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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

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 Tom Brestel 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
Classroom Lasers Part 1
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- Lab 2

Session

Mr. David Temple, Longview High School (Participant)

Bryce Standridge, Longview High School (Participant)

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...
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

1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Orion Splashdown
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Becky Busby, Frank Long Elementary (Participant)

Jessica Strauss, SEEC CREW (Other Participant)

Valeria Rodriguez, St. Stephan's Episcopal Day School (Other Participant)

Katrina Roddenberry, SEEC CREW (Participant)

Learn about the future of the space program with the Space Launch System and the Orion capsule.  Use the Engineering Design Process to design ...
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...
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

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
Space App Attack!!
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Dr. Molly Nipper, Spring Branch ISD- Bendwood School (Participant)

Polly Osei, SpringBranch ISD (Participant)

Participants will engage in new and innovative technology apps for their space lessons to engage their 21st century learners.  Participants wi...

Saturday 9 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
Seeing in the Dark: Preserving Dark Skies
45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Signup required

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

Session

Rachel Fuechsl, UT McDonald Observatory (Participant)

Dr. Keely Finkelstein, The University of Texas at Austin (Participant)

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...
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
The Why, When and Where of the Webb space telescope.
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Mr. Harry G. LAFORGE Jr., Hoffman Pilot Center, Inc. (Participant)

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...
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...