computer science turns invisible sound waves into your favorite songs.8.PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer 3) Evaluate the role that waves play in...
The Forest
Lichterman Nature CenterDid you know that the forest is much like a high-rise hotel to the animals that live there? Today Chris meets some of these forest animals and learns whether they live upstairs or downstairs.6.LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics...
Robotics
VWWarnings! Bells! Alarms! Watch Brian as he learns how to read the alarms and correct the issues that prevent the robots from doing their jobs.Science and Engineering Practices Asking Questions and Defining Problems Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
Coding
Harrison Bay Future Ready CenterAubrey creates some useful gadgets with the coding lesson she experiences with Gig City Girls.Influence of Science, Engineering, and Technology on Society and the Natural World ▪ The uses of technologies and any limitations on their use...
Chemistry and Animal Evolution
MOSH's Pink Palace MansionToday Chris visits MOSH's Pink Palace Mansion for an explosive experience with pumpkins and a visit behind the scenes with a few exotic animals.8.LS4: Biological Change: Unity and Diversity1) Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the...
Stages of Matter
Adventure Science CenterLiquid Nitrogen! Join Brian for a chilling Adventure in Cryogenic Science.PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter PS1.B: Chemical Reactions
Agriculture
Midway MushroomsWho knew there was so much science in growing mushrooms? Join Aubrey at Midway Mushrooms to learn more about the science of mushrooms. (MS-LS1-4) ▪ Plants reproduce in a variety of ways, sometimes depending on animal behavior and specialized features...