''STEM in 30'' is a non-commercial online science

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for middle school students produced by the Smithsonian's

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The show is hosted by science-educators Marty Kelsey and Beth Wilson. The program is released on a monthly basis throughout the

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free through th
museum's website

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and social media as well as broadcast on NASA-TV. Each episode is typically a half hour and features special guests and different

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or technology topics. Since first broadcasting in 2014, the program has covered dozens of topics including the

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

's Apollo program,

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, astronaut training, the Wright brothers and the Orion program. While the program is often based in the one of the two locations of the National Air and Space Museum, the show has also been filmed on location in

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, in

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and on the

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. The first four seasons of the show were broadcast live with a student audience. With its fifth season, STEM in 30 has switched its format to a pre-taped show along with a "Mission Debrief" a week later featuring a topic expert. The "Mission Debrief" is a live question and answer session about that month's topic. In 2019, the first episode of season five, "Robotics: FIRST There Were People, Then There Were Machines," was nominated for a National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Award for Technology Program. The program has since received five regional Emmy nominations in total.

List of episodes

Awards

, - , 2016 , ''15 Years on the ISS'' , Telly Award , , - , 2019 , ''Robotics: FIRST There Were People, Then There Were Machines'' , National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Award - Technology Program , , - , 2020 , ''Top of the Tower: How Air Traffic Control Keeps the Skies Safe'' , National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Award - Education/Schools - Program/Special , , - , 2020 , ''A Flight with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, the Hurricane Hunters'' , National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Award - Weather - Program/Special , , - , 2021 , ''Get Excited About the Creepy Crawly Stuff! The GW Buzz'' , National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Award - Education/Schools - Short Form Content , , - , 2021 , ''Spy Planes: Eyes in the Sky'' , National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Award - Informational/Instructional - Long Form Content ,

References

External links

Official website

Episode archive
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