River Bugs Are Cool
Learn how bugs can unlock secrets about the San Diego River’s health! Work with scientists to collect a sample and examine real living aquatic bugs, play games, and take home an activity book. Supplies will be provided, but please wear clothes that can get a little dirty. The activity takes about one hour, and we will have three rotations (all with the same activities). Rotations begin on the hour at 10:00, 11:00 and noon.
Cabrillo Bioblitz 2016
Join us at San Diego's only National Park to help celebrate our 100th anniversary with a nation-wide Bioblitz! Come help San Diego scientist quantify all of the plants and animals that call Cabrillo home. There will be science and art based activities for all ages as well as food, fun, and music. Get up. Get out. And FIND YOUR PARK!
You CAN Do the Rubik's Cube Challenge
Students in grades K-12 will compete in teams of 8 to collectively solve 25 Rubik's Cubes. Join the fun! All schools, after school, and other community youth organizations in the San Diego area can register their teams through www.youcandothecube.com/compete-now The solo competition will be limited to students from registered teams.
County Parks and Recreation - Live Well San Diego
Our rangers will be showing specimens of San Diego’s common animal species. Participants will be able to touch animal pelts, see real taxidermy and learn about local wildlife! Our Animal Ambassador Raptor Team will also be onsite. Learn what these birds of prey look like up close, where they live, what they eat, how they hunt and what survival skills they’ve picked up over time, to help them thrive in San Diego’s diverse environments.
Living Coast Discovery Center
Our booth will have biofacts about local wildlife, information about our programs, an activity about food sorting, and an animal ambassador.
Hands-On Technology Education
Join us for a variety of hands-on K-12 activities including Robotics, Forensic Science, Super STEAM Adventure & Virtual Reality. Also learn about the HOTE 1K Outreach program bringing cost-free STEAM to San Diego kids and the SD STEAM Educators conference.
Maravai LifeSciences Foundation
Delicious DNA! Build a model of a double helix and learn how the backbone and base pairs come together in our DNA. The best part – you can eat it when you’re done!
Frostbite Frenzy
Explore pressure and states of matter, with dry ice as the star of the show! You'll go crazy for our insane cup popper and dry ice bubbles! Learn about sublimation and increasing pressure, ending with silly explosions! Careful! Don't get frostbite!
Physics-based
We will illustrate some fundamental science concepts from nuclear fusion research using lively demonstrations in electromagnetism, states of matter (liquid nitrogen), differential pressure, and more. We will encourage yearning to learn and discuss large-scale energy needs and the possibility of fusion on earth as an energy basis.
