
Tom Brestel
College Prep Physics and Chemistry Holdrege High School, Holdrege, NE
NASA Nebraska Space Grant
Participates in 2 items
Sessions in which Tom Brestel participates
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- 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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11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- 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...
- Session
Sessions in which Tom Brestel 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
- Classroom Lasers Part 1
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Classroom Lasers Part 1 will be focused on basic information on lasers. It will show and utilize many online applets that can be useful classroom a...
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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
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Orion Splashdown
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn about the future of the space program with the Space Launch System and the Orion capsule. Use the Engineering Design Process to design ...
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3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Living and Working on the ISS
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Living and Working together on the ISS, encompasses the skills necessary for crews with varied backgrounds and nationalities to work together to ac...
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5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Starlight Social
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 3 hours
- 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...
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
- 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...
- Session
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
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Visitors’ Gallery (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
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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8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Seeing in the Dark: Preserving Dark Skies
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- The dark night sky is a dwindling natural resource most people don't ever think much about. This session will explore the value of darkness a...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- 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...
- Session
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- 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
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- The Why, When and Where of the Webb space telescope.
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Why, When and Where of the Webb space telescope. This workshop will develop and explain the science that will be nourished when the James...
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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...
- Keynote