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Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants

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Beaming science, adventure and conservation into classrooms through virtual speakers and field trips.

The primary purpose of Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants is to connect classrooms with guest speakers and virtual field trips from individuals, organizations and institutions around the world. The primary focus is science, exploration and conservation, but we are not restricted to these areas. The secondary purpose of Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants is to fund innovative research, conservati

06/06/2026

We were super lucky to have Lunar Science Lead, Marie Henderson, from the mission speak to our classrooms last week!

She walked us through a deeper perspective of the famous picture that came out of the recent trip around the moon.

Image credit to NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

06/05/2026

One of our students asked Dr. Sylvia A. Earle what’s her favourite sea creature to see diving- her response? One of them!

We are still buzzing over our event with the one and only, Sylvia Earle. Such great conservations came out of our students questions and she left our classrooms with words of hope on the state of our oceans.

Watch the full lesson with Dr. Sylvia here: https://www.youtube.com/live/orxWZzf_GKU?t=2454s

Stay tuned for more highlights with Her Deepness!

06/02/2026

This week is all about the ocean as a lead up to on June 8th.

We have livestreams with different ocean experts and explorers. Including a very special event with Her Deepness, Sylvia A. Earle on Thursday, June 4th at 10am ET!

Check out the line up below!

Tune in to any of our live events via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/
See more details of each event here: https://exploringbytheseat.com/lessons/

06/01/2026

We couldn’t be more excited to announce Her Deepness, Sylvia A. Earle will be talking to our classrooms this Ocean Week!

Dr. Sylvia has led more than a hundred expeditions, logged over 7,000 hours underwater, has been named one of magazines “Heroes for the Planet, and is a pioneer for developing new technologies to access the deep sea!

This one will truly be such a special event!

Mark your calendars for:
🗓️ June 4th
🕚 10 AM ET

See more details: https://exploringbytheseat.com/lessons/exploring-and-protecting-our-ocean-with-her-deepness-sylvia-earle/

05/24/2026

Tune in live May 27 at 1pm ET/ 11 am MDT!

https://exploringbytheseat.com/lessons/the-new-grizzly-bear-hq/

🐻 Calling all teachers, educators, and lifelong learners: let’s talk bears!

Get ready for a Parks Canada virtual adventure: A New Grizzly HQ.
Join Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants and Peak Discovery on May 27 at 11 am MDT.

There’s a new grizzly in Waterton Lakes National Park, and he’s searching for the perfect place to call home. 🏞️🌿🏔️
Wetlands? Grasslands? Alpine heights? You decide!

🐾 Together, we’ll explore three incredible ecoregions and discover what makes each one unique; all while helping this four-legged explorer choose his new headquarters.

🎉 Don’t miss out on this educational adventure, register today: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/waterton/activ/decouvertes-tours/virtuelles-virtual

05/21/2026

Did you know grasslands are one of the most endangered ecosystems on Earth and one of the least talked about?

Tomorrow, we’re going LIVE with John Wilmshurst, Native Grassland Conservation Manager for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, to celebrate the .

We’ll explore what’s thriving, what’s threatened, and what YOU can do to help protect grasslands close to home and around the world.

Free for classrooms
Recommended for grades 4–8
Friday, May 22 @ 12pm ET

More details on the event 🔗: https://exploringbytheseat.com/lessons/grassland-migrations-with-john-wilmshurst-2/

05/19/2026

Learn more about the hidden natural world with Andrew Budziak, Canadian explorer, filmmaker and wildlife photographer telling stories of places most people don’t think to look.

Andrew leads the project , where he and a team of ice divers explore frozen lakes to study how climate change is affecting our freshwater.

Tune in live on YouTube on Wednesday to learn more about Andrew’s work and discover a world you might not had the chance to see before 🌎

Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Q-KuR8Tig

Learn more about Andrew: https://www.andrewbudziak.com/

Learn more about Andrew's project, Freeze the Future: https://www.freezethefuture.com/

05/19/2026

We learned SO much about Mars and the current tech used to explore it with Dr Tanya Harrison ( on Instagram)

This part of Tanya’s lesson floored Jesse (when it comes to space he is pretty all knowing, so that’s hard to do) where she showed us some evidence of water on Mars!

Comparing it to how salt keeps ice on our sidewalks from freezing in the winter, the theory here is that the salinity of Mars geology is allowing some amounts of water to flow! Which is what we see in the image clips at the top.

This could have huge promise for our search for life on Mars 🦠

Thanks so much for sharing all your wisdom Tanya! You are filled with it and we learned so much 💜

Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXkP2wG6YjE&t=795s

05/18/2026

What does space exploration have to do with Canadian National Parks?

In our recent lesson with Parks Canada, we learned why the geology of is of interest to

The icy environment of Jasper mimics the icy layer of a moon off of Saturn, where underneath that icy layer, there is water that could host life 🧬

NASA has been developing technology to explore this moon and testing it on glaciers in Jasper.

Curious to learn more? Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUAoLL5_DuQ&t=166s

05/11/2026

In case you missed the full recap with the fantastic Plateau Astro ... rewatch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCFSRf4Z8rQ

Gave two presentations covering the Artemis II mission today, reaching 892 students across North America!

Thanks a bunch to Jesse at Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants for letting me get my excitement about this mission out there and into classrooms 🚀

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