
Ms. Denise Wright
Denise Wright, has taught online and face to face in STEM education for over 22 years. She is a member of ISTE, NSTA Technology Advisory Board, and volunteers for NASA as a Solar System Ambassador. Denise, was one of the first teacher's in her state to pilot a historic Alvan Clark Refracting Telescope, in a distance learning environment. Classrooms across, South Carolina, now use this technology in cooperation with the South Carolina State Museum, to view the sun and night sky. In her local community, she founded the amateur astronomy group, Grand Strand Astronomers. One of her favorite night time observing sessions was under a sixty one inch reflecting telescope on Mount Lemmon at the University of Arizona. Her passions include learning about emerging technologies, astronomy, coding, and robotics. She recently attended the AI in K12 Symposium in Arlington, Virginia on a travel scholarship. Denise, received a state technology award, for the innovative use of microcontrollers in her classroom. She has presented at the South Carolina Teacher's Conference, NSTA STEM Expo, 2019 ISTE Philadelphia, and was a nominee for National Online Teacher of the Year in 2015 for INACOL
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Sessions in which Ms. Denise Wright attends
- 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
- LIDAR Mapping with Lasers
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn about the history of LIDAR laser and its current uses. Understand how LIDAR laser measuring ...
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- 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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- 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
- 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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- Celebrating Apollo's 50th with NASA and the Peanuts Gang
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- For 60 years, NASA has inspired humans and beagles alike to travel into deep space. Join NASA, Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang as they prepare to...
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- 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...
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- Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - Building 9 Bus
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- 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
- Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Tour
- Explore the History of Manned Space Flight
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- 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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- 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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- 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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