Mr. Chris Miller
Planetarium Coordinator
Pogue Planetarium, Grand Prairie ISD
Participates in 1 Session
Sessions in which Mr. Chris Miller participates
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- Our Solar System is BIG! Construct an outdoor model of the Solar System
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Images of the Solar System are usually misleading or wrong. Most of the typical activities that are used to show students the scale of the Solar Sy...
- Session
Sessions in which Mr. Chris Miller attends
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Early Bird Check in Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 3 hours
- Session
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
- Return to the Moon
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Current plans have astronauts exploring the surface of the moon! How do the Earth and Moon compare? How did the Moon form? What causes phases...
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11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Expert/Educator: A simple experiment can prove me wrong
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Can scientific knowledge change? Or is it just our approach to science that changes? When students begin to learn about STEM subjects in school,...
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12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- Lunch 2 Thursday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Plan An Orbital Space Station: A Semester-long STEM Project
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Can you keep a team of astronauts alive and happy during a space mission? Learn how to guide students through a semester-long classroom or aftersch...
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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...
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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
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Lunch 2 Friday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Mission to Mars: Using "The Martian" as a Launchpad to Hands-On Study
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn how to use "The Martian" to inspire learning in science through hands-on study. See what one teacher did to get her students excited about le...
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3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Expert/Educator: Are we there yet?
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- If you're cruising around Deep Space like Starman in his Tesla how do you know where you are? Find out how NASA experts are developing techni...
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7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Seeing in the Dark: Preserving Dark Skies
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- The dark night sky is a dwindling natural resource most people don't ever think much about. This session will explore the value of darkness a...
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- A Mission to Mars: Inspiring STEM Through Stories
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Make STEM more accessible and engaging by integrating a storyline through a series of space-themed STEM challenges. Your students will transform in...
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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