Tom Brestel
College Prep Physics and Chemistry Holdrege High School, Holdrege, NE
NASA Nebraska Space Grant
Participates in 1 Session
Sessions in which Tom Brestel participates
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
- Simple Schlieren photography and diffraction of lasers in the classroom.
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- Attendees will set up a simple Schlieren photography system for use in the classroom using plane mirrors and light emitti...
- Session
Sessions in which Tom Brestel 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
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- 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
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
- 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...
- Session
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Cubes in Space: Free, Student-Designed Space Flight Experiments
- 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
- Cubes in SpaceTM, a program by idoodledu inc., is the only global competition, offered at no cost, for students 11-18 yea...
- Session
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
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Skies Over Houston: Flights with CAP
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Ellington Field- CAP van
- 1:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Educators will receive a double session (two full sessions) of time at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base and Airport to ...
- 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
- One Year of Seismology on Mars: Update on the InSight Mission
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- I will first review how seismic waves are generated on Earth, how they propagate through a planet, and how we can use sei...
- Session
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- SEECing Science Buddies
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- SEECing Science Buddies provides interested educators with a program for implementing science mentoring between older and...
- Session
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- 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
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Navigating Orion Using Your Smart Phone
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Did you know you can turn your personal smart phone into an Orion Navigation tool? In this session you will learn how to ...
- Session
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
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
- The Ever Expanding Universe
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Need a way to show the big bang to your classroom using hands on learning? The Expanding Universe is a resource package f...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Any Bot, Any Place, Any Time: Creating Custom Robotics Competitions
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Robotics isn’t always “one size fits all.” This session’s focus is helping educators to use any available robotic technol...
- 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