Captain Charles Kirk
Industrial Arts Instructor
C.O. Wilson Middle School
I am a 15 yr vertean of teaching and a 7 year veteran of teaching Aerospace Engineering and Aviation. I am a avid aviator with a priviate pilot rating and iam currently working on my instrumentaion rating and my ground instructor rating. I currently serve as a member of the United States Air Force Auxillary, Civil Air Patrol. My current rank is Captain in the CAP and I am a squadron commander for SWT-TX186th Spindletop Cadet Squadron, Beaumont, Texas.
I am happliy married to my loving wife Cyinta, who is a second grade teacher in Beaumont, Texas Ihave two grown step-childeren, a grand-son. I've been comming to SEEC since 2018 and this will be my fourth convention.
Sessions in which Captain Charles Kirk 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
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
- 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
- Ready for Lift-off!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants will engage in two design challenges that will explore how either the amount of force or the angle of launch...
- 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
- Rocket Your Socks Off!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this session, participants will participate in a variety of hands-on rockets lessons. Come along for a journey through...
- 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
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
- Explore the History of Manned Space Flight
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Destiny Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Your journey into space begins with a guided tour of Space Center Houston’s Starship Gallery and Space Shuttle Mock-Up. Trace the progression of...
- Tour
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Lunch 1 Saturday
- 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
- Strange New Planet: Utilizing Phenomena Based Learning to Create Custom Units for your Classroom
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- This session will focus on how to create custom units for your classroom based in phenomena. Participants will be placed ...
- Session
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