Dr. Ronald Rinehart
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Northern Iowa
Sessions in which Dr. Ronald Rinehart attends
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
- SEEC 101
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 7:30 AM - 7:45 AM | 15 minutes
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Keynotes Session- Vanessa Wyche
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Geo-Inquiry: From Earth to Space with GeoSpatial Technology!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Ready to engage your students in problem-based learning using National Geographic's Geo-Inquiry Process? Ask, Collect, Visualize, Create and Act! C...
- Session
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Lunch 1 Thursday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- They Drink What??? Designing a Water Filtration/Purification System
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Use curiosity about water recycling on the ISS to introduce a water filtration/purification engineering activity, consider applications in daily li...
- Session
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Expert/Educator: InSight: Taking the Vital Signs of Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- UCLA and Lunar and Planetary Institute scientist Caroline Beghein will update participants on NASA’s historic InSight Mission, the first robotic ex...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Using Astronaut & Satellite Imagery to Compare Planetary Landforms
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Astronauts have long been taking images of Earth. Satellite imagery is an important part of student curriculum. Students gain an understanding of g...
- Session
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- The Eagle has Landed: A Hands-on Approach to Lunar Landings
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- As the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 nears, students will be immersed in the engineering, fascination, and the wonder of the moon. Starting off wit...
- Session
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Starlight Social
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- 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 3 hours
- Elevate your evening and network with young professionals during Space Center Houston’s Starlight Social 5:30-8:30 p.m. Feb 7. Mingle with other pr...
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Keynote- Dr. Alan Stern
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
- Dr. Stern is a planetary scientist, author and the principal investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. He will p...
- Keynote
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Mars MAVEN and Planetary Magnetism
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In a collaborative classroom setup, Participants will act as scientists discovering magnetic fields and electromagnetism through inquiry and mea...
- Session
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Lunch 1 Friday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Expert/Educator: InSight: Taking the Vital Signs of Mars (copy)
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- UCLA and Lunar and Planetary Institute scientist Caroline Beghein will update participants on NASA’s historic InSight Mission, the first robotic ex...
- Session
- Coding a Jr. Botball robot using C++
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will learn basic coding, using C++, to code a Jr. Botball robot to complete introductory challenges. Participants will be introd...
- Session
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- NASA STEM in Your Classroom
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Interested in NASA hands-on lessons and activities related to the Heliophysics (the Sun) and Earth Science for K-5th students in formal and informa...
- Session
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Coding with Curiosity
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Need new ideas to engage your elementary students in Engineering and Technology? Want to build and program the Curiosity Rover? In this...
- Session
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Using space to engage Elementary Mathematicians
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Students solidify math skills when they see real world applications and they are excited to do so when lessons revolve around a favorite topic like...
- Session
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Expert/Educator: Spaceflight Operations Training
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Join Clay Anderson, NASA Astronaut, retired and Space Center Houston Education Manager, Phyllis Friello for Spaceflight Operations Training....
- Session
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Lunch 1 Saturday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Story Time from Space: Using NASA?s In-Orbit readings to boost STEAM learning in your classroom!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Spice up your elementary reading lesson with Story Time from space! Learn how to integrate NASA?s In-orbit readings to boost STEAM learning in your...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Remote Sensing of Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What do scientists want to learn about Mars? What makes a good landing site? How does remote sensing help choose the best site? Come explore rem...
- Session
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Featured Keynote- Gene Kranz
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour
- An iconic NASA flight director, Gene is best known for his leadership in bringing Apollo 13 safely back to Earth and guiding Apollo 11 into hist...
- Keynote