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Captain Charles Kirk

Industrial Arts Instructor
C.O. Wilson Middle School
Participates in 1 Session

I am a 15 yr vertean of teaching and a 7 year veteran of teaching Aerospace Engineering and Aviation. I am a avid aviator with a priviate pilot rating and iam currently working on my instrumentaion rating and my ground instructor rating. I currently serve as a member of the United States Air Force Auxillary, Civil Air Patrol. My current rank is Captain in the CAP and I am a squadron commander for SWT-TX186th Spindletop Cadet Squadron, Beaumont, Texas. 

 I am happliy married to my loving wife Cyinta, who is a second grade teacher in Beaumont, Texas Ihave two grown step-childeren, a grand-son. I've been comming to SEEC since 2018 and this will be my fourth convention.

Sessions in which Captain Charles Kirk participates

Thursday 7 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
What Does It Weigh?
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Mr. Bill Decker, C.O. Wilson Middle School (Participant)

Captain Charles Kirk, C.O. Wilson Middle School (Participant)

How can you weigh something in space? during this session, you will determine the weight of objects by collecting and graphing data by using a spri...

Sessions in which Captain Charles Kirk 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
International Space Station Ozo-some Mission!
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- ERC

Session

Lisa Richardson, Clear Brook High School in Clear Creek ISD (Participant)

Valerie Blackburn, Blackburn STEM Ed. Consulting (Participant)

Use the Ozobot color coding and geometry concepts to dice roll your way to a new and innovative International Space Station Module!  Walk away...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Lunch 1 Thursday
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

12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Space Robotics Challenge Phase 2 – Engaging Students Through Space Exploration Solutions
45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Daniel Newmyer, Space Center Houston (Participant)

NASA Centennial Challenges directly engage the public in the process of advanced technology development. The program offers incentive prizes to gen...

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
Digital Age Teaching & Learning: Challenge-based Learning
1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Signup required

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

Session

Dr. Sharon Bowers, National Institute of Aerospace (Participant)

Participants use an engineering design process to create NASA Spotlite videos. They take on the roles of Subject Matter Experts, science communicat...
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
Fluid Dynamics and the Physics of Flight
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 1

Session

Loren Lykins, Carlisle High School (Participant)

Charla Nicholas, Carlisle High School (Participant)

Fluid Dynamics! Good demos, great labs, and spectacular paper airplanes?This is a hands-on presentation, so get ready to have some fun. Instruction...
12:00 PM
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
1:15 PM
Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Visitors’ Gallery (Tour)
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS

Tour

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 ...

Saturday 9 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
Explore the History of Manned Space Flight
45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour

Tour

10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Expert/Educator: Spaceflight Operations Training
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Signup required

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

Session

Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Clay Anderson, Former NASA Astronaut (Participant)

Join Clay Anderson, NASA Astronaut, retired and Space Center Houston Education Manager, Phyllis Friello for Spaceflight Operations Training....
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Return of the X-Planes!
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 1

Session

Rachel Stagner, Templeton Academy / NASA ARMD (Participant)

Lisa Wininger, NASA/PASA (Participant)

X-planes are back! Join NASA Aeronautics and a new generation of aeronautics challenges. Find out how these challenges can be utilized to teach STE...
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
Remote Sensing of Mars
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Lori Rubino-Hare, Northern Arizona University Center for STEM Teaching and Learning/PLANETS (Participant)

Joelle Clark, Center for Science Teaching and Learning (Participant)

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...
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...