
Dr. Kellie Taylor
She/her
Kellie Taylor is an elementary teacher in the Boise School District. She also has experience as a K-5 Engineering teacher. She began her teaching career in 2004 and earned her masters and doctorate in Educational Technology from Boise State University while teaching fulltime. Kellie has shared her work in the classroom at various conferences beginning with the 2013 Radical Innovation Summit in Washington D.C. and then as a strand provider for robotics and 3D printing at the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018 i-STEM Summer Institutes. In addition, Kellie presented her work with robotics and 3D printing at the 2014, 2015, 2017 NCCE Conferences. She also presented on robotics programmed with C++ at the 2018 SEEC and 2018 IETA. Kellie has been recognized as a 2014 and 2018 State Finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and attended the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy in Pittsburgh, PA in July of 2015. She also received the 2016 K-6 Industry’s Excellent Educators Dedicated to STEM award for her work integrating industry into the classroom and providing real world science experiences. Kellie has been Teacher of the Year at her school in 2007, 2012, and 2017, a 2018 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, and a 2020-2021 NMAAHC STEM Master Teacher program. She maintains a curious attitude that promotes innovation in the classroom and school culture; however, curiosity is only the beginning. Kellie follows her curiosity and passion for education by striving to grow professionally through conference attendances, educator institutes, and participating in various opportunities such as Maven Elementary Educator Summit, NASA Microgravity University for Educators, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 4th Annual National Summer Teacher Institute on Innovation, STEM, and Intellectual Property. She also attended Picademy during August 2017 and became a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. Kellie is a member of Space Exploration Educator Crew through Space Center Houston. With all the various professional development, she continues to advance students’ engagement in STEM with classroom instruction, additional opportunities in after school groups and competitive teams, and organizing school-wide events such as STEM Night and Sumobots. Kellie works to build upon students’ existing skills in 3D printing, robotics, engineering, and collaboration, through problem-based challenges. Furthermore, while developing her professional abilities and the abilities of her students, she works to conduct action research on best practices for STEM implementation in the elementary classroom.
Sessions in which Dr. Kellie Taylor 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
- Session
- 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
- Expert/Educator: Results of the Year in Space/Twin Study
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- On March 27, 2015 American Astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko began their year in space aboard the International Space S...
- Session
- 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 ...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- Mission Control Center (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - Mission Control Bus
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- 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
- One Launch, a Thousand Sparks: the Impact of Student-Developed Experiments
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session provides educators with tools and confidence needed to engage an entire school community in a student-developed space experiment. Part...
- 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...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- Planetary Analog Test Site (aka Rock Yard) (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off- Site locations (take bus) - Mars Yard Bus
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour the large multi-acre test area that simulates general features of the lunar and Martian surface terrain environment consisting of various s...
- Tour
- 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
- Getting a Feel for Space: Resources for the Blind / Visually Impaired
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- NASA has acquired thousands of images, video, and data that help us to visualize, interpret, and map planetary surfaces. What about students who ar...
- Session
- 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
- Return of the X-Planes!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- 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...
- Session
- 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
- 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