
Elisabeth (Betty Jo) Moore
Betty Jo Moore teaches 6th grade science at a STEAM magnet middle school. She is a lifelong learner and loves seeking out opportunities for learning and for ideas to bring back to the classroom. She has participated in the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, Honeywell Space Academy for Educators, the STEM Guitar Institute (she built an electric guitar), Advanced Space Academy for Educators, NASA LiftOff2016, workshops in Belize and California and was selected to be a part of the Smithsonian Institution's Teacher Innovator Institute for three years. She is certified to borrow the lunar and meteorite samples from the NASA Archives and is a National Geographic Certified Educator.
In 2015, Betty Jo was the inaugural recipient of the Sci-Works Innovation in Science Education Award and was a 2017 District Finalist for Teacher of the Year. In addition, she is proud that she has received twelve grants in the last several years. She is excited about being a part of the SEEC Crew because of the networking and learning opportunities, and the ability to share with the next generation of astronauts and engineers.
Betty Jo serves as Robotics coach, Science Olympiad coach and advisor for the Programming Club and Rocketry Club.
When not in the classroom, she enjoys music and plays the string bass with the Winston-Salem Civic Orchestra and is a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador. Her hobbies include travel, scrapbooking, hiking, gardening and reading.
Sessions in which Elisabeth (Betty Jo) Moore participates
- Mission to Mars: Using "The Martian" as a Launchpad to Hands-On Study
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn how to use "The Martian" to inspire learning in science through hands-on study. See what one teacher did to get her students excited about le...
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Sessions in which Elisabeth (Betty Jo) Moore attends
- Early Bird Check in Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 3 hours
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- 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
- 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
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- Geo-Inquiry: From Earth to Space with GeoSpatial Technology!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Ready to engage your students in problem-based learning using National Geographic's Geo-Inquiry Process? Ask, Collect, Visualize, Create and Act! C...
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- SEEC Crew Session one
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- SEEC’s Space Educator Expedition Crew brings together exemplary educators from around the world to collaborate and further the mission of space ...
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- 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
- Dropping in on NASA's Commercial Crew Program
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Did you know NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is about to launch American astronauts using American vehicles from American soil once again? Par...
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- How To Talk To An Astronaut 250 miles Above Us
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Want to talk to an astronaut while they are in space? Learn from us how it's possible, through a FREE program called ARISS (Amateur Radio on the In...
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- Starlight Social
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 3 hours
- 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...
- 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...
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- ISS National Lab's Space Station Explorers Latest and Greatest for Space Education including "Ant-stronauts"
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Space Station Explorers has over 20 programs that can help your students be inspired and engaged in real space science and research. As a non...
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- Lunch 1 Friday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Grappling with a Robotic Arm
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- During this session, you will learn the importance of a robotic arm on the International Space Station. You will then build and participate i...
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- Build Your Planetarium
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Don't want to spend $6,000 on a planetarium? Fan filled planetarium won't inflate in the wind? On a budget? Come learn how to build a portable plan...
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- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
- Getting a Feel for Space: Resources for the Blind / Visually Impaired
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- NASA has acquired thousands of images, video, and data that help us to visualize, interpret, and map planetary surfaces. What about students who ar...
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- Making Waves: Using Ham Radio to teach electromagnetic waves and to talk around the world
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Amateur Radio is a fun way to teach the electromagnetic spectrum. There is NO age limit ? ten year olds have earned their license and can talk to t...
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- The Physics of Light Using Light Emitting Diodes
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will be shown how to do hands on activities using light emitting diodes. Including the energy of the photon, diffraction pattern...
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- Lunch 2 Saturday
- 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
- 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...
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