Sessions in which Jason Katz participates
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Squishy Circuits
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Participate in an example of how to integrate the "A" (Arts) in STEAM. We will learn about basic circuits and how to teach them in a fun and engagi...
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Sessions in which Jason Katz attends
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- International Space Station Ozo-some Mission!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Use the Ozobot color coding and geometry concepts to dice roll your way to a new and innovative International Space Station Module! Walk away...
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11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Launch Your Robotics Club of Tomorrow, Today!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Interested in starting a robotics club but don't know where to start? Not sure if you know enough about robotics yourself? Need a grant to get mate...
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1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Building 9 Bus
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Cinespace: Calling all international space educators to produce space video stories
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Calling all international space educators for a networking session to share the great things happening in your region and learn how to participate ...
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- Balloon Brain: Bringing Physics Down to Earth for K-5 Learners
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants in this session will actively engage in an integrated STEM/STEAM unit highlighting the hot air balloon. Attendees will participate in ...
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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
- Digital Age Teaching & Learning: Challenge-based Learning
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants use an engineering design process to create NASA Spotlite videos. They take on the roles of Subject Matter Experts, science communicat...
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11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- Expert/Educator: Space Rocks!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Session participants will learn about Martian meteorites including sediments from the Gale Crater from a meteoriticist and geochemist working as th...
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Floating, Eating, and Target Practice
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Floating, Eating, and Target Practice teaches about the challenges of living and working in space. From popcorn balls to balloons, participants wil...
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- Coding a Jr. Botball robot using C++
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will learn basic coding, using C++, to code a Jr. Botball robot to complete introductory challenges. Participants will be introd...
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1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Where Space Science and Art - Intersection STEAM
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Explore the intersection of where art and science meet in this integrated STEAM aerospace workshop. Participants will explore the interplay of basi...
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3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Escape Space: Unlocking The Airlock to Survival
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- There's an emergency on space station! Energy and oxygen levels are low, pressure is decreasing, the hatch door is stuck and the crew begins to pan...
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7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- 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
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Creating Your K-8 Makerspace with Confidence & Under Budget
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- This hands-on workshop will focus on how to create a STEAM Lab/MakerSpace on a budget by using everyday and recycled materials. In additio...
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Expert/Educator: Spaceflight Operations Training
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Join Clay Anderson, NASA Astronaut, retired and Space Center Houston Education Manager, Phyllis Friello for Spaceflight Operations Training....
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- A Mission to Mars: Inspiring STEM Through Stories
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Make STEM more accessible and engaging by integrating a storyline through a series of space-themed STEM challenges. Your students will transform in...
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11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- 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...
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12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Exoplanet Art
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Learn about the Kepler Space Telescope and other telescopes that discover exoplanets. Apply understanding of current planets to create fictional pl...
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1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Creating and Implementing Large-Scale Student/Family Engagement Activities
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Through this hands-on STEM-based session, learn six how teachers from a variety of backgrounds (including high school English, career tech, element...
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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...
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