Sessions in which Aspen Meineke participates
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Spark Interest in STEM: Creating a Personal Mission Patch
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- What makes your students light up? Learn how to get students more engaged in STEM by helping them identify their own "spark" or passion. Student sp...
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Sessions in which Aspen Meineke attends
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
- Expert/Educator: Going to Mars Without Leaving Earth
- 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
- How would you perform in isolation, confinement, and remote conditions? The Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), a simula...
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11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Lunch 1 Thursday
- 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
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Expert/Educator: InSight: Taking the Vital Signs of Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 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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1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Plan An Orbital Space Station: A Semester-long STEM Project
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Can you keep a team of astronauts alive and happy during a space mission? Learn how to guide students through a semester-long classroom or aftersch...
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- The Search for Life on Mars and Beyond
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Does life exist beyond Earth? Join us and discover how to bring authentic astrobiology research into your classroom. Everything we know...
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3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Team Teach Lessons with Astronauts on the International Space Station
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Astronauts are teaching STEM lessons with microgravity demonstrations from the International Space Station. Johnson Space Center's STEM on Station ...
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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
- Expert/Educator: Space Travelers Guide to Packing for Mars - Tetris in Real Life
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What does an astronaut require for extended travel in space? It isn't just about the mechanics - but what makes "home" f...
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11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- 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
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...
- Session
- 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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1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- 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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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...
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7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- 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
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Launching Student Dream: Ballooning to the Edge
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- A fun filled Physics investigation of near real time data acquisition showcasing the efforts of LCATS students to develop, build and collect the da...
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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...
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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
- Remote Sensing of Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What do scientists want to learn about Mars? What makes a good landing site? How does remote sensing help choose the best site? Come explore rem...
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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...
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