Debbie Reynolds
Debbie is the Director of TechWorks, with Commonwealth Charter Academy in Pennsylvania. Previously, Debbie served has served as a science and math teacher, a Gifted Coordinator and Middle School STEM Specialist. In the 2019-2020 school year, Debbie served as the first-ever Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow placed in the DoD, where she worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock Division in the STEM and Outreach Office. Debbie is on the board of the PA Science Teachers Association, she is a PA STEM Ambassador, a member of the PA Teachers Advisory Council, a Keystone Technology Innovator and serves on the SW Region of PAECT. She is an inaugural member of the Space Educator Crew at Space Center Houston and is the Director of the LiftOff Alumni association. She is also a NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador, a Space Foundation Teacher Liaison, a Space Station Ambassador for CASIS, a Honeywell Educator at Space Camp recipient and NASA/TSG Liftoff and AirCamp alumni. She spent 2018 and 2019 summers teaching STEM in China at a summer camp. She was selected at the Middle Level Educator of the year for the Carnegie Science Awards in 2019, PAECT Educator of the Year in 2020, and the TRETC Innovation in Education Award (Administrators) in 2021.
Sessions in which Debbie Reynolds participates
- The Seaplane Challenge: A Sea-Based Aviation and Aeronautics STEM Initiative- Double Session
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 1:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes
- The Seaplane Challenge is a NSWC Carderock-developed curriculum activity for students. In this 3 hour, hands-on session,...
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Sessions in which Debbie Reynolds attends
- 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
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- 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
- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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
- 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...
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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
- Engineering the Gateway
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Engineering the Gateway will provide participants with hands on exposure to engineering lessons associated with the Gatew...
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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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- Quick lunch- Lunch 2
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
- 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM | 15 minutes
- This option is for those who would like to grab a quick lunch and then go to a session. We need to make sure we have a good count for food for the ...
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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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- "Spud"nauts in space: Bringing Space Suit Design Into the Classroom
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Do you have what it takes to design a space suit? Find out in this hands-on inquiry-based STEM session as you become a ...
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- Quick Lunch - Lunch 2
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
- 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM | 15 minutes
- This option is for those who would like to grab a quick lunch and then go to a session. We need to make sure we have a good count for food for the ...
- Lunch
- Citizen Science-Led Open Data Innovation Through NASA Programs
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Learn about NASA Open Innovation programs, where the goal is to make an open collaboration ecosystem for citizen scientis...
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- Drone Exploration - What will future exploration look like?
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In 2020 NASA plans on launching an autonomous helicopter to Mars. In this lesson attendees/students will be asked as robo...
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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...
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