Crystal Boles
STEAM Teacher/OSTA Regional Board Member
Gresham-Barlow School District
6-8 STEAM teacher and 6th-grade math teacher. 2012 Space Camp Alum.
Oregon Science Teachers Association Board Member: East Metro Region
Sessions in which Crystal Boles attends
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: Going to Mars Without Leaving Earth
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How would you perform in isolation, confinement, and remote conditions? The Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), a simula...
- 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
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Squishy Circuits
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Participate in an example of how to integrate the "A" (Arts) in STEAM. We will learn about basic circuits and how to teach them in a fun and engagi...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- National Geographic's Geo-Inquiry Process in Action!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- National Geographic invites you to empower students to think like space explorers. Join us for an interactive session to learn how The Geo-Inqui...
- Session
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- What Does It Weigh?
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How can you weigh something in space? during this session, you will determine the weight of objects by collecting and graphing data by using a spri...
- 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
- 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
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Astronaut Dive Training (Dive Session) Double session
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Dive Session (Williams Pool Bus)
- 11:45 AM - 2:45 PM | 3 hours
- Craig Shannon, NBL Dive Master will show you how toTrain like astronauts in this exciting session! You will participate in underwater t...
- Session
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
- Creating Your K-8 Makerspace with Confidence & Under Budget
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- This hands-on workshop will focus on how to create a STEAM Lab/MakerSpace on a budget by using everyday and recycled materials. In additio...
- 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
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- Lunch 2 Saturday
- 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
- Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
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