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

Sessions

Thursday 7 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
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...
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
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...
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
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...

Friday 8 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
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...
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
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...
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
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
1:15 PM
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 Heliophysics (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
3:15 PM
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...

Saturday 9 February, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
Seeing in the Dark: Preserving Dark Skies
45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
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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
10:00 AM
A Mission to Mars: Inspiring STEM Through Stories
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Session

Claire Meschkat Meschkat, Vivify (Participant)

Make STEM more accessible and engaging by integrating a storyline through a series of space-themed STEM challenges. Your students will transform in...
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Remote Sensing of Mars
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
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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...