Shannon McConnell
Sessions in which Shannon McConnell 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...
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.
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...