Wednesday 6 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

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)

7:30 AM

SEEC 101

15 minutes, 7:30 AM - 7:45 AM

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

8:00 AM

Keynotes Session- Vanessa Wyche

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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

Keynote

10:00 AM

Return to the Moon

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration

Session

Rebecca Moreland, Highland Middle School (Participant)

Joyce Hill, Texas Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Margaret Baguio, NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Current plans have astronauts exploring the surface of the moon! How do the Earth and Moon compare? How did the Moon form? What causes phases...

Space Wants YOU! Career Exploration

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar

Session

Margaret Baguio, NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Jessica Settle, Belton New Tech High School @ Waskow (Participant)

NASA is more than astronauts, It's scientists, engineers, IT specialists, human resources specialists, writers, technicians and many others work...

Geo-Inquiry: From Earth to Space with GeoSpatial Technology!

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery

Session

Mrs. Heidi Ragsdale, West Middle School (Participant)

Chris Hines, National Geographic Society (Participant)

Ready to engage your students in problem-based learning using National Geographic's Geo-Inquiry Process? Ask, Collect, Visualize, Create and Act! C...

LIDAR Mapping with Lasers

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny

Session

Jodie Guillen, SEEC CREW (Participant)

Audra Chapleski-OLD (Participant)

Learn about the history of LIDAR laser and its current uses. Understand how LIDAR laser measuring ...

Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Tour

Planetary Analog Test Site (aka Rock Yard) (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mars Yard Bus

Tour

Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Observation deck (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS

Tour

Houston - We're Solving Problems

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Laura Dunn, School District Hillsborough County (Participant)

Mary Vaughn, School District of Hillsborough County (Participant)

Participants will work as teams to create an engineering build with materials commonly found in the classroom. Based on the Apollo 13 CAPCOM ...

International Space Station Ozo-some Mission!

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Lisa Richardson, Clear Brook High School in Clear Creek ISD (Participant)

Valerie Blackburn, Blackburn STEM Ed. Consulting (Participant)

Use the Ozobot color coding and geometry concepts to dice roll your way to a new and innovative International Space Station Module! Walk away...

Launching Literacy with Space Exploration

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Mrs. julie farmer, Mooreland Heights Elementary (Participant)

Heather Hughes, Knox County Schools (Participant)

Launch space exploration into your ELA classroom! Presenters will share units that have successfully blended exploration and literacy. Partic...

Voyager: Creating Your Own Golden Record

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Katie Conrad - Belloli, Westfield Intermediate School (Participant)

Learn about the Voyager mission and its connection to the classroom with a digital engineering design challenge. Students create their own versi...

Expert/Educator: Going to Mars Without Leaving Earth

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Lisa Spence, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Katrina Roddenberry, SEEC CREW (Participant)

How would you perform in isolation, confinement, and remote conditions? The Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), a simula...

Classroom Lasers Part 1

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Mr. David Temple, Longview High School (Participant)

Bryce Standridge, Longview High School (Participant)

Classroom Lasers Part 1 will be focused on basic information on lasers. It will show and utilize many online applets that can be useful classroom a...

Target Asteroid!: NASA Solar System Exploration

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Paige Graff, JACOBS@NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Suzanne Foxworth, JACOBS @NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Join us for this hands-on activity session and gain experience and insight into the process of selecting an asteroid to investigate as part of an e...

Expert/Educator: Abort! Propelling Astronauts to Safety

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

John Olansen, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Patricia Moore, NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (Participant)

NASA's Orion Spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket will carry humans back the Moon and on to Mars. Meet an Ascent Abort Test Director and l...

Expert/Educator: Exploring the Universe: What is out there?

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Dr. Ian Dell' Antonio, Brown University (Participant)

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

What are ways scientists search for distant planets? What is gravitational lensing? Through a webinar with Dr. Ian Dell-Antonio, Professor of Physi...

CAP's Free STEM Programs

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Mrs. Sue Mercer, Civil Air Patrol (Participant)

Debbie Dahl, Civil Air Patrol NHQ (Participant)

From airplanes to rockets and robotics to drones, CAP provides it all to K-12 educators. Learn about how you can...

Expert/Educator: Results of the Year in Space/Twin Study

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)

John Charles Ph.D., Space Center Houston (Participant)

On March 27, 2015 American Astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko began their year in space aboard the International Space S...

11:30 AM

Lunch 1 Thursday

1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1

11:45 AM

Launch Your Robotics Club of Tomorrow, Today!

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

Session

Lisa Stewart, SEEC CREW (Participant)

Sharon Rigsby, Murry J Frank Planetarium, Beaumont ISD (Participant)

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...

Space4Everyone: Skills everyone should know for working with learners with disabilities

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

Session

Stephanie McMahon, Northern Arizona University Center for STEM Teaching and Learning/PLANETS (Participant)

Emily Schaefer, North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Dr. Cassandra Runyon, College of Charleston (Participant)

Everyone will work with individuals with disabilities in their career. Ever wanted to learn skills to inspire these individuals? Experience fun and...

They Drink What??? Designing a Water Filtration/Purification System

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

Session

Pam Kraus, Smoky Hill Education Service Center (Participant)

Use curiosity about water recycling on the ISS to introduce a water filtration/purification engineering activity, consider applications in daily li...

Solar system Mystery

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Diane Buxkemper, GW Carver Middle School, Waco ISD (Participant)

Allison Larson, Waco ISD (Participant)

Participants will create a model of two unknown solar system objects, followed by applying math calculations to calculate scale models distances an...

SEEC Crew Session one

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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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 ...

Expert/Educator: A simple experiment can prove me wrong

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

Session

Tim Hall, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Kate Newmyer, CCISD (Participant)

Can scientific knowledge change? Or is it just our approach to science that changes? When students begin to learn about STEM subjects in school,...

12:15 PM

Astronaut Dive Training (Dive Session) Double session

3 hours, 12:15 PM - 3:15 PM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Dive Session (Williams Pool Bus)

Session

12:30 PM

Lunch 2 Thursday

1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2

12:45 PM

What's Math Got to Do With It? Making Critical Connections in the Mathematics Classroom

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Lorie McFee, North Buncombe High School (Participant)

Are you looking for authentic problems to promote understanding of 9-12 mathematical content? Explorations with data gathered from the Parker...

Squishy Circuits

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Mrs Janice Katz, Davenport School of the Arts/ Steam Powered Learning (Participant)

Jason Katz, STEAM Powered Learning, LLC (Participant)

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...

Take STEM Literacy out of this world with Story Time and Science Time From Space!

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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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...

Grant Writing Express

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Debbie Montenegro, University of North Texas Health Science Center and the Network of the National Library of Medicine South Central Region (Participant)

Increase your skills at writing grant proposals! Learn the components needed for a successful proposal, directly from a grant reviewer/funder. Lear...

Expert/Educator: Station, this is Mission Control

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Jennifer Turner, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Amy Tinnell, West Jackson Elementary School (Participant)

Join Expert Jennifer Turner and Educator Amy Tinnell as they explore the world of ISS communication! Jennifer supports Mission Control as a CRONUS ...

Expert/Educator: InSight: Taking the Vital Signs of Mars

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Catherine Walker, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Phyllis Friello, Space Center Houston (Participant)

UCLA and Lunar and Planetary Institute scientist Caroline Beghein will update participants on NASA’s historic InSight Mission, the first robotic ex...

Space Robotics Challenge Phase 2 – Engaging Students Through Space Exploration Solutions

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Daniel Newmyer, Space Center Houston (Participant)

NASA Centennial Challenges directly engage the public in the process of advanced technology development. The program offers incentive prizes to gen...

1:45 PM

STEAM Powered Space Challenge

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration

Session

sarah freundlich, Lexington Local School District (Participant)

Lisa Dulin, Crestview Local Schools (Participant)

Terrie Chase, New London Local Schools (Participant)

The presenters will demonstrate how to create a STEAM multi-district collaboration for staff and competitions for students which include a culminat...

National Geographic's Geo-Inquiry Process in Action!

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar

Session

Chris Hines, National Geographic Society (Participant)

National Geographic invites you to empower students to think like space explorers. Join us for an interactive session to learn how The Geo-Inqui...

When the sky is no longer the limit! Using IoT technology to make a Weather Station that will FLY IN SPACE"

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery

Session

Melissa Pore, Bishop O'Connell High School (Participant)

Judi Sandrock, XinaBox Limited (Participant)

Participants will use one IoT technology solution to build a weather station/satellite that collects data from almost anywhere! From the top of a b...

Plan An Orbital Space Station: A Semester-long STEM Project

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny

Session

Natasha Wilkerson, WEX Foundation (Participant)

Can you keep a team of astronauts alive and happy during a space mission? Learn how to guide students through a semester-long classroom or aftersch...

Mission Control Center (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Tour

Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Tour

Out of the Classroom; Into the Sky with CAP

3 hours, 1:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Ellington Field- CAP van

Session

Susan Mallett, Civil Air Patrol National HQ (Participant)

Debbie Dahl, Civil Air Patrol NHQ (Participant)

US citizen educators may join Civil Air Patrol and take a free flight over Houston during this double session! CAP vans will provide transpor...

Dropping in on NASA's Commercial Crew Program

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Jessica Sain, NASA - Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Did you know NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is about to launch American astronauts using American vehicles from American soil once again? Par...

Ignite Student Interest in STEM Careers

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Leesa Hubbard, Wilson County Schools (Participant)

Julie Miller, Olathe Public Schools (Participant)

Where would space exploration be without scientists? This session explores the wide range of science careers used by NASA, the many paths to ...

Modeling the Expanding Universe

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Dr. Keely Finkelstein, The University of Texas at Austin (Participant)

Rachel Fuechsl, UT McDonald Observatory (Participant)

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...

STEAMbots Robotics-It's Elementary

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Jeannine Roseberry, Sheboygan Area School District (Participant)

STEAMbots is for educators interested in infusing STEM concepts into elementary classrooms using robotics. Engage students in problem-solving, c...

Expert/ Educator: To Boom or not to Boom

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Chris Matty, Mr. (Participant)

Jael Martin, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Ashtyn Boggs, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Join Expert Orion System Manager Chris Matty and SCH educators Ashtyn Boggs and Ja’el Martin to learn about NASA’s Low Boom program to develop quie...

Classroom Lasers Part 2

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Shannon King, Longview High School (Participant)

Scott Hartt, Longview High School (Participant)

Classroom Lasers Part 2 will be using simple lasers pointers in several hands-on activities. These activities will demonstrate refraction, reflecti...

Orion Splashdown

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Becky Busby, Frank Long Elementary (Participant)

Jessica Strauss, SEEC CREW (Other Participant)

Katrina Roddenberry, SEEC CREW (Participant)

Valeria Rodriguez, St. Stephan's Episcopal Day School (Other Participant)

Learn about the future of the space program with the Space Launch System and the Orion capsule. Use the Engineering Design Process to design ...

Bounding with NASA

3 hours, 1:45 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

Steven Smith, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

In this session we'll look at three Mission Planning Activities to challenge, engage, and excite students in the design process. Two are old standa...

The Search for Life on Mars and Beyond

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Sharon Eggleston, Maine Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Diane Bowen, Maine Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Does life exist beyond Earth? Join us and discover how to bring authentic astrobiology research into your classroom. Everything we know...

Using Astronaut & Satellite Imagery to Compare Planetary Landforms

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Suzanne Foxworth, JACOBS @NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Paige Graff, JACOBS@NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Astronauts have long been taking images of Earth. Satellite imagery is an important part of student curriculum. Students gain an understanding of g...

3:45 PM

Tracking Satellites, Orbits, & Modeling!

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration

Session

Ms. Frances Dellutri, National Space Society (Participant)

Lynne Zielinski, National Space Society (Participant)

Be empowered and ignite excitement with your students through the lens of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite tracking as it applies to physics, art...

What Does It Weigh?

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar

Session

Mr. Bill Decker, C.O. Wilson Middle School (Participant)

Captain Charles Kirk, C.O. Wilson Middle School (Participant)

How can you weigh something in space? during this session, you will determine the weight of objects by collecting and graphing data by using a spri...

How To Talk To An Astronaut 250 miles Above Us

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery

Session

Joanne Michael, Wiseburn Unified School District (Participant)

Kathy Lamont, Prince William County Public Schools (Participant)

Want to talk to an astronaut while they are in space? Learn from us how it's possible, through a FREE program called ARISS (Amateur Radio on the In...

Expert/Educator: Mars Anomalies: Exploring Literacy and STEM Collaborations

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny

Session

Lauren Parker, Fort Worth Academy (Participant)

Kathy Uhr, Fort Worth Academy (Participant)

Debbie Montenegro, University of North Texas Health Science Center and the Network of the National Library of Medicine South Central Region (Participant)

Experience the classroom edition of The Martian turned into an immersive team building, STEM, and literacy unit. Participate i...

Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Visitors’ Gallery (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Signup required

Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS

Tour

Let's enjoy with the air: Balloon trampoline and Gagaku

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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

Session

Akiko Kojima, Takashi Elementary School (Participant)

Miho Hiromoto, Hibarinohoiku Ishigakinoie (Participant)

Learn unique international educational activities that highlight the properties of air and what it can do. From balloons to Japanese musical ins...

Small Steps to Giant Leaps: Looking to the Future of NASA Aeronautics Innovation and Exploring Sound with X-59

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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

Session

Rachel Stagner, Templeton Academy / NASA ARMD (Participant)

Elizabeth Voit, Paragon TEC (Participant)

Sound is something most of us take for granted, and rarely do we consider the physics involved. It can come from many sources, a voice, machinery, ...

Cinespace: Calling all international space educators to produce space video stories

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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

Session

Marcos Nunez George Nunez George, SEEC CREW Space Center Houston (Participant)

Javier Montiel, The International Aerospace Academy theaerospaceacademy.com (Participant)

Calling all international space educators for a networking session to share the great things happening in your region and learn how to participate ...

The Eagle has Landed: A Hands-on Approach to Lunar Landings

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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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...

Team Teach Lessons with Astronauts on the International Space Station

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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

Session

Scott Black, NASA (Participant)

John Dedeaux Davis, NASA/Oklahoma State University (Participant)

Astronauts are teaching STEM lessons with microgravity demonstrations from the International Space Station. Johnson Space Center's STEM on Station ...

Genes in Space - your DNA experiment in space!

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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

Session

Dr Emily Gleason, Genes in Space (Participant)

Robert Dennison, Genes in Space (Participant)

Join Genes in Space and discover how students can design experiments that address real-world problems. Genes in Space is a free science contest tha...

Balloon Brain: Bringing Physics Down to Earth for K-5 Learners

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Amy Tinnell, West Jackson Elementary School (Participant)

Kathleen Venable, West Jackson Elementary School (Participant)

Participants in this session will actively engage in an integrated STEM/STEAM unit highlighting the hot air balloon. Attendees will participate in ...

Living and Working on the ISS

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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

Session

Mr. Brian Ewenson, Spaceport Sheboygan (Participant)

Living and Working together on the ISS, encompasses the skills necessary for crews with varied backgrounds and nationalities to work together to ac...

Space Themed Quilts: Hands-On, No-Sew STEAM Education!

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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

Session

Adrienne Provenzano, NASA Solar System Ambassadors JPL-CalTech (Participant)

Experience no-sew quilting that takes you and your students out of this world! Discover uses of textiles in space exploration - past, present, and ...

5:30 PM

Starlight Social

3 hours, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Available

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

Elevate your evening and network with young professionals during Space Center Houston’s Starlight Social 5:30-8:30 p.m. Feb 7. Mingle with other pr...

Friday 8 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

8:00 AM

Keynote- Dr. Alan Stern

1 hour, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

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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

Modeling the Expanding Universe in the Classroom

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Signup required

Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration

Session

Emily Neuheimer, Perimeter Institute (Outreach Teacher Network) (Participant)

The Expanding Universe - a teacher resource by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Activities explore how scientists use emission spectra ...

One Launch, a Thousand Sparks: the Impact of Student-Developed Experiments

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar

Karen Kingrea, NCSEA (Participant)

Lauren Milord, DreamUp (Participant)

This session provides educators with tools and confidence needed to engage an entire school community in a student-developed space experiment. Part...

ISS National Lab's Space Station Explorers Latest and Greatest for Space Education including "Ant-stronauts"

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery

Session

Samantha Thorstensen, CASIS-Space Station Explorers (Participant)

Space Station Explorers has over 20 programs that can help your students be inspired and engaged in real space science and research. As a non...

Mars MAVEN and Planetary Magnetism

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny

Session

Kristen Shollar, Fort Worth ISD (Participant)

Angela K Groves, McLean Middle School Fort Worth ISD (Participant)

In a collaborative classroom setup, Participants will act as scientists discovering magnetic fields and electromagnetism through inquiry and mea...

Expert/Educator: Space Travelers Guide to Packing for Mars - Tetris in Real Life

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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

Session

Sarah Quasny, NASA (Participant)

Lorie Hammerstrom, Quincy Public Schools (Participant)

What does an astronaut require for extended travel in space? It isn't just about the mechanics - but what makes "home" f...

Innovative Exploration: Teaching STEM Content with Origami in NASA Contexts

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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

Session

Rosemary Smith, NASA (Participant)

Soi Chong Powell EdD, Evansville Day School (Participant)

How do teachers prepare students to think like engineers, scientists, researchers, and mathematicians? Are educators equipping students with the...

Digital Age Teaching & Learning: Challenge-based Learning

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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

Session

Dr. Sharon Bowers, National Institute of Aerospace (Participant)

Participants use an engineering design process to create NASA Spotlite videos. They take on the roles of Subject Matter Experts, science communicat...

Inexpensive Space Activities for your Classroom (Revised)

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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

Session

Mr. Stanley Taylor, Young Canadian Space Club (Participant)

Laurie Kuchirka, Trafalgar Castle School (Participant)

Are you interested in affordable, hands-on, curricular-connected space activities? Please join us for this workshop. Some of the activities done in...

Coding for Kinder

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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

Session

susana ramirez, PSJA ISD (Participant)

Margaret Baguio, NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Bee Bots are exciting little robots designed for use by young children that bring fun into the classroom while learning sequencing, counting, and d...

"STEM-Pals" - Traveling STEM Challenges

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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

Session

Delinda Mock, Cypress Fairbanks ISD (Participant)

Mrs. Christine Graham, Cockrill Middle School (Participant)

Do you enjoy collaborating with other teachers around the world? Join us as we integrate literature and space science with traveling STEM ...

Expert/Educator: Lights, Camera... Space! Using HDEV to Bring Space to Your Teaching Plans

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Carlos Fontanot, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Michelle Mohrweis, Space Foundation (Participant)

Liam Kennedy, ISS-Above (Participant)

Learn how to use NASA's High Definition Earth Viewing system in your reading and math lessons. Hear from experts about the latest news with t...

Expert/ Educator: Working Under Pressure in Space Suits

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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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...

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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

Session

Cammie Newmyer, 2018-2019 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow (Participant)

John Charles Ph.D., Space Center Houston (Participant)

Time Perception in Microgravity is a current ISS mission being conducted by neuroscience researcher Gilles Clément, Ph.D. Take your students on a j...

11:00 AM

Lunch 1 Friday

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1

11:15 AM

Expert/Educator: Productive Facilitation in Schools

45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

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

Session

Laurie Newman, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Jim Oswald, Gensler (Participant)

Pick up pointers on drawing out and utilizing the ideas and experience of your group! Expert Jim Oswald and Educator Laurie Newman will provide a h...

Expert/Educator: Space Rocks!

45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

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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...

Our Solar System is BIG! Construct an outdoor model of the Solar System

45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

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

Session

Mr. Chris Miller, Pogue Planetarium, Grand Prairie ISD (Participant)

Images of the Solar System are usually misleading or wrong. Most of the typical activities that are used to show students the scale of the Solar Sy...

SEECing Science Buddies

45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

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

Session

Jill Gilford, Equitable Education Solutions (Participant)

Becky Busby, Frank Long Elementary (Participant)

SEECing Science Buddies provides interested educators with a program for implementing science mentoring between older and younger students. Init...

Fluid Dynamics and the Physics of Flight

45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Loren Lykins, Carlisle High School (Participant)

Charla Nicholas, Carlisle High School (Participant)

Fluid Dynamics! Good demos, great labs, and spectacular paper airplanes?This is a hands-on presentation, so get ready to have some fun. Instruction...

Celebrating Apollo's 50th with NASA and the Peanuts Gang

45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

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

Session

Melissa Menta, Peanuts Worldwide LLC (Participant)

Patricia Moore, NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (Participant)

For 60 years, NASA has inspired humans and beagles alike to travel into deep space. Join NASA, Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang as they prepare to...

Death, Destruction, and Mayhem: Using Simulator Classrooms to Teach 21st Century Skills

45 minutes, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

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

Session

Debbie Reynolds, Commonwealth Charter Academy (Participant)

Michael Penn, Teacher of the Gifted/STEM Coordinator, Shaler Area School District, Glenshaw, PA. Dream Flight Adventures General Manager, 2018 Antarctic PolarTREC teacher (Participant)

Have you ever moderated tense peace negotiations in a world far away? Have you been tasked to discover the cause of an epidemic? Our students ge...

11:45 AM

Astronaut Dive Training (Dive Session) Double session

3 hours, 11:45 AM - 2:45 PM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Dive Session (Williams Pool Bus)

Session

Craig Shannon, NBL Dive Master will show you how toTrain like astronauts in this exciting session! You will participate in underwater t...

12:00 PM

Lunch 2 Friday

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2

12:15 PM

Developing Powerful Programs That Last

45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

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

Session

Daniel Newmyer, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Jim Oswald, Gensler (Participant)

Are you struggling to gain support for your STEM Program? In this session we will introduce strategies that work for the developing sustainable pro...

Martian Water

45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

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

Session

Emily Schaefer, North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Dr. Cassandra Runyon, College of Charleston (Participant)

Caitlin Nolby, University of North Dakota - NASA ND Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Within their journey to Mars, participants will work alongside the Curiosity Rover to decipher which mystery liquid is water. Scientific knowledge,...

Floating, Eating, and Target Practice

45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

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

Session

Margaret (Peggy) Bohlin, All Saints Catholic School (Participant)

Lynette Jordan, RISD (Participant)

Floating, Eating, and Target Practice teaches about the challenges of living and working in space. From popcorn balls to balloons, participants wil...

Coding a Jr. Botball robot using C++

45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

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

Session

Gina Kwid, Galileo STEM Academy (Participant)

Beth Bivens, Galileo STEM Academy (Participant)

Participants will learn basic coding, using C++, to code a Jr. Botball robot to complete introductory challenges. Participants will be introd...

Grappling with a Robotic Arm

45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Tom Brestel, NASA Nebraska Space Grant (Participant)

Pam Petersen, York Middle School (Participant)

During this session, you will learn the importance of a robotic arm on the International Space Station. You will then build and participate i...

SEEC Crew work session

45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

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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...

Expert/Educator: InSight: Taking the Vital Signs of Mars (copy)

45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

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

Session

Dr Caroline Beghein PhD, UCLA (Participant)

Catherine Walker, Space Center Houston (Participant)

UCLA and Lunar and Planetary Institute scientist Caroline Beghein will update participants on NASA’s historic InSight Mission, the first robotic ex...

1:15 PM

Mission to Mars: Using "The Martian" as a Launchpad to Hands-On Study

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration

Session

Elisabeth (Betty Jo) Moore, Wiley Magnet Middle School (Participant)

Learn how to use "The Martian" to inspire learning in science through hands-on study. See what one teacher did to get her students excited about le...

Not your Average Space Activities

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery

Session

Karmen Ingraffia, Killeen ISD Texas (Participant)

Martin Demel (Participant)

Alison Easlick, Killeen ISD Texas (Participant)

John Tarver, Killeen ISD Texas (Participant)

West Ward was and has NEVER BEEN average! Please join us for 18 years worth of activities from our relationship with NASA, commercial space and Spa...

MissionX: Train Like an Astronaut

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny

Session

Michael Wilkinson, Fieldston Lower School` (Participant)

Stefanie Gozdziewski, Ethical Culture Fieldston School (Participant)

Participants in this workshop will be presented with a potential model of implementation of the MissionX program. The case study is a 4th grade ...

Planetary Analog Test Site (aka Rock Yard) (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mars Yard Bus

Tour

Tour the large multi-acre test area that simulates general features of the lunar and Martian surface terrain environment consisting of various s...

Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Visitors’ Gallery (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS

Tour

Texas High School Aerospace Scholars: Decision Mars

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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

Darcelle Mitchell, NSPACE (Participant)

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...

Modifications and Adaptations for Students with Unique Abilities: Using Genetics by Making Your Own Dragon

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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

Session

Barb Gosney, Paradise ValleyUSD (Participant)

Tara Oakes, Houston Museum of Natural Science (Participant)

In today’s classroom, teachers are teaching students with unique needs. These unique students may include students on the autistic spectrum, ...

Astro Spud Survival Challenge

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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

Session

Lilla Todd, Forest Lake Elementary (Participant)

Cecelia McTighe (Participant)

Fly into space with the Astro Spud Design Challenge. Join us for this hands-on lesson that will allow you to inspire and engage your students...

Lunar and Meteorite Sample Disk Certification- Double session

3 hours, 1:15 PM - 4:15 PM

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

Suzanne Foxworth, JACOBS @NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

bridget mcinturff-burt, ARES (Participant)

Lunar and Meteorite Sample Disks are real geologic samples in a Lucite disk. The Lunar Sample Disk has samples returned from Apollo astronaut...

Where Space Science and Art - Intersection STEAM

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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

Session

Mrs. Dianea Phillips, Science Yourself! NO G's About It! (Participant)

Jo-Ann Connolly Boutin, Lester B Pearson School Board (Participant)

Explore the intersection of where art and science meet in this integrated STEAM aerospace workshop. Participants will explore the interplay of basi...

Expert/Educator: The Components of a Mars Habitat with HERA

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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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...

Let's Go Into Orbit

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Bill Yucuis, AFA StellarXplorers (Participant)

Shelley Potts, South Belton Middle School, BISD (Participant)

Wondering how a satellite orbits the Earth? Learn the basics of orbital mechanics and design an orbit for a satellite using the free software- Syst...

Let's enjoy with the air: Balloon trampoline and Gagaku (copy)

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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

Session

Akiko Kojima, Takashi Elementary School (Participant)

Miho Hiromoto, Hibarinohoiku Ishigakinoie (Participant)

Learn unique international educational activities that highlight the properties of air and what it can do. From balloons to Japanese musical ins...

NASA STEM in Your Classroom

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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

Session

Ms Leslie Garrison, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Participant)

Interested in NASA hands-on lessons and activities related to the Heliophysics (the Sun) and Earth Science for K-5th students in formal and informa...

3:15 PM

Fantastic Forces with Bernoulli

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration

Session

Holly Mentillo, Ocean Breeze Elementary (Participant)

Betty Bigney, Sneads Ferry Home School (Participant)

This session will provide multiple hands-on, easy to implement, low or no cost activities to add a bit of excitement in your classroom! Explo...

Coding with Curiosity

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar

Session

Mrs. Linda Frantz, Putnam City Schools (Participant)

Dr. Robert Frantz DMed, MS, BSEE, Franklin Gray Patents (Participant)

Need new ideas to engage your elementary students in Engineering and Technology? Want to build and program the Curiosity Rover? In this...

Which Rocks Made This Sand? Or What Happened to the Rocks

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery

Session

Pamela Knab, Texas Space Grant Consortium/Lake Travis STEM Academy (Participant)

Some day, our students will be looking at the sand and soil on Mars, on asteroids, and on other distant bodies in space. Having an opportunity to s...

Build Your Planetarium

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny

Session

Kristen Hudson, Morgan/Kincaid Preparatory School (Participant)

John Hudson (Participant)

Don't want to spend $6,000 on a planetarium? Fan filled planetarium won't inflate in the wind? On a budget? Come learn how to build a portable plan...

Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Tour

Escape Space: Unlocking The Airlock to Survival

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

Jennifer Becerra, NASA Johnson Space Center Intenship office (Participant)

Celina Terrones, Scobee Education Center (Participant)

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...

CuRE (Cancer Microgravity Research Experiment): Helping students understand antigen-antibody interactions as a space-based cure for cancer.

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

Angela Krause-Kuchta, Orion’s Quest (Participant)

Thomas Drummond, Orion's Quest (Participant)

Micro-gravity may help cure cancer! Teachers will learn the science behind a unique experiment using micro-gravity to a new antibody-conju...

Expert/Educator: Are we there yet?

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

Jeff Bertsch, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Jennifer Duffer, Montgomery ISD (Participant)

If you're cruising around Deep Space like Starman in his Tesla how do you know where you are? Find out how NASA experts are developing techni...

Expert/Educator: Making the Cut in Space

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

Karen Kingrea, NCSEA (Participant)

Jo ann Hux, Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Participant)

Come learn about the collaboration between students from Immaculata Catholic School in

The Space Adventure

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

Dr. Curtis Varnell, WAESC (Participant)

Amber Cobb, Guy Fenter Education Service Cooperative (Participant)

Space Adventure is a student-centered, hands-on science lesson for grades k-2. Join the journey into space as we discover the concept of grav...

Space App Attack!!

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Dr. Molly Nipper, Spring Branch ISD- Bendwood School (Participant)

Polly Osei, SpringBranch ISD (Participant)

Participants will engage in new and innovative technology apps for their space lessons to engage their 21st century learners. Participants wi...

To the Stars! – Leaving Complacency Behind with ISS Commander Dr. Leroy Chiao

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

Jami Sunkel, OneOrbit (Participant)

Leroy Chiao, OneOrbit (Participant)

Complacency is an incipient black hole that can creep into organizations with little or no warning. Caught up in day-to-day operations, leaders ...

Expert/Educator: Let's Eat!

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

MRS Maria Nickel, ISD #21 (Participant)

Jennifer Cheesman, Peoria Unified School District (Participant)

Educators will learn how food is prepared for its mission to space and how space scientists use space bars to balance the nutr...

Space Weight......or is it Mass?

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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

Session

Doris Biegler, Lawton Public Schools (Participant)

Our session will include hands on activities using a mini Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL), that can be focused on the youngest learner. We will explore ...

7:00 PM

SEEC Banquet

4 hours, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

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

Saturday 9 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

8:45 AM

Explore the History of Manned Space Flight

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour

Tour

Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building

Tour

International Collaboration: Bridging the STEM gap in China

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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

Session

Debbie Reynolds, Commonwealth Charter Academy (Participant)

Kai Cui, University of Florida (Participant)

With the help from US and Canadian teachers, STEM education in China gained momentum this past summer. This session will introduce participants to ...

Using space to engage Elementary Mathematicians

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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

Session

Mrs. Lori Schoenwiesner, Hanover County Public (Participant)

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...

3-2-1 Launch to Learning with PLTW VEX

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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

Session

Jessika Zink, Rolla Public Schools (Participant)

Amanda Almany, Rolla Public Schools (Participant)

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...

Creating Your K-8 Makerspace with Confidence & Under Budget

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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

Session

Dana Mason, Henry E. Harris Community School (Participant)

James Falletti, William D. McDowell Observatory (Participant)

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...

Getting a Feel for Space: Resources for the Blind / Visually Impaired

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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

Session

Dr. Cassandra Runyon, College of Charleston (Participant)

Caitlin Nolby, University of North Dakota - NASA ND Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

Emily Schaefer, North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (Participant)

NASA has acquired thousands of images, video, and data that help us to visualize, interpret, and map planetary surfaces. What about students who ar...

Launching Student Dream: Ballooning to the Edge

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Joules Webb, LUNAR CAVE ANALOG TEST SITES PROGRAM (Participant)

Ronald Wells, UTSA- College of Engineering (Participant)

A fun filled Physics investigation of near real time data acquisition showcasing the efforts of LCATS students to develop, build and collect the da...

Alaskan Astronauts - An Earth analog above the Arctic Circle

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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

Session

Space, a hostile environment. Isolated and confined, increased radiation levels and far from help. These are the conditions faced by our astronauts...

Seeing in the Dark: Preserving Dark Skies

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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

Session

Rachel Fuechsl, UT McDonald Observatory (Participant)

Dr. Keely Finkelstein, The University of Texas at Austin (Participant)

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...

10:00 AM

NASA HERA TOUR

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - HERA Tour

Tour

HERA is a unique three-story habitat designed to serve as an analog for isolation, confinement, and remote conditions in explorati...

Explore the History of Manned Space Flight

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour

Tour

Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building

Tour

Making Waves: Using Ham Radio to teach electromagnetic waves and to talk around the world

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Prof Patricia Reiff, Rice University (Participant)

Heather Spaugh, Rice University (Participant)

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...

Noctis Landing or Bust! A Martian Coding & Engineering Challenge

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

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Larry Zurcher (Participant)

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...

Explore Our Solar System Using Thermal Energy and Magnetism!

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

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Laura Tomlin, Salado Middle School (Participant)

Karen Ewton, Salado Junior High School (Participant)

Engaging activities explore how spacecraft are used to map the solar system. Using Juno spacecraft as a guide, participants investigate infra...

NASA's Eyes on the Solar System: An Integrated ELA Approach

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

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Meghan Jacquot, Yeshiva of Greater Washington (Participant)

Many struggle regarding integrating Language Arts and Science. However, with NASA's Eyes on the Solar System there?s a way. This session focuses...

Race Into Space with Dr. Seuss

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

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Karla Smith, Dallas Independent School District (Participant)

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...

Expert/Educator: Spaceflight Operations Training

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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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....

A Mission to Mars: Inspiring STEM Through Stories

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

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Claire Meschkat Meschkat, Vivify STEM (Participant)

Make STEM more accessible and engaging by integrating a storyline through a series of space-themed STEM challenges. Your students will transform in...

Expert/Educator: SimEVA

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

Session

Leah Honey, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Michael Wilkinson, Fieldston Lower School` (Participant)

Ben Honey, Johnson Space Center (Participant)

This simulated spaceflight mission will provide first hand experience with the roles of ground and flight crews. Participation will support practic...

Project Apollo: Recollection and Meaning

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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

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Dr. Gary Kitmacher, NASA (Participant)

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...

11:30 AM

Lunch 1 Saturday

1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1

11:45 AM

Art and Science of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

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John Charles Ph.D., Space Center Houston (Participant)

Presentation Description: Prior to Skylab, Mir and the ISS, was the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). This partially classified program ...

Ready for Lift-off!

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

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Laura Dunn, School District Hillsborough County (Participant)

Mary Vaughn, School District of Hillsborough County (Participant)

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...

The Physics of Light Using Light Emitting Diodes

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

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Pam Petersen, York Middle School (Participant)

Tom Brestel, NASA Nebraska Space Grant (Participant)

Participants will be shown how to do hands on activities using light emitting diodes. Including the energy of the photon, diffraction pattern...

Space Week

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

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Carol Pagel, Royal Elementary (Participant)

Return of the X-Planes!

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

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Rachel Stagner, Templeton Academy / NASA ARMD (Participant)

Lisa Wininger, NASA/PASA (Participant)

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...

An energetic session on Energy; Matter that matters; and Space, or lack thereof

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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

Session

Dr Craig Wilson, USDA/ARS & Texas A&M College of Science (Participant)

Activities to enhance your students? observation skills. Learn how little land is available for cu...

12:30 PM

Lunch 2 Saturday

1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2

12:45 PM

Exoplanet Art

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Leanne Rehme, Space Foundation (Participant)

Audra Chapleski-OLD (Participant)

Learn about the Kepler Space Telescope and other telescopes that discover exoplanets. Apply understanding of current planets to create fictional pl...

Story Time from Space: Using NASA?s In-Orbit readings to boost STEAM learning in your classroom!

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Norma Pena, PSJA ISD (Other Participant)

Celena Miller, SEEC Crew - Center for Space Research (Participant)

Yvonne Gomez, PSJA ISD (Participant)

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...

Spark Interest in STEM: Creating a Personal Mission Patch

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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

Session

Aspen Meineke, Communities In Schools of San Antonio (Participant)

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...

STEM Literacy "The Balancing Act"

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Dr. Lakeisha Hamilton, Abundance Educational Consulting, LLC (Participant)

Samantha Thorstensen, CASIS-Space Station Explorers (Participant)

1:45 PM

Explore the History of Manned Space Flight

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Starship Gallery Tour

Tour

Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Saturn V Building

Tour

ELAted For Space

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Mrs. Kayla Thornhill, Jenks Middle School (Participant)

Vivianne Wesley, NASA OSGC (Participant)

This session is designed for English educators who are looking to incorporate hands-on activities into their classrooms and Science educators wanti...

Living and Working on the ISS

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Mr. Brian Ewenson, Spaceport Sheboygan (Participant)

Living and Working together on the ISS, encompasses the skills necessary for crews with varied backgrounds and nationalities to work together to ac...

The Why, When and Where of the Webb space telescope.

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Mr. Harry G. LAFORGE Jr., Hoffman Pilot Center, Inc. (Participant)

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...

Expert/Educator: Martian Meteorites: Providing clues to the Red Planet's Past

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1

Session

Prajkta Mane, Lunar Planetary Institute (Participant)

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

Learn about martian meteorites and all the exciting things they reveal about Mars. How did Martian meteorites get here? How do scientists know they...

Creating and Implementing Large-Scale Student/Family Engagement Activities

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Dorinda Risenhoover, NASA OKSG (Participant)

Through this hands-on STEM-based session, learn six how teachers from a variety of backgrounds (including high school English, career tech, element...

Remote Sensing of Mars

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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

Session

Lori Rubino-Hare, Northern Arizona University Center for STEM Teaching and Learning/PLANETS (Participant)

Joelle Clark, Center for Science Teaching and Learning (Participant)

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...

3:30 PM

Featured Keynote- Gene Kranz

1 hour, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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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...

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