Ana Escobar
Sessions in which Ana Escobar attends
Wednesday 26 June, 2024
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...
NASA’s Artemis Missions will return humans to the Moon to live and work as a testbed for crewed exploration farther into the solar system, beginning with Mars. The Artemis Base Camp will be a permanent outpost at Shackleton Crater located at the lunar south pole. Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pathways' Artemis ROADS II (Rover Observations and Discoveries in Space) framework explores NGSS aligned hands-o...
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.
Through our presentation, we will share about Real World Explorations and what Oceans to Orbits has to offer both to educators and student while giving them hands on experiences and a first-hand look at the "orbits" exploration in our Ocean's to Orbits campaign. This campaign is closely aligned to NGSS Standards to benefit both educators and students. Through this course, we will focus on interpreting data, ...
Thursday 27 June, 2024
Friday 28 June, 2024
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.
Meet the amazing NASA Sew Sister Jean Wright as she discusses how her group of Aerospace Composite Technicians crafted thermal blankets to insulate the orbiters from thermal energy. Utilize that new information to engage in an engineering design challenge to create a barrier that will protect an object from thermal energy conduction. Help your student connect the academic concepts to real-life applications. ...