Save Elephant Foundation is a Thai non–profit organization dedicated to providing care and assistance to Thailand’s captive elephant population through a multifaceted approach involving rescue and rehabilitation programs, educational ecotourism, local community outreach, and environmental conservation programs. The foundation exists thanks to the passion of Saengduean ‘Lek’ Chailert and her tireless efforts to champion the ...
Where does a baby shark grow up? Do teenage sharks stay close to home, or do they explore? And how can scientists follow an animal that spends almost all of its life underwater? Join Julia to explore how scientists study the young sharks in Miami and the Everglades. Students will learn how researchers safely catch ...
Join astronomy educator and long time friend of EBTSOYP Trevor Kjorlien (Plateau Astro) as he shares the story of Canadian Astronaut Josh Kutryk’s upcoming mission to the International Space Station! Trevor joined us last year many times around Jeremy Hansen’s Artemis II mission and will be exploring the nitty gritty of Canada’s return to space ...
Dr. Abigail Fraeman is the deputy project scientist for the Curiosity Mars rover and research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Her research focuses on understanding the origin and evolution rocky bodies across our solar system. In addition to Curiosity, Abigail has worked on the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rover and Mars ...
Join us for our first check in with Timm and Leanna from California as they have been cycling for over 60 days and covered over 6,000kms! At the heart of this extreme challenge on body and mind, lies a nine-month, 30,000km cycling expedition from Alaska’s High Arctic to Tierra del Fuego in Chile — inspired ...
Kate Wawatai is a pioneering deep-sea submersible pilot, maritime professional, and cultural ambassador from Aotearoa New Zealand. A member of The Explorers Club and the only woman to pilot a submersible beyond 10,000 meters, she operates at the edge of human exploration, helping scientists uncover the mysteries of the deep ocean. She challenges industry norms, ...
In July 2025, British adventurer, James Ketchell set sail from Gosport, England on an ocean adventure of nine months and 30,000 nautical miles. James was setting out to achieve his third circumnavigation of the globe and become the first person in history to do so via air, sea and land. He had already cycled around ...
Join us for a virtual field trip to the incredible Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys and meet some sea turtles! The Turtle Hospital opened its doors 1986 with four main goals: 1) rehab injured sea turtles and return them to their natural habitat, 2) educate the public through outreach programs and visit local schools, ...
Join Fabien as he shares some of his ocean exploration adventures along with special guest Jason Link. Together they have created Oceanic, a marine life game which is currently launching via Kickstarted. A strategy game that should be in every classroom! Fabien is the first grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and spent his early years aboard ...
Arzucan Askin is a National Geographic Explorer, OWUSS Scholar and conservation scientist with a passion for the protection of endangered marine wildlife. The best thing about her job is to be in the water: Her work has taken her across the world from studying blue whales in the Arctic, to removing ghost gear from shipwrecks ...
What happens to food scraps and yard trimmings after they leave the bin? Is it food waste, yard waste, or wasted natural resources? Join Clinton Sander, Marketing Manager at A1 Organics, on October 6 at 12:30 p.m. ET to explore how organic materials and food from school cafeterias can be transformed into nutrient-rich compost that ...
Meet the bluebuck, a shimmering blue antelope from South Africa and the focus of Colossal’s sixth de-extinction target. More than 200 years ago, the species disappeared before much of the world ever knew it existed, and became the first large African mammal driven to extinction in recorded history. On October 6th, join Colossal Chief Biology ...
When people think about Peru, the think about Machu Picchu, rainforests and deserts. But with over 3,000km of coastline, there an ocean world of incredible biodiversity. However, it’s under threat due to human activity. Join Daniel to learn about Peru’s Big 5 (dolphins, sharks, whales, turtles, rays) and the conservation efforts to protect them. Daniel ...
Join deep-sea explorer Victor Vescovo to learn what it takes explore the very deepest places on Planet Earth: the technology, team, training, and planning. Why do we do it, what did we find, and what do we hope to learn in the future? Victor has skied to both poles and climbed the highest peaks on ...
Just like people, corals need oxygen to survive, but our oceans are slowly losing oxygen as the planet warms. Join oceanographer Dr. Ariel Pezner on an adventure across the Caribbean, Eastern Pacific, and Great Barrier Reef to discover how corals are coping with this challenge and how scientists test what reefs of the future might ...
Join us as we board the Santa Maria Manuela and get a closer look at what happens during a real scientific expedition at sea. We’ll discover how scientists collect data and samples, explore some of the methods and equipment used during the expedition, and have the opportunity to meet the scientists on board and ask them questions ...
Join astronomy educator and long time friend of EBTSOYP Trevor Kjorlien (Plateau Astro) as he shares the story of Canadian Astronaut Josh Kutryk’s upcoming mission to the International Space Station! Trevor joined us last year many times around Jeremy Hansen’s Artemis II mission and will be exploring the nitty gritty of Canada’s return to space ...
Linda Welzenbach is a planetary scientist and science writer at Rice University. In her former life as Meteorite Collections Manager at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, she collected and classified thousands of meteorites from Antarctica. From two deployments to the ‘Ice’, she will share what it’s like to explore and live in places ...
Exploring the Arctic Waters of Greenland (All Ages Lesson) October 9th @ 9:00am eastern Andreas and his team have just returned from an expedition exploring the Arctic waters of Greenland! Join in for stories of wildlife, exploration and a fast changing Arctic. Andreas B. Heide is a Norwegian marine biologist, sailor, filmmaker, and former military diver ...
Join academic librarian and AI literacy expert Chelsea Humphries in this first program in a special series of pure Q and A! Are you worried that AI might wipe out humanity? Should you use AI to do your homework? Concerned about the energy and water requirements for data centres? This is your opportunity to ask ...
The Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring Gale crater for over thirteen years, piecing together the history of Mars and its potential to support life, if it ever existed. Curiosity’s science team has determined that Mars once had all the conditions necessary to support life: it was a habitable planet. Dr. Vasavada is the lead ...
Join us for a virtual field trip to meet some exciting birds of prey! The Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) mission is to motivate individuals to care for the natural environment through education, research, and avian wildlife rehabilitation. The operate New England’s premier avian wildlife rehabilitation clinic at the Nature Center. VINS has been ...
Nathalie is an astrophysicist and a science communication enthusiast. She is the coordinator of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets at the Université de Montréal and a Canadian science communicator for the James Webb Space Telescope. In this talk, discover the successful launch and early discoveries of the most powerful new tool at our disposal ...
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched into space on August 30! NASA’s next flagship observatory, the Roman Space Telescope will see the universe at the same resolution but over 100 times wider than the Hubble Space Telescope. The Roman Public Outreach Lead, Peter Sooy, will give a talk about the build, launch, and science ...
Where can you find the oldest animals on earth? The deepest, darkest forests? Giant worms and single-celled organisms the size of your fist? Join Diane Esson, science manager of deep-sea research capacity-building at MARE-Madeira to learn about these cool critters and more!"
Join Caitlin Crawford, systems engineer at NASA’s fabled Jet Propulsion Laboratory for this special program where you can ask her ANYTHING! Veteran of several iconic space exploration missions including Europa Clipper, and a fan favourite at EBTSOYP, let your imagination run wild in this show that is 99% Q and A. Want to know the ...
Step back in time for dinosaur adventures with Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Canada’s largest museum. Together we will investigate dinosaur themes such as what specifically makes a dinosaur; how we use technology in palaeontology; dinosaurs through a historical lens; and careers in palaeontology. Exploring dinosaurs offers us a chance to improve our critical thinking skills ...
Come dive beneath the Mediterranean Sea into a ship graveyard where centuries-old shipwrecks lie silent on the seafloor in the historic harbor of Menorca, Spain, waiting to tell their stories. Join Explorers Club Teacher Fellows Julie Klipfel and Katie Mauro and expedition leader Trevor Wallace LIVE from the Menorca Shipwreck Project as we descend into ...
Celebrated NASA astronaut, pilot of the space shuttle Endeavour, and crew member on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Terry Virts also spent 200 consecutive days in space as commander of the International Space Station—one of the longest continuous space missions of any NASA astronaut. Step back, more than 220 miles from Earth, and experience our planet ...
Waterton Lakes National Park is a unique place where the prairie grasslands meet the mountains. It is often the towering mountains that pique people’s interest first, but the grasslands are an equally amazing ecosystem brimming with biodiversity as well as cultural importance for Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) people. Join in to experience this ecosystem from a whole ...
Aaron is a Mechanical Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He designs, builds, and tests robotic systems to acquire samples of rocks and soil from other planets so that we can study them for science. He has had roles on the Mars Science Laboratory Rover Mission and the InSight Mars Lander. He was part of ...
Join astronomer and National Geographic Explorer Munazza Alam to explore beyond our Solar System! In the past two decades, we have discovered thousands of planets outside of the Solar System, many of which are nothing like our own. With the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope, we are at the onset of a revolution in ...
What happens when you try to build several groundbreaking spacecraft at the same time, and get them ready on a tight timeline? Join JPL engineer Ravi Prakash to explore 4 new missions launching in 2028, and discover how JPL is changing the way we tackle big engineering challenges to make them possible. Ravi Prakash has ...
The Waterton Glacier Dark Sky Preserve is a night-time paradise for nocturnal animals. Register now to discover who is hooting and howling when the sun goes down in Paahtómahksikimi.
Kristen Lear is a bat conservationist and environmental educator. She got her start in bat conservation at age 12, when she built and installed bat houses for her Girl Scout Silver Award project. Since then, she has traveled the world, including the US, Australia, and Mexico, to learn how to protect endangered bats and to ...
