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We all know the legacy that Sputnik had on U.S. science education. Washington poured more than a billion dollars into overhauling the U.S. science curriculum. But television was transformed too. According to Ingrid Ockert, a Haas Fellow at the Science History Institute and a NASA History Fellow, the television show \u201cContinental Classroom\u201d was launched as a direct response to the Sputnik challenge. Five days a week, \u201cContinental Classroom\u201d was broadcast into American homes to encourage and inspire budding scientific minds.

From \u201cWatch Mr. Wizard\u201d to \u201cMythbusters,\u201d lots of Americans have grown up watching various science television programs. Ockert walks us through how science has changed television, and how television has influenced science.