30TH ANNUAL
Feb. 8-10, 2024
Our 2023 event has concluded, but mark your calendar for SEEC 2024, February 8-10, 2024! Space Center Houston will be celebrating the event’s 30th anniversary. Curious to see what the conference is like? Watch all of our SEEC 2023 presentations on demand – for an entire year!
Engage in a wide variety of STEM-based sessions led by SEEC educators and aerospace professionals. Participate in special on-site sessions and events. Network with other educators at a complimentary lunch each day as well as a banquet on Friday night.
View a wide variety of STEM-based sessions as well as our keynote and panel presentations, led by SEEC educators, aerospace professionals, and special guests. Watch as many sessions as you like on demand for an entire year.
Both virtual and on-site SEEC 2023 conference admission provides yearlong access to all the keynotes, recorded sessions, and recorded tours. Download supplemental sessions resources and files to accompany select sessions.
Space Center Houston is inviting innovative content driven presentations tied to space exploration which include a hands-on component. In response to your requests, we also encourage cross curricular content sessions for high school educators and those integrating math. Sessions tied to current NASA missions are also preferred.
Over the years, many SEEC participants have made extraordinary contacts throughout the space exploration field. We encourage educators to team with these resources and consider co-presenting sessions. Highly desirable presentations will have a combination of a space professional and an educator. These expert/educator combinations will provide authentic learning experiences for all participants.
Sessions should be interactive, engaging and use hands-on activities. Sessions must incorporate STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) concepts that can be implemented in an educational setting. STEM-based sessions with art integration are also welcome. Presenters who represent organizations may not promote the sale of their companies’ products.
Proposals submitted after the deadline will be reviewed only if space is available.
Questions can be submitted to SEEC@spacecenter.org.
Christine Graham, a 6th grade teacher at Cockrill Middle School in McKinney, Texas, was honored with the distinguished Cherri Brinley Outstanding Educator Award at the 28th annual Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC). With 22 years of educational experience and 19 years at SEEC, Graham is a life-long learner, science advocate, and educator. Graham is the true embodiment of this award.
Every year Space Center Houston honors an exceptional teacher with the prestigious Cherri Brinley Outstanding Educator Award for their significant achievements in space science education.
The award is named after Cherri Brinley, a fourteen year SEEC veteran, who shared her passion for space science and inspired a multitude of educators and students around the nation. She was an outstanding educator who touched the lives of everyone that knew her. She had an infectious spirit that drove everyone around her to do their personal best and to strive for greatness.
Always looking for ways to inspire her students and fellow teachers, she led many groups of her students affectionately known as the “nerd herd” allowing them to become the teachers and lead others during sessions. Ms. Brinley attended SEEC and many other Space Center Houston Educational events for many years. During her illness she always maintained the same positive outlook and spirit that made her such an inspiration to us all.
The Cherri Brinley Outstanding Educator Award was created to honor her and allow other teachers who have the same drive and inherent spirit which always kept Brinley reaching for the Moon and beyond.
If you know an outstanding educator that will be in attendance at SEEC, nominate them for the Cherri Brinely Outstanding Educator Award. This award is open to all teachers, administrators, school board members, and informal educators. Nominations must be received by Jan. 17, 2022. Late nominations will not be considered. The award recipient will be announced at the conference virtual banquet on Friday. Recipient must be present at the event.
Space Center Houston is excited to extend the outreach of the Space Exploration Educator Conference by adding a teacher leadership component called the Space Exploration Educator Crew program. Thirty‐six K‐12 teachers from across the country were accepted into this exceptional program and will collaborate in six regional crews to develop teacher leadership skills and STEM based learning experiences.
It is our goal to empower teachers to build leadership competencies by creating innovative STEM programs for their students, schools and communities. Click here to learn more about the Space Exploration Educator Crew.
To apply to be a member of the Space Exploration Educator Crew, fill out the Space Educator Expedition Crew Program form and submit no later than Dec. 11.
Educators from across the world joined us for inspiring keynote presentations, interactive sessions and engaging virtual tours at the 29th annual Space Exploration Educators Conference.
Training like an astronaut! #BeCurious #SEEC2023 #scubadiving pic.twitter.com/XD8rDeoZSq
— Deborah Edwards (@ScienceEdwards) February 8, 2023
You might say I was slightly starstruck 😍❤️…Liz Upton, co-founder of @Raspberry_Pi 😱❤️ @SpaceCenterHou #SEEC2023 pic.twitter.com/fnc5UaflEk
— Joy Schwartz (@joyschwartz) February 11, 2023
Ms. Duke & I learned so much on the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) tour yesterday. We even got to sit in a mock-up shuttle cockpit. #SEEC2023 @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @Davis_FLE @SpaceCenterHou @NASA_Johnson pic.twitter.com/hfeiei8C8B
— Maranda Hayward (@misshayward_usc) February 10, 2023
What an inspiration to see Astronaut & rock 🪨scientist @astro_watkins at @NASA_Johnson @NASASTEM #SEEC2023 ! #BlackHistoryMonth #NASA #BlackinSTEM #inspiration #space #astronaut 🧑🏾🚀🚀 pic.twitter.com/pCZzoNVuMv
— Dr. Andre Samuel 👨🏽🔬 (@DrAfro71) February 9, 2023
Excited to attend the NASA #SEEC2023 conference this week. Ready for all these great presentations. @Milby_HS pic.twitter.com/miTAIcrEQ1
— Pablo Banda (@coachbanda1) February 9, 2023
Follow Space Center Houston on social media to get updates about the center and SEEC! To collaborate and discuss SEEC with other educators, join the SEEC Facebook group or tag your posts with #SEEC2024. We hope to create an interactive forum of discussion, frequently asked questions and a way for all participants to maintain a relationship throughout the entire year.
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