Morven McKay
Texas Tech University
Sessions in which Morven McKay 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
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
- SEEC 101
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 7:30 AM - 7:45 AM | 15 minutes
- 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
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Feel the spirits of JAXA Space Education Center
- 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
- We introduce basic philosophy of JAXA Space Education Center. The philosophy is three spirits of “Curiosity”, “Advent...
- Session
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
- Dehydration and Rehydration: A Lab Based Approach to Space Food
- 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
- Freeze dried food, dehydrated meals, barbeque mac-n-cheese, anyone hungry? Indulge in a culinary approach to understandin...
- Session
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Genes in Space – your DNA experiment in space!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Join Genes in Space and discover how students can design experiments that address real-world problems. Genes in Space is ...
- 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
- Houston, the Peeps Have Landed
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Do you have the Right Stuff to land on the Moon? Learn how we built the Apollo LM to put humans on the Moon, and the chal...
- 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
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Roving on Mars 2020 - Utilizing Current Events in Space Exploration to Engage Diverse Learners
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will design, build, and test rubber band-powered rovers out of recycled or inexpensive material and discuss ...
- Session
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Skies Over Houston: Flights with CAP
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Ellington Field- CAP van
- 1:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Educators will receive a double session (two full sessions) of time at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base and Airport 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
- Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Travel by tram and take a look at our Mercury-Redstone and Little Joe II rockets. Explore the mighty Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the...
- Tour
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- IV&V Escape Room
- 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
- Escape into space exploration! Challenge your team to solve enough codes and puzzles to unlock the materials to engineer ...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Using Nature as Inspiration to Create a Martian Lander
- 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
- Some of our greatest innovations are inspired by nature. The goal is for students to use our natural world to design a la...
- 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
- Making Moon Madness: It's not just a PHASE!
- 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
- Participants will be actively engaged in two hands-on STEAM-based activities designed to aid their students understanding...
- 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