In 2023, #HariBudhaMagar became the first double above-knee #amputee to summit Mt. Everest He’s a father of three, husband & veteran who lost both his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. He’s determined to positively transform how people with #disabilities are perceived and how they perceive themselves.

We’re proud to showcase the winners of the #NatureForAll #30×30 Youth Art Contest, co-sponsored with Nature For All, @fromthebowseat, and @ebtsoyp.bsky.social. Young artists shared their vision of a future where 30% of our land and water is protected. www.livingoceansfoundation.org/connecting-p...

Every fall, millions of #MonarchButterflies migrate over 3,500 miles to #Mexico to spend the winter since they cannot withstand the cold in the northern climates. #butterflymigration #monarchbutterfly #edusky #sciencesky

#CalltoEarth week is on! Check out our line-up here: exploringbytheseat.com/lessons/call...

Join us Nov 3rd at 1pm ET to talk with #NationalGeographic photographer Ami Vitale as she shares the story of Najim and Fatu, the last two Northern White Rhinos on Earth to our classrooms! 📸 @amivitale.bsky.social

We’re celebrating CNN’s #CalltoEarthDay (Nov 6) with a week of FREE live lessons featuring amazing people working to protect our planet with #CalltoEarthWeek It's a pretty crazy line-up! You can view more details on the speakers here: linktr.ee/ebtsoyp

🖌️ The 2026 Science Without Borders® Challenge is open! 🌊 Student artists ages 11–19 are invited to create artwork that reveals the beauty and importance of microscopic marine life. 📅 Deadline: March 2, 2026 💰 Prizes: Up to $500! 💻 Learn more: www.livingoceansfoundation.org/announcing-o...

Remember Leland Melvin and his viral NASA portrait? Well he wrote a graphic novel called Space Chasers which is a STEAM heavy sci-fi about some kids who get the chance to go up in space. #booksky #blackbooksky #scifi #spacesky amzn.to/4kbSVKa

Learn more about the minds helping shape humanity’s final frontier! This week we have 4 awesome scientists sharing their experience with space as part of our second to last week of #spacemonth!

From outer space to the ocean floor, NASA astronaut, aquanaut, and artist Nicole Stott has done it all. After 104 days in space (and painting the first watercolor there!), she now blends art and science through the #SpaceforArtFoundation to inspire a brighter, more creative future #edusky #spacesky

When the host gets a chance to be the speaker 👀 Our very own VP of Education is speaking at the #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi about our work bringing science into classrooms with a focus on our ongoing collaboration with #wildhopetv!!

We asked students from around the world to imagine what our planet would look like if 30% of land and water were protected by 2030. Together with @livingoceans.bsky.social, #NatureforAll, and #FromTheBowSeat we got a look into the next generation’s vision for a greener, bluer Earth!!

A huge thank you to Jessie Rack, PhD, for joining us to share her passion for amphibians! Fun fact: the Japanese giant salamander 🦎 can grow up to 5 feet long and has been around for 30 million years! If you didn't know they were the biggest salamander in the world - now you do!

Thanks for teaching us what it takes to explore the deep sea! For those that may have missed it, you can rewatch the live event on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kybu...

Ten leaders. One mission: to protect our planet. Join us Sept 22–26 for #AmbassadorsofConservation, a free live online series with the brilliant women of #IF/THEN bringing you stories from bats and bugs to reefs and rainforests.

Just 2 days away! Join us on Friday, Sept 19th (12-1 PM EDT) for the 2025 Gairdner Laureate Virtual Roundtable. Free & open to schools, students & educators across Canada. Hear stories, discoveries & live Q&A. 🔗Register now: bit.ly/48cFTbz Presented in partnership with @ebtsoyp.bsky.social

Join us LIVE from the magnetic #NorthPole with Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña aboard the expedition vessel #LeCommandantCharcot Tune in this Tuesday the 16th at 10AM ET for Exploring By The Seat’s FIRST adventure from one of the farthest reaches of planet earth 🌍

We’re back!!! And Jesse has swords!! And is HD!!!!! We’re stoked to be bringing the action back into classrooms this fall. Stay tuned here for announcements of our upcoming events (hitting the ground running on Sept 16th)!

And that's a wrap on another incredible year at Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants! To every teacher who joined us, every student who asked a question, and every supporter who tuned in, thank you!!! Here’s to more adventures in the fall! Stay tuned for updates via our newsletter and website!

Jane Goodall's advice on how do your part in #conservation! Anyone can help just by being a more mindful consumer ♻️ Watch the full conversation here: www.youtube.com/live/LKaXWXP... #edusky #JaneGoodall #conservation #teachersky

We are still buzzing from our event with @janegoodall.org!! We had so many students join in and get a chance to ask Jane questions about her life and experiences in conservation. #edusky #conservation #JaneGoodall #edutech

Join us for a virtual adventure aboard the CCGS Amundsen with #AmundsenScience, Canada’s only research icebreaker, before it sets off on a 5-month journey through the Arctic! 📅 Thursday, June 19th 🕘 10AM ET 🔗 Link to register in bio!

Ever heard of the mesophotic zone? It’s between shallow reefs & the deep sea. Home to coral, algae, & marine life we’re only just beginning to understand. Dive in with Dr. Sonia J. Rowley, rebreather diver & fearless scientist, as she explores this mysterious realm! 📅 Wed, June 18 🕘 2PM ET

Join us for the FINAL week before #summerbreak! View the available lessons here: exploringbytheseat.com/lessons/ Remember - if you miss any events live you can rewatch these and others on our YouTube channel!

Join us LIVE with Jane Goodall!! We’re wrapping up The #Darwin200 2-year global journey and we couldn’t have been more thrilled to have her featured on our last month of adventures. Join us for a conversation with Jane and an opportunity for students to ask her questions #live!

Great resources for #teachers out there! #edusky #STEM #science

From pulling a plastic straw out of a sea turtle’s nose to capturing the first-ever footage of a live giant squid in US waters, Nathan Robinson is all about conducting groundbreaking #science about endangered species while connecting with global audiences. #conservation #seaturtles #edusky

We got a chance to dive deep with the incredible Tara Roberts - #NationalGeographic Explorer-in-Residence and the first black female explorer to grace the cover of NatGeo

No better way to celebrate #WorldOceansDay than with the amazing #JillHeinerth, an underwater explorer, writer, & speaker She shared her experiences diving around the world with our classrooms and highlighted the special ecosystems she’s explored in Canada’s very own waters!

This #oceanweek is PACKED with amazing ocean events! Meet Felipe Ladino, an ecologist passionate about the conservation of #sharks 🦈 working with #fundacionmalpelo off the coast of #Colombia to help conserve marine life in the Eastern Tropical Pacific! 🗓️ June 5th 🕦 2pm ET Sign up at the 🔗 in bio!

What a month! We hosted 42 broadcasts this season in English, French, and #Inuktitut (an Inuit language of Canada) We had 14,900 registered kids take part in our adventures to Sri Lanka, National Parks, and even Disney land! Now we’re gearing up for an epic #OceanWeek to help wrap the year! 🌊

Looking for FREE virtual events for your classrooms for #OceanWeekCanada? We are showcasing some of the most incredible researchers & conservations all week! Thanks to colcoalition.ca and #TheExplorersClub for helping bring together this amazing line-up for your classrooms #edusky #STEM #Oceans

#DidYouKnow elephants have a sense of smell 2x more powerful than dogs? We didn’t! Our classrooms learned that and a lot more with Sateesh, a #conservation biologist, last week. #edusky #academicsky #nationalgeographic #biology #STEM

Have you heard of de-extinction? We got a chance to learn a bit more about the concept of functional #deextinction which is a large part of the work of #colossalbiosciences, in a Daily Dive with Chief Science Officer #BethShapiro

We’re beyond excited to feature @rebeccarusch on #PioneersofhePossible If you haven’t already heard, Rebecca is known as the Queen of Pain, from her 30+ years of pushing limits. Join in with your classrooms: 🗓️ May 22, 2025 🕕 1pm ET

Meet Jonathan the #GiantTortoise — the world’s oldest known land animal! 🐢🎉 He just turned 192 years old and your classroom can meet him LIVE this week during the #WorldsMostExcitingClassroom! 📸 Swipe to see Jonathan back in 1886 — already fully grown! 📅 Thursday, May 15 🕘 9:00 AM ET

This week on #ExploringByTheSeat Mon 5/12 🪴 1pm ET - #WorldDayofPlantHealth with Dr Lauren Erland Tues 5/13 🐢 11am ET - Saving Sea Turtles With Lucas Meers & Micklers Landing Turtle Patrol 🚮 2pm ET - Trash Trackers: Using Data to Help Solve #PlasticPollution

20 seconds of a snake expert handling a venomous snake! Students went wild for our livestream yesterday with #oriannesociety, where Dr Chris Jenkins taught us all about #venomoussnakes 🐍 We learned that snakes use venom to help them track their prey after it's bitten!

4 tips on spotting #misinformation online in the age of #AI (a thread by a librarian)

You never know what you’re going to see around the corner when you’re on Safari 🦒🐆🦓 On last week's #WorldsMostExcitingClassroom, Joe shared some footage during his time exploring with the amazing guides from #klaserieprivatenaturereserve in #SouthAfrica.

Join #GairdnerAwards laureate Dr. Lewis Kay for an @ebtsoyp.bsky.social lesson on a tour through the world of proteins – the building blocks of cells and of you! This program is targeted to grades 8-12. 📅 May 2, 12:00 PM EST Registration and details ⬇️ exploringbytheseat.com/lessons/unlo...

A great question from a student about forest fires! And who better to answer it than Jaime, a Forest Fire Crew Leader with 6 seasons of experience working across Canada.

Joe’s saga in #SouthAfrica with #Darwin200 expedition continues! We beamed live from Hans Bay, 2 hours from Cape Town, South Africa where the Oosterschelde was docked. Joe had the chance to jump onboard the Slash Fin and use an #ROV to livestream his cage dive with Bronze Whaler #sharks!

In today’s #DailyDive meet Brett Lewis, a postdoctoral fellow at Queensland University of Technology! He’s uncovering what drives mushroom #corals to "walk" across the seafloor after breaking free from the reef — a wild survival move scientists are still trying to fully understand. #academicsky

#PaulSalopek of #OutofEdenWalk answers a student's question "do you have any regrets on this journey?"

Hey educators & explorers 👋 We’re Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants - and we connect your classroom (or research!) with the world Since 2015, we’ve run 4,500+ free, live virtual events with scientists, conservationists, adventurers & more 🌍 It’s free. It’s live. It’s awesome.