Justin Hickey
Physics/Astronomy Teacher
Episcopal High School
I currently teach Physics I, AP Physics 2, and Astronomy at Episcopal High School in Houston. This is my 7th year of teaching and my other courses inlcude Algebra I, PreAP Physics, Conceptual Physics, and Earth and Space Science. I am a member of UT EXES Teacher Associate program where I work with several other teachers across the state of Texas to evaulate Astronomy curriculum and learn from professional astronomers.
Sessions in which Justin Hickey 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
- LIDAR Mapping with Lasers
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn about the history of LIDAR laser and its current uses. Understand how LIDAR laser measuring ...
- Session
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
- Modeling the Expanding Universe
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Big Bang, the age of the universe, and the expanding and accelerating universe: this session will demonstrate a number of hands-on classroom ac...
- Session
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
- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Time Perception in Microgravity is a current ISS mission being conducted by neuroscience researcher Gilles Clément, Ph.D. Take your students on a j...
- Session
- "STEM-Pals" - Traveling STEM Challenges
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Do you enjoy collaborating with other teachers around the world? Join us as we integrate literature and space science with traveling STEM ...
- Session
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- Fluid Dynamics and the Physics of Flight
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Fluid Dynamics! Good demos, great labs, and spectacular paper airplanes?This is a hands-on presentation, so get ready to have some fun. Instruction...
- Session
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- 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
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Texas High School Aerospace Scholars: Decision Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Be a part of NASA's travel from Moon to Mars! Join NASA Johnson Space Center Education Specialists to develop a unique mission to Mars. In this ses...
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
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....
- 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