The agenda for the 2016 SSEP National Conference is provided below, but first … get into the Conference mood with some NASA Johnson Style.
Day 1 – June 29 (Wednesday)
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 – Missions 7, 8 and 9
Oral 1: Johnson County, Nebraska [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
Oral 2: Fitchburg, Massachusetts [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
Oral 3: Burleson, Texas Team 1 [Mission 7, Flight Experiment]
Oral 4: Prince George’s County, Maryland [Mission 8, Flight Experiment]
Oral 5: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [Mission 9, Flight Experiment]
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-11:45
Featured Presentation 1
Title: Pluto After New Horizons
Dr. James Zimbelman, Geologist [Bio]
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS)
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), SSEP National Partner
11:45-12:25
Block 2 – Mission 9
Oral 6: Springfield, New Jersey [Mission 9, Flight Experiment]
Oral 7: Columbia, South Carolina [Mission 9, Flight Experiment]
Oral 8: Bullard, Texas [Mission 9, Flight Experiment]
Oral 9: Burleson, Texas Team 2 [Mission 9, Finalist Proposal]
12:25 -12:40
Featured Presentation 2
Title: Seven Very Cool Facts about the International Space Station
Jeff Manber, Managing Director [Bio]
NanoRacks, SSEP Strategic Partner
12:40-2:00
Lunch
2:00-2:40
Afternoon in Moving Beyond Earth Gallery
2:00-2:40
Block 3 – Mission 9
Oral 10: Burleson, Texas, Team 3 [Mission 9, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 11: Burleson, Texas, Team 4 [Mission 9, Flight Experiment]
Oral 12: Bellevue, Washington, Team 1 [Mission 9, Flight Experiment]
Oral 13: Bellevue, Washington, Team 2 [Mission 9, Finalist Proposal]
2:40-3:00
Getting Situated for Poster Presentations
3:00-4:00
Poster Presentations by Student Teams to Museum Visitorship in Space Race Gallery
4:00-6:00
Free Time to Explore Museum
Evening 1 – June 29 (Wednesday)
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 June 29-30 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 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
6:00-6:30 pm
Arrival at Museum
6:30-6:45 pm
Entry to IMAX® Theater
6:45-7:35 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)
7:35-8:25 pm
IMAX® Film: Beautiful Planet
8:25 pm
Exit Museum
Day 2 – June 30 (Thursday)
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
10:05-12:25
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
10:15-10:45
Featured Presentation 3
Title: Overcoming Obstacles and Reaching for the Stars!
Dr. Don Thomas, NASA Astronaut, STS-65, 70, 83, 94 [Bio]
10:45-11:25
Block 4 – Mission 9 and 10
Oral 14: Bellevue, Washington, Team 3 [Mission 9, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 15: McAllen, Texas [Mission 9, Flight Experiment]
Oral 16: iLEAD Consortium, California, Team 1 [Mission 10, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 17: iLEAD Consortium, California, Team 2 [Mission 10, Flight Experiment]
11:25-11:40
Break
11:40-11:55
Featured Presentation 4
Title: The International Space Station – Enabling a New Era In Research and Discovery
Patrick O’Neill, Marketing and Communications Manager [Bio]
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), SSEP National Partner
11:55-12:25
Block 5 – Mission 10
Oral 18: University System of Maryland, Maryland, Team 1 [Mission 10, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 19: University System of Maryland, Maryland, Team 2 [Mission 10, Flight Experiment]
Oral 20: Summit, New Jersey, Team 1 [Mission 10, Finalist Proposal]
12:25-1:25
Lunch
1:25-3:00
Afternoon in Moving Beyond Earth Gallery
1:25-1:40
Featured Presentation 5
Title: Growing a Garden in Space
Dr. Valerie Neal, Curator and Chair, Human Spaceflight Collection [Bio]
Chair, Space History Department
Curator, Space Shuttle Era Human Spaceflight Collection
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), SSEP National Partner
1:40-2:20
Block 6 – Mission 10
Oral 21: Summit New Jersey, Team 2 [Mission 10, Flight Experiment]
Oral 22: Houston, Texas, Team 1 [Mission 10, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 23: Houston, Texas, Team 2 [Mission 10, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 24: Houston, Texas, Team 3 [Mission 10, 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
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 Museum, Center 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.