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Janie HENDERSON

Sessions in which Janie HENDERSON 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

Engage students with a gel electrophoresis experiment analyzing DNA from the International Space Station! Can you determine whether dangerous bacteria have stowed away aboard the ISS before any crewmembers get sick? Microbe Hunters is a lab acti...

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Thursday 27 June, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
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Friday 28 June, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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. 

1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes

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. ...

6:30 PM
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes

RSVP to attend the Galactic Gala on Friday, June 28. The Galactic Gala Reception begins at 6:30 p.m with the Galactic Gala beginning at 7:00 p.m. Join us for a night of dinner, dancing and a celebration of the educators at SPACE with special guest Winston Scott. Attire for the Galactic Gala is formal. All attendees must RSVP yes to attend the Galactic Gala. This RSVP is only for educator attendees to SPACE. If you wish to bring a guest to the Galactic Gala a Galactic G...

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