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Ashlie Smith

Phy Science Educator l SEEC Crew Member, '21 Nat TOY 2nd place for Air Force Assoc. l Michigan Air Force Assoc VP of Aerospace Edu l Limitless Educator
Cranbrook Schools
Participates in 1 Session

Ashlie Smith instructs physical science at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She uses space science to encourage her students to dream big and cites inspiring young girls to develop an interest in STEM and consider STEM careers as driving passions. Smith is a TEDx speaker, Alan Shepard Technology in Education Awardee, ISS US National Lab exemplary educator, and Michigan's Air Force Association Teacher of the Year and Runner-Up Air Force National Teacher of the Year. Smith's sixth-year run of facilitating the Cubes in Space program at her school has helped over 100 students develop and launch 41 experiments in space. In the summers of 2018 and 2019, Smith took her passion for space science to China and taught a 10-day workshop for middle-school-aged students on the International Space Station and Mars. In 2022, she was appointed as the Michigan Air Force Association Vice President of Aerospace Education and became a Limitless Space Institute Educator. She is thrilled to continue her Space Center Houston SEEC Crew member journey.

Sessions in which Ashlie Smith participates

Thursday 7 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Take STEM Literacy out of this world with Story Time and Science Time From Space!
45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3

Session

Ashlie Smith, Cranbrook Schools (Participant)

Samantha Thorstensen, CASIS-Space Station Explorers (Participant)

Learn about the newest additions to the beloved Story Time From Space Program.  Learn about science demonstrations that complement many of the...

Sessions in which Ashlie Smith attends

Wednesday 6 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Early Bird Check in
3 hours, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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

Session

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
Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (Tour)
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Vacumm chamber bus

Tour

11:45 AM
11:45 AM
SEEC Crew Session one
45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Daniel Newmyer, Space Center Houston (Participant)

SEEC’s Space Educator Expedition Crew brings together exemplary educators from around the world to collaborate and further the mission of space ...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch 2 Thursday
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
Mission Control Center (Tour)
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mission Control Bus

Tour

3:45 PM
3:45 PM
The Eagle has Landed: A Hands-on Approach to Lunar Landings
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4

Session

Meredith Swartzendruber, Scarborough Public Schools (Participant)

Amy Fetterhoff, Corpus Christi Catholic School (Participant)

Renee Gamba, Museum of Natural History and Planetarium/Providence Parks (Participant)

Michael Wilkinson, Fieldston Lower School` (Participant)

Amanda Blough, Corpus Christ Catholic School (Participant)

As the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 nears, students will be immersed in the engineering, fascination, and the wonder of the moon. Starting off wit...

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
Expert/ Educator: Working Under Pressure in Space Suits
1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Signup required

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

Session

Katrina Roddenberry, SEEC CREW (Participant)

Paul Boehm, NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Jessica Strauss, SEEC CREW (Participant)

How would you do performing critical space duties while working inside a balloon? The engineering of space suits have the issu...
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

11:15 AM
11:15 AM
Expert/Educator: Space Rocks!
45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Signup required

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4

Dr. Nicholas Castle, Lunar and Planetary Institute (Participant)

Mary Vaughn, School District of Hillsborough County (Participant)

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
SEEC Crew work session
45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Daniel Newmyer, Space Center Houston (Participant)

SEEC Crew: SEEC’s Space Educator Expedition Crew brings together exemplary educators from around the world to collaborate and further the missio...
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
Expert/Educator: The Components of a Mars Habitat with HERA
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Signup required

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

Session

Diego Martinez, Delphian Schools (Participant)

Andrzej Stewart, Leidos (Participant)

The 2018 Alan Shepard Award winner, Diego Martinez, will present on his student created Mars Habitat Components and mock landing. Over 8 separat...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Building 9 Bus

Tour

Saturday 9 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Expert/Educator: Spaceflight Operations Training
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Signup required

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

Session

Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Clay Anderson, Former NASA Astronaut (Participant)

Join Clay Anderson, NASA Astronaut, retired and Space Center Houston Education Manager, Phyllis Friello for Spaceflight Operations Training....
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...