Natasha Wilkerson
STEM Director
WEX Foundation
Aerospace engineer, co-founder of Vivify, and STEM Director at Communities In Schools of San Antonio
Sessions in which Natasha Wilkerson attends
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- NASA’s Target Mars: Introduction to Engineering Design for Middle School Students
- 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
- It’s All About Timing! NASA’s Mars 2020 is set to launch this year in preparation for the first humans to step foot on Ma...
- Session
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Quick lunch 1
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | 15 minutes
- This option is for those who would like to grab a quick lunch and then go to a session. We need to make sure we have a good count for food for the ...
- Lunch
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Beyond Surveys: Inventive Evaluation For Informal Educators
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Without the structure of a school setting, informal educators must develop creative ways to measure the learning and grow...
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1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Engineering Our Ride to the Moon
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will carry humans to the Moon and on to Mars. Meet rocket propulsion experts fro...
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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
5:15 PM
5:15 PM
- Networking Reception
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronuat Gallery
- 5:16 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 44 minutes
- Join the ISS National Lab for an evening of networking and learning we will be hosting a free reception to showcase our partners in the...
- Reception
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
- Using Augmented and Virtual Reality To Enhance Earth and Space Science Curriculum
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- This session will highlight virtual and augmented apps that highlight space curriculum. Some examples include the Explore...
- 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
- Space Center University Flight Operations Mission
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- The Foundations of Mission Operations instill a culture of leadership that is unwavering in the highly stressful work that...
- Session
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
- NASA and Sound, Let's Explore!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- If a spacecraft lands on Earth's moon, or Mars, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? In this session, ...
- 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