Greg Pitonza
Middle School Technology and STEM Teacher
Canajoharie Middle School
Sessions in which Greg Pitonza attends
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
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- The Emerging Commercial Space Industry
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 50 words: Did you know that CubeSats are becoming more important in the commercial space business? One cube-shaped unit i...
- 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
- The ARISS Education Proposal Process: How to Talk to an Astronaut LIVE with your Students!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will learn how to submit a competitive proposal to allow their students an experience to talk to an astronau...
- Session
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...
- Session
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Engineering Your Way to the Moon and Beyond
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- While science return on space missions is key to our success in space exploration, we can't do the science without Engine...
- 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
- The TEAM in STEAM
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This engaging, hands-on workshop will share practical, integrative ways to collaborate with members of the "STEAM TEAM" o...
- 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
- The Origins of Underwater Neutral Buoyancy Astronaut Training
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- NASA does not have a “weightless room” but it has the next best thing: simulated weightlessness in a huge water tank. It should have been obviou...
- Session
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Working Under Pressure
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How would you do performing critical space duties during an extravehicular activity (EVA)? The engineering of spacesuits ...
- Session
- Space is Universal - tools for reaching all learners
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn about tools to reach students with disabilities, using hands-on accessible STEM activities. Now more than ever we n...
- Session
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Seeing Black Holes with an Earth-sized Telescope and Understanding the Image of M87*
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants utilize teacher resources from Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Activities explore: How does the...
- Session
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Touching Space - Providing Adaptations for Blind and Visually Impaired Students
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will examine the objectives, adaptations, and low-cost materials and activities needed to provide a successf...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Spheros Explore The Moon
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- In this session teachers will learn how to use Spheros, 3D printing, the engineering design process, and the Giant Moon M...
- 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
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