Middle School

Guests will engage in a variety of interactive activities that highlight concepts from Psychological Science that touch upon brain, cognitive, perceptual processes and emotion. These activities will feature amazing visual illusions, engaging sensorimotor tasks, thought-provoking short term memory exercises, mapping of visual shapes to speech sounds, visual inversion and captivating tests for recognizing emotional facial expressions. These activities appeal to a wide range of guests from childr

TBD. Most likely virtual reality or an interactive game.

Our flagship program, ART SCIENCE COMPLEX's "Imaginaria", is a project oriented, process based, thinking and learning platform--a living laboratory of imagination, sanctuary to nurture rampant creativity, to manifest one's own inventions and innovations--via drawing, building, painting, folding, writing, model making, reading, composing...

Math and logic type games and puzzles

What does real DNA look like? Come work with our volunteer scientists to discover the "stuff of life" shared by every organism on the planet!

Join the Illumina Foundation at Padres Petco Park in the Park as we help visitors to explore the power of genomics. The Illumina Games is a series of traditional games that represent the various parts of genetics including the history of identifying traits, polymerase chain reactions, and even making your own emoji! We will also have airbrush artists featuring science related tattoos for all ages and a Dress Like a Scientist photo booth! Kids and adults of all ages are encouraged to visit!

Small demonstrations, models of applied Science and Technology products (UAVs, Robotics, Advanced Energy Concepts) developed by General Atomics. History of General Atomics contribution to Science and Technology Community in San Diego.

Our 1st tent will be an Art Laboratory where people learn about how the atomic elements cycle through the ecosystem. Our second tent will be a giant painting of a mad scientists lab, with a hole cut so that you can enter the painting. Inside the painting is a dance floor where people will be prompted to do chemistry related dances via our atomic disco ball and projected dance lessons as our elemental musics blasts to the rhythm of the expanding universe.

Mrs. Kristina H. Watkins leads her 7th grade STEM class from Thrive Public Schools through the Universe with the help of Big History Project. Students created murals, models and Minecraft manipulations of games synthesizing content. Team Hypernova collaborated to design, code and build portals to mini Minecraft games that will take players through fun and exciting playable challenges covering 13.8 billion years of time: The Big Bang Theory, Stars, Solar System, Earth and Life!