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Pam Petersen

Teacher
York Middle School
Participates in 2 items

Sessions in which Pam Petersen participates

Friday 8 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Grappling with a Robotic Arm
45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Tom Brestel, NASA Nebraska Space Grant (Participant)

Pam Petersen, York Middle School (Participant)

During this session, you will learn the importance of a robotic arm on the International Space Station.  You will then build and participate i...

Saturday 9 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
The Physics of Light Using Light Emitting Diodes
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 3

Session

Pam Petersen, York Middle School (Participant)

Tom Brestel, NASA Nebraska Space Grant (Participant)

Participants will be shown how to do hands on activities using light emitting diodes.  Including the energy of the photon, diffraction pattern...

Sessions in which Pam Petersen attends

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

10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Expert/Educator: Results of the Year in Space/Twin Study
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Signup required

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

Session

Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)

John Charles Ph.D., Space Center Houston (Participant)

On March 27, 2015 American Astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko began their year in space aboard the International Space S...
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
They Drink What??? Designing a Water Filtration/Purification System
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 2

Session

Pam Kraus, Smoky Hill Education Service Center (Participant)

Use curiosity about water recycling on the ISS to introduce a water filtration/purification engineering activity, consider applications in daily li...
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
Dropping in on NASA's Commercial Crew Program
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Jessica Sain, NASA - Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Did you know NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is about to launch American astronauts using American vehicles from American soil once again? Par...
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Living and Working on the ISS
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Mr. Brian Ewenson, Spaceport Sheboygan (Participant)

Living and Working together on the ISS, encompasses the skills necessary for crews with varied backgrounds and nationalities to work together to ac...
Genes in Space - your DNA experiment in space!
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Dr Emily Gleason, Genes in Space (Participant)

Robert Dennison, Genes in Space (Participant)

Join Genes in Space and discover how students can design experiments that address real-world problems. Genes in Space is a free science contest tha...
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
ISS National Lab's Space Station Explorers Latest and Greatest for Space Education including "Ant-stronauts"
1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Signup required

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

Session

Samantha Thorstensen, CASIS-Space Station Explorers (Participant)

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...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Lunch 1 Friday
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Signup required

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

11:15 AM
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...
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Grappling with a Robotic Arm
45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Tom Brestel, NASA Nebraska Space Grant (Participant)

Pam Petersen, York Middle School (Participant)

During this session, you will learn the importance of a robotic arm on the International Space Station.  You will then build and participate i...
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
Expert/Educator: The Components of a Mars Habitat with HERA
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Diego Martinez, Delphian Schools (Participant)

Andrzej Stewart, Leidos (Participant)

The 2018 Alan Shepard Award winner, Diego Martinez, will present on his student created Mars Habitat Components and mock landing. Over 8 separat...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
To the Stars! – Leaving Complacency Behind with ISS Commander Dr. Leroy Chiao
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Jami Sunkel, OneOrbit (Participant)

Leroy Chiao, OneOrbit (Participant)

Complacency is an incipient black hole that can creep into organizations with little or no warning. Caught up in day-to-day operations, leaders ...
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)
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
The Physics of Light Using Light Emitting Diodes
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 3

Session

Pam Petersen, York Middle School (Participant)

Tom Brestel, NASA Nebraska Space Grant (Participant)

Participants will be shown how to do hands on activities using light emitting diodes.  Including the energy of the photon, diffraction pattern...
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

1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Signup required

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

Tour

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...