Andra Meredith

Mobile County Public School System

Sessions in which Andra Meredith attends

Thursday 7 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

Return to the Moon

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Signup required

Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration

Session

Rebecca Moreland, Highland Middle School (Participant)

Joyce Hill, Texas Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Margaret Baguio, NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

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...

11:45 AM

Solar system Mystery

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Diane Buxkemper, GW Carver Middle School, Waco ISD (Participant)

Allison Larson, Waco ISD (Participant)

Participants will create a model of two unknown solar system objects, followed by applying math calculations to calculate scale models distances an...

12:30 PM

Lunch 2 Thursday

1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2

1:45 PM

Modeling the Expanding Universe

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room

Session

Dr. Keely Finkelstein, The University of Texas at Austin (Participant)

Rachel Fuechsl, UT McDonald Observatory (Participant)

The Big Bang, the age of the universe, and the expanding and accelerating universe: this session will demonstrate a number of hands-on classroom ac...

3:45 PM

Balloon Brain: Bringing Physics Down to Earth for K-5 Learners

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Amy Tinnell, West Jackson Elementary School (Participant)

Kathleen Venable, West Jackson Elementary School (Participant)

Participants in this session will actively engage in an integrated STEM/STEAM unit highlighting the hot air balloon. Attendees will participate in ...

Friday 8 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

9:30 AM

Inexpensive Space Activities for your Classroom (Revised)

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4

Session

Mr. Stanley Taylor, Young Canadian Space Club (Participant)

Laurie Kuchirka, Trafalgar Castle School (Participant)

Are you interested in affordable, hands-on, curricular-connected space activities? Please join us for this workshop. Some of the activities done in...

11:15 AM

Our Solar System is BIG! Construct an outdoor model of the Solar System

45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3

Session

Mr. Chris Miller, Pogue Planetarium, Grand Prairie ISD (Participant)

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...

12:00 PM

Lunch 2 Friday

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2

1:15 PM

Where Space Science and Art - Intersection STEAM

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3

Session

Mrs. Dianea Phillips, Science Yourself! NO G's About It! (Participant)

Jo-Ann Connolly Boutin, Lester B Pearson School Board (Participant)

Explore the intersection of where art and science meet in this integrated STEAM aerospace workshop. Participants will explore the interplay of basi...

3:15 PM

Fantastic Forces with Bernoulli

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Signup required

Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration

Session

Holly Mentillo, Ocean Breeze Elementary (Participant)

Betty Bigney, Sneads Ferry Home School (Participant)

This session will provide multiple hands-on, easy to implement, low or no cost activities to add a bit of excitement in your classroom! Explo...

7:00 PM

SEEC Banquet

4 hours, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza

Saturday 9 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

Explore Our Solar System Using Thermal Energy and Magnetism!

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3

Session

Laura Tomlin, Salado Middle School (Participant)

Karen Ewton, Salado Junior High School (Participant)

Engaging activities explore how spacecraft are used to map the solar system. Using Juno spacecraft as a guide, participants investigate infra...