Sessions in which Mr. Bill Decker participates
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...
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Sessions in which Mr. Bill Decker attends
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
- They Drink What??? Designing a Water Filtration/Purification System
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Use curiosity about water recycling on the ISS to introduce a water filtration/purification engineering activity, consider applications in daily li...
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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
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
- "STEM-Pals" - Traveling STEM Challenges
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Do you enjoy collaborating with other teachers around the world? Join us as we integrate literature and space science with traveling STEM ...
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- 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...
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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...
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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
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Expert/Educator: InSight: Taking the Vital Signs of Mars (copy)
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- UCLA and Lunar and Planetary Institute scientist Caroline Beghein will update participants on NASA’s historic InSight Mission, the first robotic ex...
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1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- NASA STEM in Your Classroom
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Interested in NASA hands-on lessons and activities related to the Heliophysics (the Sun) and Earth Science for K-5th students in formal and informa...
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3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Space App Attack!!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants will engage in new and innovative technology apps for their space lessons to engage their 21st century learners. Participants wi...
- Session
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Tour
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Explore Our Solar System Using Thermal Energy and Magnetism!
- 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
- Engaging activities explore how spacecraft are used to map the solar system. Using Juno spacecraft as a guide, participants investigate infra...
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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
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Creating and Implementing Large-Scale Student/Family Engagement Activities
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Through this hands-on STEM-based session, learn six how teachers from a variety of backgrounds (including high school English, career tech, element...
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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