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
Teachers - Access our STEM Resources
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…
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…
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…
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