Science Webcast Schedule
Smithsonian physical anthropologist Dr. Briana Pobiner with the skull of a sabertooth during a Smithsonian Science How webcast. Live webcasts are offered every month during the school year on Thursdays at 11 and 2 PM eastern time. Smithsonian photo by Wei Qian.
Smithsonian Science How Webcast Schedule
These free, interactive, TV-style webcast programs will introduce your middle school students to core science concepts through the lens of Smithsonian research and experts, providing students with positive STEM role models and a connection to science in their lives. Explore the topics in the schedule by watching a webcast and using the classroom activities, lessons, readings, and other resources that support each webcast program. Learn more about Smithsonian Science How on the webcast homepage.
| Date | Time | Smithsonian Science How Guest | Standards |
| Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 | 11am and 2pm EDT |
Mass Extinction: Solving the Dinosaur Mystery with Paleontologist and Museum Director Kirk Johnson
| Earth Science, Life Science |
| Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 | 11am and 2pm EST |
Island Biodiversity: Tracking Human Influenceswith Archaeologist Torben Rick
| Life Science, Social Studies |
| Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 | 11am and 2pm EST |
Bird Extinctions: Time Travel through Lava Tubeswith Ornithologist Helen James
| Life Science, Earth Science |
| Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 | 11am and 2pm EST |
Ecosystem Change: Plotting with Plant Collectionswith Botanist Rusty Russell
| Life Science |
| Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 | 11am and 2pm EST |
Global Change: Reading Ocean Fossilswith Paleobiologist Brian Huber
| Earth Science, Life Science |
| Thursday, Mar. 12, 2015 | 11am and 2pm EST |
Mineral Cycles: Demystifying Microbes with Geologist Cara Santelli
| Earth Science, Life Science, Chemical Science |
| Thursday, Mar. 26, 2015 | 11am and 2pm EDT |
Ocean Biodiversity: Discovering Marine Invertebrates with Invertebrate Zoologist Karen Osborn
| Life Science |
| Thursday, Apr. 16, 2015 | 11am and 2pm EDT |
Mineral Origins: The Natural History of Cellphoneswith Geologist Michael Wise and Anthropologist Joshua Bell
| Earth Science, Social Studies |
| Thursday, May 7, 2015 | 11am and 2pm EDT |
Mummy Science: Natural and Cultural Preserved Remains with Physical Anthropologist David Hunt
| Life Science, Social Studies |
| Thursday, June 25, 2015 | 11am and 2pm EDT |
Astrogeology: Meteorites and Spacecraft Missionswith Geologist Tim McCoy
| Earth Science, Space Science |
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