Medicine

This exhibit is organized by the RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB) at UCSD. The PDB is the single worldwide resource for the 3D structures of proteins and DNA. In this exhibit students will learn about the basic building blocks of life: DNA and Proteins. The first part consists of building a small fragment of double stranded DNA using marshmallows and tooth picks. In the second part, students will build a small portion of protein backbone by visualizing it on a computer display and then folding it from a piece of wire.

This year we would like to have 3 different projects to present to the students. 1. Organ matching board: This is a fun activity for younger kids (elementary) to try to match the cartoon organs to the appropriate function and associated disease. 2. Either a Makey Makey board or a Mindflex duel game: A Makey Makey Board (http://makeymakey.com/) is essentially a simple circuit board that can be used as a controller with your computer, which we will use to teach the kids (elementary-middle) about circuitry (grounding, completing the circuit, etc).

UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy booth will provide an exposure to the health services that pharmacists provide to our society. Through a series of fun and interactive activities, visitors will get the chance to learn about different disease such as hypertension, diabetes and asthma. Furthermore, the booth will provide information about immunization, medication safety and pharmaceutical. -Examples of interactive activities include: Learning how it feels to have asthma. Learning how inhalers work and how to use them properly.

Visitors to the booth can participate in a walkthrough illustrating the basics of genetics and how DNA can affect our physical beings. Following the walkthrough, visitors can enjoy three hands on activity stations. The first is a Build your own DNA station, where visitors can build a base or practice pairing them. The second is a genetic engineering station, where student can manipulate circuits or help insert a plasmid (glow bracelet) into a bacteria (balloon). At the final station, a robot can be build based on the selection of dominate or recessive genes from two parent robots.

The booth will contain hands-on interactive demonstrations highlighting applications of industrial hygiene principals.

Microbe Game: Kids match giant plush microbes to list of symptoms they cause, lead in to discussion on history and careers in bio-medical research Multiple Choice Game: Kids match up animal to the condition/disease they played an instrumental role in alleviating, lead to discussion of the history and role animals play in bio-medical research. Finger Puppet Giveaway Origami Frogs & Mice Giveaway Literature/Posters on Careers in Bio-Medical Research

San Diego State University's School of Nursing is teaching the role of smoking and healthy lungs. Along with a healthy pair of lungs, comes a pig heart for prospectives to observe! We we also have information about the School of Nursing at SDSU and the proper steps to take to get into the program.

Display selected unusual medical clinical cases, discussions in posters form. Answer questions on clinical cases and relevant updates. Education on related clinical presentations, and treatments. promote awareness of unusual clinical cases.

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