Coding With Kids
Titanium Sponsors: 10' x 10' booth (includes 1 table, 2 chairs)
We will use the space to bring chromebooks to demonstrate to kids and families the kind of curriculum we offer.
Boz Institute
1. Transform the agave plant into a DNA sequence and explore biodiversity of closely related plants.
2. Tiny translucent worms may hold answers to human health and longevity. Observe them under the microscope and find out why.
3. Sea urchins and fish have much in common with humans. Observe egg fertilization and early embryo development of purple urchin and zebrafish.
4. Gender differences affect decision making. Identify female and male fruit flies and learn why they scientists study them.
ZOOper Hero Animals
Color-changing chameleons? High-jumping wild cats? A pandemonium of parrots? Put on your cape and mask and join Zovargo in learning all about some extraordinary super-hero creatures! Meet animals up close and learn how each species is important in the animal world.
UCSD Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
The UCSD Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) will be hosting activities centered around the topic of diabetes. There will be two interactive demonstrations, one giving insight into the biology of diabetes and the other highlighting bioengineering-related treatments.
Ms. Smarty-Plants Cools the Climate
Ms. Smarty-PLants entertains and educates children and adults a like. What is a climate? Are we changing it? How can we help? In this fun and entertaining show everyone will learn that taking care of the earth can happen with science and determination!
League of Extradordinary Scientists and Enginneers and J Craig Venter Institute
In the “Making Waves” tour, kids and adults will be introduced to marine plankton and encouraged to think critically about what makes them unique and important in providing much of our oxygen and key players at the base of the marine food web. This event will include the JCVI Mobile BioLab, a modified motor coach, outfitted with advanced laboratory equipment. We will have multiple types of microscopes onboard enabling participants to visualize the microscopic work of marine phytoplankton.
Illumina Foundation
Presenting Sponsor
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman will host hands-on STEM activities for all ages and talk with visitors about careers in engineering.
Mathnasium
Various math games, prize wheel, chess, checkers, and connect four.
Quidel Corporation
Experience three different interactive experiments and visit our company car (flu bug).
