Dr. Ajmal Murad
Principal
Safari Kids Learning Center
Sessions in which Dr. Ajmal Murad attends
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
- 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
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- 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
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- CAP's Free STEM Programs
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From airplanes to rockets and robotics to drones, CAP provides it all to K-12 educators. Learn about how you can...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Launch Your Robotics Club of Tomorrow, Today!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Interested in starting a robotics club but don't know where to start? Not sure if you know enough about robotics yourself? Need a grant to get mate...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- When the sky is no longer the limit! Using IoT technology to make a Weather Station that will FLY IN SPACE"
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants will use one IoT technology solution to build a weather station/satellite that collects data from almost anywhere! From the top of a b...
- Session
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- 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...
- Session
- Balloon Brain: Bringing Physics Down to Earth for K-5 Learners
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants in this session will actively engage in an integrated STEM/STEAM unit highlighting the hot air balloon. Attendees will participate in ...
- Session
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
- Coding for Kinder
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Bee Bots are exciting little robots designed for use by young children that bring fun into the classroom while learning sequencing, counting, and d...
- Session
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- Expert/Educator: Productive Facilitation in Schools
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Pick up pointers on drawing out and utilizing the ideas and experience of your group! Expert Jim Oswald and Educator Laurie Newman will provide a h...
- Session
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Coding a Jr. Botball robot using C++
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will learn basic coding, using C++, to code a Jr. Botball robot to complete introductory challenges. Participants will be introd...
- Session
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- 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...
- Session
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Coding with Curiosity
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Need new ideas to engage your elementary students in Engineering and Technology? Want to build and program the Curiosity Rover? In this...
- Session
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Creating Your K-8 Makerspace with Confidence & Under Budget
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- This hands-on workshop will focus on how to create a STEAM Lab/MakerSpace on a budget by using everyday and recycled materials. In additio...
- Session
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- A Mission to Mars: Inspiring STEM Through Stories
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Make STEM more accessible and engaging by integrating a storyline through a series of space-themed STEM challenges. Your students will transform in...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- An energetic session on Energy; Matter that matters; and Space, or lack thereof
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Activities to enhance your students? observation skills. Learn how little land is available for cu...
- Session
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- STEM Literacy "The Balancing Act"
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- ELAted For Space
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session is designed for English educators who are looking to incorporate hands-on activities into their classrooms and Science educators wanti...
- Session
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