
Becky Fritchie
Mrs. Becky Fritchie currently serves as the STEAM Lab Facilitator for grades Kindergarten through Fifth Grade at Bluff Ridge Primary (BRP) in Ascension Parish. She has taught in Ascension Parish for twelve years, spending the last two years at Bluff Ridge Primary in her current position. She is an alumna of Lee High School, graduated from Louisiana State University, and is currently enrolled at Louisiana State University: Shreveport to obtain her Master’s of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus in STEM Education.
As an educator, Becky serves as the BETA Club Sponsor, co-sponsor of the BRP News Team, and assists with the planning and implementation of Positive Behavior System reward ceremonies - among other duties and responsibilities on campus. Becky brings many learning opportunities to her school community by incorporating the Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) Program from the Civil Air Patrol, guest speakers, and professionals from a variety of backgrounds to many classrooms across the campus, and brings lessons and activities from her experiences as an Educator Ambassador for Infinity Science Center in Mississippi as well as Space Center Houston in Texas.
A life-long learner herself, Becky seeks out every available opportunity to enhance her own knowledge and find ways to leverage these experiences to best reach the students in her classroom and school community. She is also currently serving as a cohort member of the Louisiana Department of Education Coastal Fellowship Program to collaborate and create science resources for and with some of Louisiana’s finest educators
Sessions in which Becky Fritchie 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
- Keynote
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Observation deck (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- Return to the Moon
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Current plans have astronauts exploring the surface of the moon! How do the Earth and Moon compare? How did the Moon form? What causes phases...
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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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- Expert/Educator: Station, this is Mission Control
- 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
- Join Expert Jennifer Turner and Educator Amy Tinnell as they explore the world of ISS communication! Jennifer supports Mission Control as a CRONUS ...
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- STEAM Powered Space Challenge
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The presenters will demonstrate how to create a STEAM multi-district collaboration for staff and competitions for students which include a culminat...
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- 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
- Death, Destruction, and Mayhem: Using Simulator Classrooms to Teach 21st Century Skills
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Have you ever moderated tense peace negotiations in a world far away? Have you been tasked to discover the cause of an epidemic? Our students ge...
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- SEEC Crew work session
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- SEEC Crew: SEEC’s Space Educator Expedition Crew brings together exemplary educators from around the world to collaborate and further the missio...
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- Not your Average Space Activities
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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...
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- Expert/Educator: Let's Eat!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Educators will learn how food is prepared for its mission to space and how space scientists use space bars to balance the nutr...
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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
- Using space to engage Elementary Mathematicians
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Students solidify math skills when they see real world applications and they are excited to do so when lessons revolve around a favorite topic like...
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- NASA HERA TOUR
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - HERA Tour
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- HERA is a unique three-story habitat designed to serve as an analog for isolation, confinement, and remote conditions in explorati...
- Tour
- Space Week
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
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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
- Creating and Implementing Large-Scale Student/Family Engagement Activities
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Through this hands-on STEM-based session, learn six how teachers from a variety of backgrounds (including high school English, career tech, element...
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- 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