Women in STEM

Women in STEM

By Nine Hour FilmsScienceEducation
Download on the App Store

Women in STEM episodes

  • Amy Mainzer
    Astronomer Amy Mainzer searches for near earth objects with her work at NASA, and helps kids learn to love science with her work on Ready, Jet, Go.
    Image Courtesy of University of Arizona.
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Carolyn Shoemaker
    Today is our 100th episode, and we’re featuring the woman who has discovered a record number of comets, Carolyn Shoemaker.
    Image: Wikimedia
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Yi So-Yeon
    Sixteen years ago today, Yi So-Yeon became the first Korean astronaut to travel to space.
    Image: Wikimedia
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Emily Rice
    Dr. Emily Rice is an astrophysicist and a fashion blogger, one of the founders of STARtorialist.
    Image Courtesy of STARtorialist.
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Rebecca Oppenheimer
    Over 1,000 planetary systems have been discovered outside our own, and scientists like Dr. Rebecca Oppenheimer are working to find new ways to see them more clearly.
    Image Courtesy of AMNH.
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Henrietta Swan Leavitt
    Hired at the Harvard College Observatory in 1893, astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt was one of Pickering’s Computers, women hired to complete calculations for male scientists.
    Image: Wikimedia
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Williamina Fleming
    With no formal training in astronomy, Williamina Fleming’s contributions to the field are numerous and groundbreaking.
    Image: Wikimedia
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Jane Goodall
    Conservationist and activist Jane Goodall has studied primates in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania since the 1960s and her work has fundamentally changed our understanding of primate behavior.
    Image: Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Temple Grandin
    Today is World Autism Day and we would like to introduce you to Dr. Temple Grandin who is not only an expert at designing cattle management facilities but is also a prominent author and speaker on autism.
    Image: University of Denver (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED)
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min
  • Samantha Carter
    It’s April 1st, 2024 and we’d like you to meet astrophysics, pilot, and USAF Colonel Samantha Carter.
    Image: Stargate Command (MGM Television)
    Sources and additional reading are available at https://introductionsnecessary.com
    Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninehourfilms
    3 min