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
9:20 AM
9:20 AM
- Mission Control Center (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mission Control Bus
- 9:20 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 40 minutes
- Once a manned spacecraft have launched, Houston's Mission Control takes over. Visit this secure location and see the rooms where history happene...
- Tour
- Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Building 9 Bus
- 9:20 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 40 minutes
- Explore the training grounds for the astronauts. See full- sized mock-ups of the International Space Station and Orion spacecraft. Take a peek a...
- Tour
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Houston, the Peeps Have Landed
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Do you have the Right Stuff to land on the Moon? Learn how we built the Apollo LM to put humans on the Moon, and the chal...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- Rocket Your Socks Off!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this session, participants will participate in a variety of hands-on rockets lessons. Come along for a journey through...
- Session
- Mars 2020 Expedition Needs YOU!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Mars 2020 mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. The mission addresses high-priority science goals for M...
- Session
- Houston – We Have a Solution
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Ready to challenge your problem-solving skills? Participants will work as teams to create an engineering build with eas...
- Session
- When 911 is 9 Months Away: Solving Medical Challenges for a Mission To Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this session, attendees will be introduced to the real-life challenges of space medicine. Session participants will he...
- Session
- Mission Possible: Grant-Writing 101
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The last keynote session of SEEC 2020 has ended, and teachers from NEAR AND FAR are headed back into their classrooms rea...
- Session
- 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
- Microgravity Master Builder
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Are you a Master Builder? Using a popular construction toy, face NASA’s challenge and create contraptions that will resp...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- R.O.A.D.S.on Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- R.O.A.D.S. on Mars stands for Rover Observation and Drone Survey is a team challenge for students in grades 3 - 12. The ...
- Session
- Square Peg in a Round Hole
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Apollo 13 engineers had to figure out how to make the square cartridges from the Command Module fit in the round hole in ...
- Session
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- 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
- Quick Lunch- Lunch 1
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | 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
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- Story Time From Space
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Want astronauts to read stories to your students from SPACE! No really! Come learn about Story Time From Space and explore the connection...
- Session
- Authentic Research As Professional Development
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- One of the most effective ways for a science teacher to know what and how to incorporate science research skills into cla...
- Session
- Ideas On How To Obtain Materials For Your Classroom Through Grant Writing
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- This session will discuss strategies and techniques to obtain materials to create innovative materials/funding for your c...
- Session
- Cross-Curricular Coding to Engage Kids
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- This session will discuss a number of ways that basic coding can be incorporated into the classroom and used to address a...
- Session
- Robotics with LEGO WeDo 2.0
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Using LEGO WeDo 2.0 sets we will design and build a rover that can move and collect samples just like the Rover Opportuni...
- Session
- Electromagnetic energies got you down?
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Do you struggle with teaching about the electromagnetic spectrum? Want something more than the usual gas tubes and diffra...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- 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
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Astronaut Dive Training (Dive Session) Double session
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Dive Session (Williams Pool Bus)
- 11:45 AM - 4:00 PM | 4 hours 15 minutes
- Craig Shannon, NBL Dive Master will show you how toTrain like astronauts in this exciting session! You will participate in underwater t...
- Session
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- 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 ...
- Lunch
- 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
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- The Origins of Underwater Neutral Buoyancy Astronaut Training
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- NASA does not have a “weightless room” but it has the next best thing: simulated weightlessness in a huge water tank. It should have been obviou...
- Session
- Using Augmented and Virtual Reality To Enhance Earth and Space Science Curriculum
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- This session will highlight virtual and augmented apps that highlight space curriculum. Some examples include the Explore...
- Session
- Grant Writing Express
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Increase your skills at writing grant proposals! Learn the components needed for a successful proposal, directly from a grant reviewer/funder. Lear...
- Session
- Effective storytelling: How to tell your story
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Leverage social media and news stories to share your conference experience. Learn strategies for creating and maintaining a conversation on soci...
- Session
- Moons, Models, and More!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- We’re going to the Moon! Engage students with a 3 in 1 model of the motions of the Earth and Moon. Use the moons of Jupit...
- Session
- Roving on Mars 2020 - Utilizing Current Events in Space Exploration to Engage Diverse Learners
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will design, build, and test rubber band-powered rovers out of recycled or inexpensive material and discuss ...
- Session
1:10 PM
1:10 PM
- Planetary Analog Test Site (aka Rock Yard) (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mars Yard Bus
- 1:10 PM - 2:45 PM | 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...
- Tour
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Observation deck (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 1:10 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Take a trip to the pool where astronauts practice for their spacewalks—the NBL. This facility is the underwater training facility for astronauts...
- Tour
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Visitors’ Gallery (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 1:10 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Take a trip to the pool where astronauts practice for their spacewalks—the NBL. View the facility from above the pool area where you will get a ...
- Tour
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Space is Universal - tools for reaching all learners
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn about tools to reach students with disabilities, using hands-on accessible STEM activities. Now more than ever we n...
- Session
- 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,...
- Session
- Astrobotany Research and life support system design as a project-based approach to life sciences education
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will focus on how to intergrade astrobotany research and education by developing hydroponic growth systems and microgravitational expe...
- Session
- The International Space Station: 20 Years of STEM Engagement Resources
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of continuous human presence on the International Space Station. This session celebrates ...
- Session
- Skies Over Houston: Flights with CAP
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Ellington Field- CAP van
- 1:15 PM - 4:45 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
- Working Under Pressure
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How would you do performing critical space duties during an extravehicular activity (EVA)? The engineering of spacesuits ...
- Session
- Biofilms on Station and in You
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn how students can participate in an ISSBiology experiment designed to characterize biofilm mass, ...
- Session
- 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
- Spacecraft Structures – built light but strong!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- An Engineering Design Challenge, heavy on the engineering but light on the load! Come build a model thrust structure (the...
- Session
- A Race Through Space with Dr. Seuss
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- K-5 cosmic cadets in the Mars Generation will love these ten mini-lab stations designed around a different Dr. Seuss book...
- Session
- Here Comes the Sun!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Sun is an amazing star. Learn more about the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe mission, and get ideas on helping students ...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- ISS Mimic
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- ISS Mimic is an open-source volunteer project to create a physical, student-friendly, DIY, articulating model of the International Space Station...
- Session
- 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 ...
- Session
3:10 PM
3:10 PM
- Mission Control Center (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mission Control Bus
- 3:10 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Once a manned spacecraft have launched, Houston's Mission Control takes over. Visit this secure location and see the rooms where history happene...
- Tour
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- The Real Big Bang Theory – Calculating the Age of the Universe
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will take a look back in time to calculate how long ago the universe first started expanding (i.e. the Big B...
- Session
- Seeing Black Holes with an Earth-sized Telescope and Understanding the Image of M87*
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants utilize teacher resources from Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Activities explore: How does the...
- Session
- Rockets Flipped Over Mars
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Educators will be introduced to the 'Flipped Classroom' and TI Navigator systems. Using these two systems educators will ...
- Session
- Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Building 9 Bus
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Explore the training grounds for the astronauts. See full- sized mock-ups of the International Space Station and Orion spacecraft. Take a peek a...
- Tour
- The Lives of Stars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Stars evolve over time in a natural cycle. This session will explore the lives of stars from formation to death, using kinesthetic activities. Part...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- STEM Pals---Traveling STEM Challenges
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Do you enjoy collaborating with other teachers around the world? Join us as we integrate literature and space science wit...
- Session
- Meteorites: Providing Clues to the Past (Expert/Educator Session)
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Dr. Prajkta Mane shares her research that focuses on the study of chemical, microstructural, and isotopic characteristics...
- Session
- Designing 3D Space Stations
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn to use online tools to design a 3D scale model of the the International Space Station. Then apply your knowledge to...
- Session
- Arctic Astronauts
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Arctic Astronauts "I'm a Scientist!" Students love learning science with the scientists from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, JPL and Goddar...
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- The Code for Survival - Ozobot to the Rescue!' & 'From Water to Fuel'
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- With the initial preparations already underway to send astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time in over 50 ye...
- Session
- Launch and Splashdown with Artemis I
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- NASA’s Artemis I is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration to the Moon...
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7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours