Ashlie Smith
Ashlie Smith instructs physical science at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She uses space science to encourage her students to dream big and cites inspiring young girls to develop an interest in STEM and consider STEM careers as driving passions. Smith is a TEDx speaker, Alan Shepard Technology in Education Awardee, ISS US National Lab exemplary educator, and Michigan's Air Force Association Teacher of the Year and Runner-Up Air Force National Teacher of the Year. Smith's sixth-year run of facilitating the Cubes in Space program at her school has helped over 100 students develop and launch 41 experiments in space. In the summers of 2018 and 2019, Smith took her passion for space science to China and taught a 10-day workshop for middle-school-aged students on the International Space Station and Mars. In 2022, she was appointed as the Michigan Air Force Association Vice President of Aerospace Education and became a Limitless Space Institute Educator. She is thrilled to continue her Space Center Houston SEEC Crew member journey.
Sessions in which Ashlie Smith participates
- 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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Sessions in which Ashlie Smith attends
- 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,...
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- 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 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
- Human Health and Performance Laboratory - Tour
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Human Health and Performance Lab
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Join us for a tour of building 21 NASA’s human health and performance laboratory. This laboratory facility is the new home for the Johnson space...
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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
- Thought Leader Series - Challenges of Building the Station Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- There will be a special Thought Leaders Series presented at 7:00pm. This year marks 20 years of humans continuously living and working off planet. ...
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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...
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- 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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- 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
- 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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- 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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- Saturn V and Rocket Park Tour
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Main Plaza
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Travel by tram and take a look at our Mercury-Redstone and Little Joe II rockets. Explore the mighty Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the...
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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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- Lunch 2 Saturday
- 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
- 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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