8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Explore the History of Manned Space Flight
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Tour
- Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Tour
- International Collaboration: Bridging the STEM gap in China
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- With the help from US and Canadian teachers, STEM education in China gained momentum this past summer. This session will introduce participants to ...
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- Using space to engage Elementary Mathematicians
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Students solidify math skills when they see real world applications and they are excited to do so when lessons revolve around a favorite topic like...
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- 3-2-1 Launch to Learning with PLTW VEX
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- This session will take you beyond the Troposphere for an out of this world experience! Join us as we operate Project Lead the Way VEX Robotics t...
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- 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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- 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...
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- Launching Student Dream: Ballooning to the Edge
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- A fun filled Physics investigation of near real time data acquisition showcasing the efforts of LCATS students to develop, build and collect the da...
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- Alaskan Astronauts - An Earth analog above the Arctic Circle
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Space, a hostile environment. Isolated and confined, increased radiation levels and far from help. These are the conditions faced by our astronauts...
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- 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...
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- 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
- Explore the History of Manned Space Flight
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- Making Waves: Using Ham Radio to teach electromagnetic waves and to talk around the world
- 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
- Amateur Radio is a fun way to teach the electromagnetic spectrum. There is NO age limit ? ten year olds have earned their license and can talk to t...
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- Noctis Landing or Bust! A Martian Coding & Engineering Challenge
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- You are headed for Noctis Landing on Mars when your lander's GPS system goes down. You land safely, but need to get your crew and gear to the colon...
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- Explore Our Solar System Using Thermal Energy and Magnetism!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Engaging activities explore how spacecraft are used to map the solar system. Using Juno spacecraft as a guide, participants investigate infra...
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- NASA's Eyes on the Solar System: An Integrated ELA Approach
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Many struggle regarding integrating Language Arts and Science. However, with NASA's Eyes on the Solar System there?s a way. This session focuses...
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- Race Into Space with Dr. Seuss
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- K-5 cosmic cadets will love these mini-lab science stations; each designed around a Dr. Seuss book. Available in English and Spanish, these station...
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- 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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- Expert/Educator: SimEVA
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This simulated spaceflight mission will provide first hand experience with the roles of ground and flight crews. Participation will support practic...
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- Project Apollo: Recollection and Meaning
- 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
- For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions, an overview of the program as the presenter experienced it, as a student, later in college partici...
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11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Lunch 1 Saturday
- 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
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Art and Science of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Presentation Description: Prior to Skylab, Mir and the ISS, was the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). This partially classified program ...
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- Ready for Lift-off!
- 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
- How does the amount of force applied or the angle of launch affect the flight of a handmade paper rocket? Explore these questions and more as...
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- 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...
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- Space Week
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
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- 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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- An energetic session on Energy; Matter that matters; and Space, or lack thereof
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Activities to enhance your students? observation skills. Learn how little land is available for cu...
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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
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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- Story Time from Space: Using NASA?s In-Orbit readings to boost STEAM learning in your classroom!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Spice up your elementary reading lesson with Story Time from space! Learn how to integrate NASA?s In-orbit readings to boost STEAM learning in your...
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- Spark Interest in STEM: Creating a Personal Mission Patch
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- What makes your students light up? Learn how to get students more engaged in STEM by helping them identify their own "spark" or passion. Student sp...
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- STEM Literacy "The Balancing Act"
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
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1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Explore the History of Manned Space Flight
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- ELAted For Space
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session is designed for English educators who are looking to incorporate hands-on activities into their classrooms and Science educators wanti...
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- Living and Working on the ISS
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Living and Working together on the ISS, encompasses the skills necessary for crews with varied backgrounds and nationalities to work together to ac...
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- The Why, When and Where of the Webb space telescope.
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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...
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- Expert/Educator: Martian Meteorites: Providing clues to the Red Planet's Past
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn about martian meteorites and all the exciting things they reveal about Mars. How did Martian meteorites get here? How do scientists know they...
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- 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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- Remote Sensing of Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What do scientists want to learn about Mars? What makes a good landing site? How does remote sensing help choose the best site? Come explore rem...
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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...
- Keynote