
Jackie Carpenter
Jackie has a diverse and long-standing background in education. Her passion for STEM and STEAM is embedded into the broader goals of her company – One Giant Leap Australia; working with industry, academia, governments, and the community to increase pathways and access to employment. Jackie links industry and education through innovation. Jackie’s vision is to create an organisation that drives the transformation of Australian Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics education; preparing young Australians for the opportunities of the future.
¨ Founder and Director One Giant Leap Australia
¨ Managing Director of the Not for Profit - One Giant Leap Australia Foundation
¨ Destination Imagination Australia Affiliate Director
¨ Space Camp USA Ambassador
¨ Space Camp Turkey Ambassador
¨ Australian Representative of the Global Friendship through Education Organisation
¨ International and National STEM/STEAM education consultant
¨ International Space University graduate
¨ Recipient of the Aviation Aerospace Australia Outstanding Leadership in Diversity Award
¨ Recipient of the Space Camp USA Alumni Chairman’s Award 2017
Current partnerships with Macquarie University, University of Technology Sydney, University of New South Wales, Sydney University, Catholic Education Diocese of PArramatta, Northrop Grumman, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, NASA/JPL and Australian Defence Force.
Sessions in which Jackie Carpenter attends
- 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
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- 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
- 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
- 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...
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- 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
- Take STEM Literacy out of this world with Story Time and Science Time From Space!
- 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
- Learn about the newest additions to the beloved Story Time From Space Program. Learn about science demonstrations that complement many of the...
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- Dropping in on NASA's Commercial Crew Program
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Did you know NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is about to launch American astronauts using American vehicles from American soil once again? Par...
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- Let's enjoy with the air: Balloon trampoline and Gagaku
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn unique international educational activities that highlight the properties of air and what it can do. From balloons to Japanese musical ins...
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- Living and Working on the ISS
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Living and Working together on the ISS, encompasses the skills necessary for crews with varied backgrounds and nationalities to work together to ac...
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- Starlight Social
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 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...
- 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
- ISS National Lab's Space Station Explorers Latest and Greatest for Space Education including "Ant-stronauts"
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Space Station Explorers has over 20 programs that can help your students be inspired and engaged in real space science and research. As a non...
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- Let's enjoy with the air: Balloon trampoline and Gagaku (copy)
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn unique international educational activities that highlight the properties of air and what it can do. From balloons to Japanese musical ins...
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- Escape Space: Unlocking The Airlock to Survival
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- There's an emergency on space station! Energy and oxygen levels are low, pressure is decreasing, the hatch door is stuck and the crew begins to pan...
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- 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
- International Collaboration: Bridging the STEM gap in China
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- With the help from US and Canadian teachers, STEM education in China gained momentum this past summer. This session will introduce participants to ...
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- Noctis Landing or Bust! A Martian Coding & Engineering Challenge
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- You are headed for Noctis Landing on Mars when your lander's GPS system goes down. You land safely, but need to get your crew and gear to the colon...
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- 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...
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- 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
- 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...
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- 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