Dr. Ronald Rinehart
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Northern Iowa
Sessions in which Dr. Ronald Rinehart attends
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Early Bird Check in Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 3 hours
- Session
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Keynote Session- Thursday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Mike Kincaid oversees strategic direction and leadership of NASA’s STEM engagement function,...
- Keynote
9:55 AM
9:55 AM
- Planetary Analog Test Site (aka Rock Yard) (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mars Yard Bus
- Thu 6, 09:55 AM - Fri 5, 11:30 AM | 365 days 1 hour 35 minutes
- Tour the large multi-acre test area that simulates general features of the lunar and Martian surface terrain environment consisting of various s...
- Tour
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Lunch 1 Thursday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Exploring Mars Depot Caching with Drones and VEX IQs
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- The Mars 2020 Rover will seek out evidence of past life or even current microbial life on Mars. This activity uses multip...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Designing and producing VR habitats
- 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
- Have your students ever done space habitats using cardboard, cups, and straws? Imagine how cool would it be to make them ...
- Session
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Coding With Drones: The Mars Helicopter
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will introduce the Mars Helicopter that will be traveling on the Mars 2020 Rover. Codable drones will be use...
- Session
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Keynote- Friday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
- Lara KearneyDeputy Program Manager, Gateway Program Kearney serves as Gateway Deputy Progra...
- Keynote
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Mars 2020 Expedition Needs YOU!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Mars 2020 mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. The mission addresses high-priority science goals for M...
- Session
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Lunch 1 Friday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Astrobotany Research and life support system design as a project-based approach to life sciences education
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will focus on how to intergrade astrobotany research and education by developing hydroponic growth systems and microgravitational expe...
- Session
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Designing 3D Space Stations
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn to use online tools to design a 3D scale model of the the International Space Station. Then apply your knowledge to...
- Session
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Coding Drones in an Ariel Ballet
- 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
- Everyone loves a show. Imagine a Swarm of drones. Coding drones (robots), together with real time movements as well as st...
- Session
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Science of the Suit
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- A spacesuit is much more than just clothing an astronaut wears to do spacewalks. It is a life-sustaining spacecraft! Deemed an Extravehicular M...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Searching for Life: Europa Cryobot Mission for Students
- 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
- A hands-on lesson for students to create a 3-dimensional, real world cross section of Europa which will mimic NASA's even...
- Session
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- Lunch 2 Saturday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Mars Landing, Sphero Style!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Want to drop a robot off a two story building? Come simulate landing a Mars Rover using Sphero robots and a variation o...
- Session
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Keynote- Saturday
- 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
- Holly Ridings She is a mechanical engineer and the first woman to be chief flight director. She leads the elite gro...
- Keynote