7:30 AM
7:30 AM
- SEEC 101
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 7:30 AM - 7:45 AM | 15 minutes
- Session
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
9:55 AM
9:55 AM
- Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Vacumm chamber bus
- 9:55 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Tour
- 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...
- Tour
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Visitors’ Gallery (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 9:55 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Tour
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Observation deck (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 9:55 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Tour
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Mission To Mars: Empowering Elementary Student through High School Career Tech Student Interactions
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Mars
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Experience first-hand how high school career tech students utilized their knowledge and expertise to inspire and empower ...
- Session
- Afterschool Universe: Make Out-of-School Out of this World!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Take middle-schoolers on a journey through the universe! Developed by NASA, Afterschool Universe is a freely-available ou...
- Session
- The Emerging Commercial Space Industry
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 50 words: Did you know that CubeSats are becoming more important in the commercial space business? One cube-shaped unit i...
- Session
- Taking your Curriculum Out of this World!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Is space absent from your curriculum? If not, do you need to "space" it up more? In this hands-on session, you will learn...
- Session
- STEM on a Dime: Highlighting NASA Missions with Limited Resources
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- One doesn't have to have expensive materials and gadgets to truly engage your students in real hands-on STEM. This sessio...
- Session
- Space Nutrition: It's not a Piece of Cake
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this session, participants will learn about the science that goes into meeting the nutritional needs of astronauts whi...
- Session
- Tuning in to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program: An Elementary Overview
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 3…2…1… Liftoff! NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is working to send American astronauts in American spacecraft from A...
- Session
- Color Your Chameleon With Interference
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From animals of all kind, optical instruments, and even sound, aspects of constructive and destructive interference will ...
- Session
- Mission to Mars: Using "The Martian" for ELA/Science Collaboration
- 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
- Learn how to use "The Martian" to inspire learning in science through hands-on study. See what one teacher did to get her...
- Session
- 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
- 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...
- Session
- STEAMtastic OUTREACH with the Canadian Space Agency CUBE SATELLITE Project
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The presentation will introduce the Canadian Space Agency CubeSat Project and its applications with middle and high schoo...
- Session
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Lunch 1 Thursday
- 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
- Quick lunch 1
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:30 AM - 11:45 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
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Part of the Mission: student and community participation in space science research
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Join us and learn how we can all become active participants in the mission by contributing to the wealth of knowledge nee...
- Session
- The Human Body in Space - Intro to Changes
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Take away new ideas on how to effectively teach Astrobiology and integrate flexible regrouping practices with your grade ...
- Session
- 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
- Lower the (Sonic) Boom!
- 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
- Did you hear that? NASA is hoping you hear only a sonic "thump" the next time a plane flies overhead. This session will p...
- Session
- Developing Powerful Programs that Last
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Are you struggling to gain support for your STEM Program? In this session we will introduce strategies that work for the ...
- Session
- Space Center University Survival Mission
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Do you and your students have what it takes to survive a submerged space capsule and get their team to safety? In the Spac...
- Session
- Exciting NASA Digital Learning Opportunities for Educators
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Exciting, cutting-edge NASA professional development is available to educators free of charge through convenient digital ...
- Session
- Intro Coding for Primary Students
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Think k-2 is too young for Spheros? This session will get you started! Begin with the basics and work towards programmin...
- Session
- Hot-Off-The-Press ISS Research Results
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Did you know that the International Space Station is a National Laboratory? Get an update on the latest results from science in space to benefit...
- Session
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- 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)
- 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 4 hours
- Craig Shannon, NBL Dive Master will show you how to train like astronauts in this exciting session! You will participate in underw...
- Session
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- 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
- 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
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Human Exploration of Mars
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center- Preshow
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Session participants will learn about the habitability and human exploration of Mars from Dr. German Martinez, a member o...
- Session
- Dehydration and Rehydration: A Lab Based Approach to Space Food
- 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
- Freeze dried food, dehydrated meals, barbeque mac-n-cheese, anyone hungry? Indulge in a culinary approach to understandin...
- Session
- How to Launch Your Robotics Club
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Interested in starting a robotics club but don't know where to start? Not sure if you know enough about robotics yourself...
- Session
- The ARISS Education Proposal Process: How to Talk to an Astronaut LIVE with your Students!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Participants will learn how to submit a competitive proposal to allow their students an experience to talk to an astronau...
- Session
- STEAM Saturdays: Learning through the weekend
- 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
- Here's a great way to infuse your passion of STEAM and excite students outside of the classroom! Joining this session wil...
- Session
- Exploring Mars Depot Caching with Drones and VEX IQs
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- The Mars 2020 Rover will seek out evidence of past life or even current microbial life on Mars. This activity uses multip...
- Session
- Sphero Your Way Out of the Death Star
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Can you figure out the math to help your Jedi escape the Death Star? Wanting to try out some STEM with computer science ...
- Session
- Beyond Surveys: Inventive Evaluation For Informal Educators
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Without the structure of a school setting, informal educators must develop creative ways to measure the learning and grow...
- Session
1:40 PM
1:40 PM
- Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Building 9 Bus
- 1:40 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Tour
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- The Effects of Radiation in Human Spaceflight
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Mars
- 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Learn about the effect of radiation on cardivascular systems during human spaceflight.
- Session
- STEM Served Family-Style: Improving Attitudes and Achievement
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Support STEM success through "family PD"! Engaging families in a comfortable environment forges important connections bet...
- Session
- Is There an Engineer on Board?
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Learn about the importance of maintaining the health of the Orion crew from an Orion Crew Health Specialist. Take this in...
- Session
- Radiation in Space... What's up with that?
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Let’s go forward to the Moon and beyond! Join NASA Johnson Space Center Education Specialists to learn about the hazards ...
- Session
- Mission Control Center (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mission Control Bus
- 1:45 PM - 3:20 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
- 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...
- Tour
- 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
- Lego Movie Magic: Space Stories
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Briefing Room
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Have you ever wondered what it would be like to solve problems on Mars or the ISS? Here’s your opportunity to integrate t...
- Session
- Designing and producing VR habitats
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Have your students ever done space habitats using cardboard, cups, and straws? Imagine how cool would it be to make them ...
- Session
- Beyond the Goldilocks Zone – Searching for life- Expert Educator Session
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Given the extreme level of observed diversity of extraterrestrial environments in the universe, combined with the observe...
- Session
- Ready for Lift-off!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Participants will engage in two design challenges that will explore how either the amount of force or the angle of launch...
- Session
- A Space Traveler's Guide to Packing for Mars: Tetris In Real Life
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 1
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What does an astronaut require for extended travel in space. It isn't just about the mechanics - but how does a human com...
- Session
- 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...
- Session
- 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 ...
- Session
- Take-off with CAP's Free Aerospace-themed STEM Program!
- 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
- Join this session to explore Civil Air Patrol’s new K-12 aerospace-related products and programs that will help your stud...
- Session
- NASA ASTRO CAMP® Opportunities for ALL Communities!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- NASA’s SSC ASTRO CAMP collaborates partnerships with YSOs, schools, museums, libraries, and universities placing "ASTRO CAMP in the Communities ...
- Session
3:40 PM
3:40 PM
- Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Vacumm chamber bus
- 3:40 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Tour
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Visitors’ Gallery (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 3:40 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Tour
- Neutral Buoyancy Lab— Observation deck (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - NBL BUS
- 3:40 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 35 minutes
- Tour
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Microsoft Hacking STEM Lessons on the International Space Station
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Inspiration
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Your students are about to solve spaceflight challenges that they never knew existed! Using hands on activities that...
- Session
- Galaxies and the Expanding Universe
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Mars
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Milky Way – our home galaxy, what is our galaxy made of, and how other galaxies near and far from us moving relative ...
- Session
- Genes in Space – your DNA experiment in space!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Join Genes in Space and discover how students can design experiments that address real-world problems. Genes in Space is ...
- Session
- Discover Earth with Space Data - A Free Way to Observe Earth with Humanities and STEM: An interdisciplinary approach using NASA's Earth Observatory an
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Discovery
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- NASA's Earth Observatory, launched a free online publication for communicating Earth science data to students. Come learn...
- Session
- Coding With Drones: The Mars Helicopter
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will introduce the Mars Helicopter that will be traveling on the Mars 2020 Rover. Codable drones will be use...
- Session
- Planetary Analog Test Site (aka Rock Yard) (Tour)
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Mars Yard Bus
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 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
- Part of the Mission: Baylor Balance Research Study
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- ERC
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In a microgravity environment of space, changes to the human body can affect muscles, bones and balance. To test how grav...
- Session
- The Search for Life on Mars and Beyond
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Does life exist beyond Earth? Join us and discover how to bring authentic astrobiology research into your classrooms. E...
- Session
- PLANETS Out-of-School Time for Grades 3-5: Engineering Gloves to Protect from Space Hazards
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What hazards might astronauts face? Can we engineer gloves that protect astronauts and enable them to complete important ...
- Session
- Engineering Your Way to the Moon and Beyond
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 2
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- While science return on space missions is key to our success in space exploration, we can't do the science without Engine...
- Session
- Costa Rica in NASA: Engaging Hispanic youth in STEM.
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The authors of the book To the Stars: Costa Rica in NASA ( Bruce Callow and Ana Luisa Monge) present their book ab...
- Session
- Creating Your K-8 STEAM Lab/Makerspace with Confidence & Under Budget 2.0
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Join both James and Dana in a high energy and fun hands-on workshop that focuses on how to effectively create a STEAM Lab...
- Session
- Aerospace Connections in Education: an ACE of a Free K-6 Program!
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Join Civil Air Patrol in using its unique ACE program to enhance traditional subjects with meaningful, engaging, challeng...
- Session
- 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 ...
- Session
5:16 PM
5:16 PM
- 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
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- 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. ...
- Presentation