Mr John Kubala

Astronomy Teacher

Mesquite High School

Sessions in which Mr John Kubala attends

Thursday 7 February, 2019

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

8:00 AM

Keynotes Session- Vanessa Wyche

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Signup required

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

Keynote

10:00 AM

Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Observation deck (Tour)

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

Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS

Tour

11:30 AM

Lunch 1 Thursday

1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1

12:45 PM

Expert/Educator: Station, this is Mission Control

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Jennifer Turner, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Amy Tinnell, West Jackson Elementary School (Participant)

Join Expert Jennifer Turner and Educator Amy Tinnell as they explore the world of ISS communication! Jennifer supports Mission Control as a CRONUS ...

1:45 PM

Modeling the Expanding Universe

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

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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

Team Teach Lessons with Astronauts on the International Space Station

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

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

Session

Scott Black, NASA (Participant)

John Dedeaux Davis, NASA/Oklahoma State University (Participant)

Astronauts are teaching STEM lessons with microgravity demonstrations from the International Space Station. Johnson Space Center's STEM on Station ...

Friday 8 February, 2019

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

8:00 AM

Keynote- Dr. Alan Stern

1 hour, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

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

Keynote

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...

9:30 AM

One Launch, a Thousand Sparks: the Impact of Student-Developed Experiments

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

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

Karen Kingrea, NCSEA (Participant)

Lauren Milord, DreamUp (Participant)

This session provides educators with tools and confidence needed to engage an entire school community in a student-developed space experiment. Part...

11:00 AM

Lunch 1 Friday

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1

1:15 PM

Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Visitors’ Gallery (Tour)

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

Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS

Tour

MissionX: Train Like an Astronaut

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

Signup required

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

Session

Michael Wilkinson, Fieldston Lower School` (Participant)

Stefanie Gozdziewski, Ethical Culture Fieldston School (Participant)

Participants in this workshop will be presented with a potential model of implementation of the MissionX program. The case study is a 4th grade ...

3:15 PM

Expert/Educator: Let's Eat!

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

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

Session

MRS Maria Nickel, ISD #21 (Participant)

Jennifer Cheesman, Peoria Unified School District (Participant)

Educators will learn how food is prepared for its mission to space and how space scientists use space bars to balance the nutr...

Saturday 9 February, 2019

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

8:45 AM

Explore the History of Manned Space Flight

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour

Tour

10:00 AM

Project Apollo: Recollection and Meaning

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

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

Session

Dr. Gary Kitmacher, NASA (Participant)

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...

11:45 AM

The Physics of Light Using Light Emitting Diodes

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

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

Session

Pam Petersen, York Middle School (Participant)

Tom Brestel, NASA Nebraska Space Grant (Participant)

Participants will be shown how to do hands on activities using light emitting diodes. Including the energy of the photon, diffraction pattern...

12:30 PM

Lunch 2 Saturday

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

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

1:45 PM

The Why, When and Where of the Webb space telescope.

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

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2

Session

Mr. Harry G. LAFORGE Jr., Hoffman Pilot Center, Inc. (Participant)

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...

3:30 PM

Featured Keynote- Gene Kranz

1 hour, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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

Keynote

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...