Father, husband, educator, and space nut! I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, so if you see me walking around in shorts and sandals, please keep in mind Houston in winter is tropical to me. I saw the first space shuttle launch of Columbia in real time from my grade 2 classroom on a TV with rabbit ears, sadly witnessed STS-51L live on TV the one and only day I stayed home from school sick in junior high, and I saw the last space shuttle launch live with 500,000 of my closest friends live near the Kennedy Space Center. Currently teaching Physics at an adult learning center in Winnipeg for adult students re-entering higher education. I also am fortunate to represent the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada as one of their outreach teachers. The mission of their outreach is to connect current theoretical physics concepts to more traditional high school curriculums. My two workshops are thanks to their fine efforts, GPS satellites and Relativity, and the Ever Expanding Universe. Come enjoy my workshops!
Sessions in which ryan desjarlais participates
- GPS system and Relativity
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Students investigate how the Ground Positioning Satellite (GPS) system depend on Einstein's theories of general and special relativity to functi...
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- 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...
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Sessions in which ryan desjarlais attends
- Graphing a Rocket Launch
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will present information about the Space Launch System, NASA’s rocket for launching humans to the Moon, and ...
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- 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
- Launching Early College/Dual Credit Mathematics Through Learning By “Overhearing”: Four Hands-on Aerospace Engineering Lessons that Inspire and Engage
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session is presented as a "hands-on" workshop that will introduce 9-12/Early College/Dual Credit Educator to the "Ex...
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- 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
- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
- Algae in Space-NASA Seeks Biology Investigation Collaborators
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- In May 2019, a community college student's dream became reality, when the algae experiment she had growing in her kitchen...
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- Running a Rocketry Camp
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Let's blast off! Join us for a presentation on running a middle school level rocketry camp. Partnering with NESSP and ASD...
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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
- 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...
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