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Diane Buxkemper

6th/8th Grade Science Teacher
GW Carver Middle School, Waco ISD
Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which Diane Buxkemper participates

Thursday 7 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
11:45 AM
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...

Sessions in which Diane Buxkemper attends

Wednesday 6 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Early Bird Check in
3 hours, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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

Session

Thursday 7 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
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

12:30 PM
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
1:45 PM
Using Astronaut & Satellite Imagery to Compare Planetary Landforms
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Suzanne Foxworth, JACOBS @NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Paige Graff, JACOBS@NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Astronauts have long been taking images of Earth. Satellite imagery is an important part of student curriculum. Students gain an understanding of g...
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Space Themed Quilts: Hands-On, No-Sew STEAM Education!
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Adrienne Provenzano, NASA Solar System Ambassadors JPL-CalTech (Participant)

Experience no-sew quilting that takes you and your students out of this world! Discover uses of textiles in space exploration - past, present, and ...
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Starlight Social
3 hours, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Available

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

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...

Friday 8 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Keynote- Dr. Alan Stern
1 hour, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Signup required

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
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
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
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
1:15 PM
Not your Average Space Activities
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Karmen Ingraffia, Killeen ISD Texas (Participant)

Martin Demel (Participant)

Alison Easlick, Killeen ISD Texas (Participant)

John Tarver, Killeen ISD Texas (Participant)

West Ward was and has NEVER BEEN average! Please join us for 18 years worth of activities from our relationship with NASA, commercial space and Spa...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Which Rocks Made This Sand? Or What Happened to the Rocks
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Pamela Knab, Texas Space Grant Consortium/Lake Travis STEM Academy (Participant)

Some day, our students will be looking at the sand and soil on Mars, on asteroids, and on other distant bodies in space. Having an opportunity to s...
7:00 PM
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)
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
Seeing in the Dark: Preserving Dark Skies
45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Signup required

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

Session

Rachel Fuechsl, UT McDonald Observatory (Participant)

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

The dark night sky is a dwindling natural resource most people don't ever think much about.  This session will explore the value of darkness a...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building

Tour

11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Ready for Lift-off!
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 4

Session

Laura Dunn, School District Hillsborough County (Participant)

Mary Vaughn, School District of Hillsborough County (Participant)

How does the amount of force applied or the angle of launch affect the flight of a handmade paper rocket?  Explore these questions and more as...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch 2 Saturday
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

3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Featured Keynote- Gene Kranz
1 hour, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Signup required

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...