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Amy Rodgers

Sessions in which Amy Rodgers attends

Wednesday 26 June, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | 45 minutes
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour

Begin SPACE Conference at our Welcome Ceremony with an inspiring message from Barbara Morgan. Barbara Morgan is a NASA astronaut (retired) and educator. She trained with the Challenger crew as the backup for Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe.  Later, after teaching public school for 24 years i...

12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour

Astronaut Fred Haise is an American legend. He will join us virtually during the lunch hour on day one of SPACE 2024. What an amazing treat for our educators! He will tell his story of Apollo 13 and answer questions live with our conference participants via Zoom. 

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes

How often do we look up at the night sky and wonder what we are seeing? What star or constellation is that? Is that a star or a planet? What do we say if a child or student asks these questions of us? Please join us as we will present some basic night sky viewing information and ideas for the elementary and middle school classroom. You do not need to be an expert astronomer to be able to take your students o...

3:40 PM
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes

Tired of the same old plant growth lessons? Help spark student interest in agriculture using Space as the hook. When humans go to settle the Moon and Mars, they will have to eat. While some food may be flown in, we will have to learn to cultivate food on other worlds. Help students look at growing crops a whole new way as they use the experimental design process to plan and carry out investigations to cultiv...

Thursday 27 June, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 2 hours
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Friday 28 June, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:45 AM
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM | 2 hours

At this time, all tour selections for SPACE 2024 are closed. If you did not select a tour, the SPACE team will place you in an open tour. Tour selection cannot be changed.  Tour dress code requirements: Shoes must cover the entire foot and have flat soles, no ballet shoes/slippers or high heels. Socks and sneakers...

12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Pick up lunch at The Center for Space Education and enjoy time at the KSC Visitor Complex. Picnic tables and indoor dining locations are available for seating. The Center for Space Education will be closed from 12:00-1:15 p.m.