2015 SSEP National Conference – Agenda

The agenda for the 2015 SSEP National Conference is provided below, but first … get into the Conference mood with some NASA Johnson Style.

 

Day 1 – July 2 (Thursday)

8:45
Arrival at Museum through Independence Avenue Doors

9:00-9:30
IMAX Theater

Welcome
Michael Hulslander, Manager of Onsite Learning [Bio]
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
Adjunct Space Science Educator, NCESSE

Keynote Address in IMAX Theater

Title: Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Present, and Inspiring the Future:
Human Exploration, the Journey Continues

Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Center Director, SSEP National Program Director [Bio]
National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE)

9:30-10:00
Magical Time in One the Most Visited Museum on Earth BEFORE the Visiting Public Arrives
The Museum’s east side first floor will be open, including major galleries, and the How Things Fly interactive gallery.

10:05-12:40
Morning in Moving Beyond Earth Gallery

10:05-10:10
AV Orientation – Filming and Procedures
Paul Griffith, NASM

10:10-10:25
Introductions and Orientation
Jeff Goldstein, NCESSE
Michael Hulslander, NASM
Stacy Hamel, NCESSE

10:25-11:15
Block 1 – Mission 5 and 6
Oral 1: Fitchburg, Massachusetts [Mission 5, Flight Experiment]
Oral 2: Guilford County, North Carolina [Mission 5, Flight Experiment]
Oral 3: New York City, New York – NEST+m, Team 1 [Mission 5, Flight Experiment]
Oral 4: Hillsborough County, Florida, Team 1 [Mission 5, Flight Experiment]
Oral 5: Kalamazoo, Michigan [Mission 6, Flight Experiment]

11:15-11:30
Break

11:30-11:45
Featured Presentation 1
Title: What a Difference Microgravity Makes!
Dr. Valerie Neal, Curator and Chair, Human Spaceflight Collection [Bio]
Space History Department
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)

11:45-12:25
Block 2 – Mission 6

Oral 6: Kamloops/Thompson, British Columbia, Canada [Mission 6, Flight Experiment] 
Oral 7: Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas, Team 1 [Mission 6, Flight Experiment] 
Oral 8: Berkeley Heights, New Jersey [Mission 6, Flight Experiment] 
Oral 9: Somerville, Tennessee [Mission 6, Flight Experiment] 

12:25 -12:40
Featured Presentation 2
Title: MESSENGER’s Exploration of Mercury
Dr. Thomas Watters, Senior Scientist [Bio]
Center for Earth and Planetary Sciences (CEPS)
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)

12:40-1:40
Lunch

1:40-2:50
Afternoon in Moving Beyond Earth Gallery

1:40-2:50
Block 3 – Mission 6 and 7

Oral 10: San Antonio, Texas
, Team 1 [Mission 6, Flight Experiment] 
Oral 11: Long Branch, New Jersey [Mission 6, Flight Experiment] 
Oral 12: Rockwall, Texas [Mission 6, Flight Experiment] 
Oral 13: La Verne, California [Mission 7, Flight Experiment] 
Oral 14: Sioux City, Iowa [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]  
Oral 15: Hillsborough County, Florida, Team 2 [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
Oral 16: Brookhaven, Mississippi [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
 

2:50-3:00
Getting Situated for Poster Presentations

3:00-4:00
Poster Presentations by Student Teams to Museum Visitorship in Space Race Gallery

4:00-7:30
Free Time to Explore Museum

 

Evening 1 – July 2 (Thursday)
A Special Family Science Night at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
for SSEP Delegations

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum invite attendees of the July 2-3 Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Conference at the Museum to a very special Family Science Night. It is an opportunity for parents and students to learn together, and is suitable for 4th grade and up. The evening will be a celebration of what we know about Earth’s place in the cosmos – and that we can even know it. Attendees are invited to come early and walk through the recently updated Voyage Scale Model Solar System on the National Mall. The exhibition’s porcelain enamel panels were replaced with updated high resolution color imagery, and new captivating text describing the worlds of the Solar System.

ALL ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND  – to register, email John Hamel at johnhamel@ncesse.org

ALL ATTENDEES MUST WEAR THEIR SSEP BADGES TO ENTER OR BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SSEP CONFERENCE DELEGATE WITH A BADGE

6:55-7:15 pm
Arrival at Museum

7:15-7:25 pm
Entry to IMAX® Theater  

7:25-8:05 pm
Welcome and Presentation:
A Voyage that will Forever Change Your Perspective of Home
Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Center Director, SSEP National Program Director [Bio]
National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE)

8:05-8:50 pm
IMAX® Film: Journey to Space

8:55 pm
Exit Museum

 

Day 2 – July 3 (Friday)

9:45
Arrival at Museum through Independence Avenue Doors

9:45-10:00
Conference participants make their way through Security to the Moving Beyond Earth gallery

10:05-12:20
Morning in Moving Beyond Earth Gallery

10:05-10:10
AV Orientation – Filming and Procedures
Paul Griffith, NASM

10:10-10:15
Orientation for the Conference Day  

10:15-10:30
Featured Presentation 3
Title: The New Horizons Mission to the Pluto System
Dr. Jim Green, Planetary Science Division Director [Bio]
NASA Headquarters

10:30-11:10
Block 4 – Mission 7
Oral 17: Erie, Pennsylvania [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
Oral 18: Johnson County, Nebraska, Team 1 [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
Oral 19: Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas, Team 2 [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
Oral 20: Somerset, New Jersey, Team 1 [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]

11:10-11:25
Break

11:25-11:40
Featured Presentation 4
Title: ISS U.S. National Laboratory – Enabling a New Era in Space-Based Research
Patrick O’Neill, Marketing and Communications Manager [Bio]
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) SSEP National Partner

11:40-12:20
Block 5 – Mission 7
Oral 21: Austin, Texas [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
Oral 22: Johnson County, Nebraska, Team 2 [Mission 7, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 23: Burleson, Texas [Mission 7, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 24: San Antonio, Texas, Team 2 [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]

12:20-1:20
Lunch

1:20-3:00
Afternoon in Moving Beyond Earth Gallery

1:20-2:20
Block 6 – Mission 7 and 8
Oral 25: Somerset, New Jersey 
, Team 2 [Mission 7, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 26: Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Ryerson University [Mission 8, Flight Experiment]
Oral 27: Santa Ana, California [Mission 8, Flight Experiment]
Oral 28: Toronto, Ontario, Canada – University of Toronto Schools [Mission 8, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 29: Suffolk County, New York – South Huntington [Mission 8, Flight Experiment]
Oral 30: New York City, New York – NEST+m, Team 2 [Mission 8, Flight Experiment]

2:20-2:50
Community Impressions
informal reflections by community leadership on program impact

2:50-3:00
Wrap Up in Moving Beyond Earth Gallery
Parting Thoughts

3:00-3:20
Getting Situated for Poster Presentations

3:20-4:20
Poster Presentations by Student Teams to Museum Visitorship in Space Race Gallery

3:30-5:00
SSEP De-Brief Meeting with Community Program Directors (CPDs) and Teacher Facilitators
NASM Briefing Room

4:20-7:30
Free Time to Explore Museum

 


The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with NanoRacks LLC, working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.

The Smithsonian National Air and Space MuseumCenter for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), and Subaru of America, Inc., are U.S. National Partners on the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. Magellan Aerospace is a Canadian National Partner on the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program.

The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with DreamUp PBC and NanoRacks LLC, which are working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.