Dr. Molly Nipper
Dr. Molly Nipper is a 17 years teacher veteran. She currently teaches STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at Bendwood School for 3rd-5th grade gifted & talented students. Her curriculum focuses on best practices, inquiry-based, and project-based instructions. The curriculum stimulates intellectual development, creativity, self-reliance, and social responsibility. Teaching strategies that include differentiation and social & emotional development are used to meet the needs of gifted learners. In science, students will discover and apply physics principles as they study engineering in elementary school! Students will integrate technology daily to enrich their lessons. Students will use critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and teamwork to complete individual and group projects as they incorporate the Engineering Design Process. To apply mathematics skills, students will learn to calculate physics math problems. Students investigate the exploration of space. Past, present, and future space missions to the Moon and Mars.
Molly just received her doctorate degree in Executive Educational Leadership at Houston Baptist University. She received her Masters of Science teaching degree in 2010 in Physics & Astronomy at Rice University where she had the opportunity to develop her love and passion for space science. Molly received her undergraduate degree in 1994 at the University of Houston with a Major in Psychology and a Minor in Biology.
Molly's teaching experience includes fourteen years in the public schools in which she has taught 7th grade Science at Hodges Bend Middle School, high school Physics at Memorial High School, and 3rd-5th grade gifted & talented students STEM at Bendwood School.
As Rice alumni and a life-long learner, she has participated in several Rice Office of STEM Engagement Programs:
Noyce Texas Leadership Initiative for Inquiry Science Teaching (NLIIST)
ConocoPhillips-Rice Applied Mathematics Program (AMP!)
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
ConocoPhillips-Rice Elementary Model STEM Lab (REMSL)
Rice Excellence Secondary Science Teaching (RESST)
As an active participant with the NASA educators program, she is a part of:
Space Exploration Educators Crew (SEEC) 2020
Space Exploration Educators Conference Presenter -2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
NASA LiftOff Alumni- 2019, 2016, 2014
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
NASA Network of States Educator- 2017
MAVEN Educator Ambassador- 2014
Heliophysics Educator Ambassador- 2009
Special recognition:
Bendwood School Teacher of the Year 2015
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Featured articles:
Former astronaut visits Bendwood School
NASA Engineer Inspires SPIRAL Students
Honeywell Educator @Space Academy
Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise
Campus Teacher of the Year 2015
Sessions in which Dr. Molly Nipper attends
- Exoplanets in Our Backyard
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Our generation is the first in human history to travel to other worlds. With the help of robots, we’ve seen the lava plains of Venus, the fire f...
- Presentation
- 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
- 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...
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- 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
- 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...
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- 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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- SEEC Crew Session one
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- SEEC’s Space Educator Expedition Crew brings together exemplary educators from around the world to collaborate and further the mission of space ...
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- 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
- 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
- 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...
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- SEEC Crew work session
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- SEEC Crew: SEEC’s Space Educator Expedition Crew brings together exemplary educators from around the world to collaborate and further the missio...
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- Lunch 2 Friday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Protecting Astronauts in Space - Are You Up To The Challenge?
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- We are going forward to the Moon and on to Mars! Help design innovative garments to protect astronauts from the hazards ...
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- Space Helmets You Can Build
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Students want to learn science, especially if it helps them build a space helmet. Learn vital things to teach before buil...
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- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
- Poster/Networking session Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronuat Gallery
- 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Meet the SEEC regional crew member and learn about further STEM resources and opportunity.In addition, we know that many of yo...
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- 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...
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- Back to the Future - To the Moon
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Go Back to the Future as participants learn more about why NASA is planning to go back to the Moon in order to reach Mars...
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- 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
- Building an Aerospace S.T.E.M. program in a Turnaround Elementary School
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Discover some key elements to consider in building an Elementary Aerospace S.T.E.M themed campus. Come learn about the b...
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- Animate Your Space!
- 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
- Use Animation Studio and StopMotion to create short animations of Earth/Space concepts and models. Backdrops, props, and ...
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- 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