Randy Wilson
Astronomy Teacher
North Mesquite HS
Sessions in which Randy Wilson 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
- Expert/Educator: Abort! Propelling Astronauts to Safety
- 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
- NASA's Orion Spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket will carry humans back the Moon and on to Mars. Meet an Ascent Abort Test Director and l...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Solar system Mystery
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will create a model of two unknown solar system objects, followed by applying math calculations to calculate scale models distances an...
- Session
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Expert/Educator: Station, this is Mission Control
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Join Expert Jennifer Turner and Educator Amy Tinnell as they explore the world of ISS communication! Jennifer supports Mission Control as a CRONUS ...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- The Search for Life on Mars and Beyond
- 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
- Does life exist beyond Earth? Join us and discover how to bring authentic astrobiology research into your classroom. Everything we know...
- Session
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- How To Talk To An Astronaut 250 miles Above Us
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Want to talk to an astronaut while they are in space? Learn from us how it's possible, through a FREE program called ARISS (Amateur Radio on the In...
- Session
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
- Expert/Educator: Space Travelers Guide to Packing for Mars - Tetris in Real Life
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What does an astronaut require for extended travel in space? It isn't just about the mechanics - but what makes "home" f...
- Session
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- Expert/Educator: Space Rocks!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Session participants will learn about Martian meteorites including sediments from the Gale Crater from a meteoriticist and geochemist working as th...
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Martian Water
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Within their journey to Mars, participants will work alongside the Curiosity Rover to decipher which mystery liquid is water. Scientific knowledge,...
- Session
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Build Your Planetarium
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Don't want to spend $6,000 on a planetarium? Fan filled planetarium won't inflate in the wind? On a budget? Come learn how to build a portable plan...
- Session
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Explore the History of Manned Space Flight
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Tour
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Project Apollo: Recollection and Meaning
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions, an overview of the program as the presenter experienced it, as a student, later in college partici...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Return of the X-Planes!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- X-planes are back! Join NASA Aeronautics and a new generation of aeronautics challenges. Find out how these challenges can be utilized to teach STE...
- Session
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Spark Interest in STEM: Creating a Personal Mission Patch
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- What makes your students light up? Learn how to get students more engaged in STEM by helping them identify their own "spark" or passion. Student sp...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- The Why, When and Where of the Webb space telescope.
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Why, When and Where of the Webb space telescope. This workshop will develop and explain the science that will be nourished when the James...
- 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