Pamela Knab

Outreach Coordinator/Educator

Texas Space Grant Consortium/Lake Travis STEM Academy

Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which Pamela Knab participates

Friday 8 February, 2019

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

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...

Sessions in which Pamela Knab 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

Expert/Educator: Exploring the Universe: What is out there?

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

Signup required

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

Session

Dr. Ian Dell' Antonio, Brown University (Participant)

Renee Gamba, Museum of Natural History and Planetarium/Providence Parks (Participant)

What are ways scientists search for distant planets? What is gravitational lensing? Through a webinar with Dr. Ian Dell-Antonio, Professor of Physi...

12:15 PM

Astronaut Dive Training (Dive Session) Double session

3 hours, 12:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Dive Session (Williams Pool Bus)

Session

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

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

Modeling the Expanding Universe in the Classroom

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

Signup required

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

Session

Emily Neuheimer, Perimeter Institute (Outreach Teacher Network) (Participant)

The Expanding Universe - a teacher resource by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Activities explore how scientists use emission spectra ...

11:15 AM

Expert/Educator: Space Rocks!

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 4

Dr. Nicholas Castle, Lunar and Planetary Institute (Participant)

Mary Vaughn, School District of Hillsborough County (Participant)

Session participants will learn about Martian meteorites including sediments from the Gale Crater from a meteoriticist and geochemist working as th...

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

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...

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

Getting a Feel for Space: Resources for the Blind / Visually Impaired

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

Signup required

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

Session

Dr. Cassandra Runyon, College of Charleston (Participant)

Caitlin Nolby, University of North Dakota - NASA ND Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Emily Schaefer, North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

NASA has acquired thousands of images, video, and data that help us to visualize, interpret, and map planetary surfaces. What about students who ar...

10:00 AM

NASA's Eyes on the Solar System: An Integrated ELA Approach

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

Signup required

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

Session

Meghan Jacquot, Yeshiva of Greater Washington (Participant)

Many struggle regarding integrating Language Arts and Science. However, with NASA's Eyes on the Solar System there?s a way. This session focuses...

11:30 AM

Lunch 1 Saturday

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

Signup required

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

1:45 PM

Expert/Educator: Martian Meteorites: Providing clues to the Red Planet's Past

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

Signup required

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

Session

Prajkta Mane, Lunar Planetary Institute (Participant)

Renee Gamba, Museum of Natural History and Planetarium/Providence Parks (Participant)

Learn about martian meteorites and all the exciting things they reveal about Mars. How did Martian meteorites get here? How do scientists know they...