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    Title

    Ignition - Primary Space Education

    type

    oral

    Description

    This session will explore innovative programs for students up to the age of 11 conducted within the formal education system. Emphasis will be placed on programs that effectively engage primary school students in STEAM, develop key skills, and foster a long-term passion for space. This session will also consider programs and activities that develop effective and inspirational primary school teachers.

    Date

    2019-10-21

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    144C

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Ms. Kaori Sasaki, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan;

    • Co-Chair: Ms. Carol Carnett, International Space University (ISU), United States;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Christopher Vasko, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Matteo Emanuelli, Airbus Defence and Space, Germany;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:00

    KEYNOTE: STEM Education: Lessons learned from the Challenger Center

    30

    confirmed

    Ms. Denise Kopecky

    Challenger Center for Space Science Education

    United States

    2

    15:30

    Building a Cansat in the Classroom

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Roberto Falconi

    Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA)

    Ecuador

    3

    15:45

    From Concept to Reality: A Uniquely Designed Project Based Learning Wind Tunnel and its Impact on K-12 Students

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Madison Bowersox

    University of Alabama in Huntsville

    United States

    4

    16:00

    Training and Engaging the Next Generation of Space Scientists and Engineers through the Space Explorers Program

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Parshati Patel

    Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX)

    Canada

    5

    16:15

    An Elementary School Program to Promote STEM Education Leading to a Student-Designed Suborbital Spaceflight Experiment

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Peter Lee

    The Ohio State University

    United States

    6

    16:30

    Transforming STEAM Outreach from Low Earth Orbit to Cislunar Space: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) to the Lunar Orbiting Platform-Gateway

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Frank Bauer

    NASA

    United States

    7

    16:45

    Using puppets, Skype and Space to introduce STEM in Rainbow House Educational childcare facility, in Jobstown, Ireland

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Niamh Shaw

    Ireland

    8

    17:00

    Earth Observatory for Kids - Making NASA Data Accessible to Our Young Earthlings

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Ginger Butcher

    SSAI

    United States

    9

    17:15

    Our girls into the wonders of the Cosmos

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Cecilia Guadalupe Torres Perea

    ATOMX Education

    Mexico

    *

    IMPORTANCE, USES AND DEMONSTRATION OF HANDS ON ACTIVITIES FOR THE ASTRONOMY EDUCATION IN CLASSROOM

    Mr. Suman Gautam

    Pokhara Astronomical Society

    Nepal