As a member of the NASA STEM Pathway Activities Consortium for Education (NSPACE), John supports NASA STEM Engagements missions of: creating unique opportunities for a diverse set of students to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery, building a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging students in authentic learning experiences with NASA’s people, content and facilities, and attracting diverse groups of students to STEM through learning opportunities that spark interest and provide connections to NASA’s mission and work. In his work at NSPACE, John specifically supports the partnership between NASA and the Houston Independent School District (HISD). John serves as an instructional coach and supports teachers and staff at two high school campuses as they integrate NASA content into their daily curriculum. John got his start in education at the University of Georgia, where he earned a B.S. in Science Education. Before joining the NSPACE team, John taught AP Environmental science at KIPP Northeast College Prep here in Houston. John is passionate about expanding access to high quality STEM education with an emphasis on student centered and inquiry based instruction.
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Sessions in which John Patrick participates
- NASA Climate Science: What is Causing Sea Level Rise? Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 6
- 10:00 AM CST - 10:45 AM CST | 45 minutes
- In this session, participants will engage in two activities from NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement to help students understand the key causes of sea...
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Sessions in which John Patrick attends
- Exploring the Solar System with NASA Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 4
- 9:45 AM CST - 11:15 AM CST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Take a ride through our Solar System with fun hands-on NASA activities that your upper elementary students will love! Education Coordinators from N...
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- Space Entrepreneurship for High School Students Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 7
- 1:30 PM CST - 2:15 PM CST | 45 minutes
- Can we teach our high school students to be the next Elon Musk? Space entrepreneurs exploit the opp...
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- Connecting Primary Sources with STEM and Space Education Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 3
- 3:15 PM CST - 4:00 PM CST | 45 minutes
- Learn how primary source analysis can spark innovation with Project Based Learning- through the eng...
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- Tour: Climate Change Research Initiative Program at GISS
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Tours
- 4:00 PM CST - 5:00 PM CST | 1 hour
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- Friday Keynote: Dr. John Mather Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Keynote Speaker
- 8:00 AM CST - 9:00 AM CST | 1 hour
- How did we get here from the Big Bang? Astronomers, geologists, and biologists all look back in time to work out the picture. I will show the histo...
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- Challenging Students Through Their Participation in Space-Based Research Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 5
- 11:00 AM CST - 12:30 PM CST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Learn how students can participate online in an authentic ISS experiment, focusing on a biofilm experiment and introducing a new materials science ...
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- Project Lead the Way Flight and Space Curriculum Update Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 6
- 2:00 PM CST - 2:45 PM CST | 45 minutes
- Teach students transportable skills necessary for success in the aerospace industry. The curriculum culminates in a mission to Mars; this entails c...
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- Stellar Fingerprinting Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 6
- 2:45 PM CST - 3:30 PM CST | 45 minutes
- We will be investigating the spectral analysis of a star to determine its composition, temperature, and age. Analyzing the causes of various spectr...
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- Big Ideas of Sustainability Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 1
- 10:30 AM CST - 12:00 PM CST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- You are the key to sustainability. Do you know how? Do you think of sustainability as only finding problems in the environment and solving them? If...
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- Saturday Keynote: Science Fiction, Science Future, and Science Now Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Keynote Speaker
- 3:15 PM CST - 4:15 PM CST | 1 hour
- Persevering with innovation is a consistent theme in science fiction and in real life. Join us as author Andy Weir, astronaut Cady Colman, and I...
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