Sara Mitchell leads the Astrophysics Education Team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. For the past 16 years, she has served as a “translator” between Goddard’s scientists and educational and public audiences, focusing especially on creating high-quality learning experiences for families. Sara co-founded the NASA Family Science Night program in 2006, and has directed its development and dissemination since 2013. She has presented over 150 workshops, predominantly at national conferences for educators.
Sessions in which Sara Mitchell participates
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Afterschool Universe: Make Out-of-School Out of this World!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Take middle-schoolers on a journey through the universe! Developed by NASA, Afterschool Universe is a freely-available ou...
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1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- STEM Served Family-Style: Improving Attitudes and Achievement
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Support STEM success through "family PD"! Engaging families in a comfortable environment forges important connections bet...
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Sessions in which Sara Mitchell attends
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...
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12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- Lunch 2 Thursday
- 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
1:10 PM
1:10 PM
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Observation deck (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 1:10 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Take a trip to the pool where astronauts practice for their spacewalks—the NBL. This facility is the underwater training facility for astronauts...
- Tour
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) - Saturn Club
- 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...
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