Grade School

FREE S.T.E.A.M. kit. Engineer a vehicle and create an original, creative story about it. Ignite your child’s creativity, imagination, and planning skills to foster brain development and connectivity and critical 21st century skills. Enter for a chance to win a free Brain Balance Assessment, tickets to the San Diego Automotive Museum, and a chance to display your vehicle at the San Diego Automotive Museum.

Illumina, Inc. is a life sciences company that helps us understand DNA. Join Skype-a-Scientist and Illumina for a livestream session on April 29th,2021 from 10-11a (PST). During this session students will learn about DNA, inherited traits, and how DNA is read. This session is ideal for elementary and middle school students.

Over the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and medical professionals have been grappling to understand the science of this novel virus, how it spreads and how to manage it through public health guidelines, vaccine development and distribution. It can feel like information overload, especially for kids and teens. Speakers in this session will break down the complexity of COVID-19 into an engaging, casual conversation starting with an experiment with germs and washing hands.

Now the whole family can get in on the Challenge Island Maker and Science fun! Gather your tribe and travel back to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Celebrate Remake Learning Day on our Time Machine Island’s Gold Rush Mountain. Interact virtually with families from across the country while collaborating, engineering, and imagining your way through a STEAMtastic family fun activity! All you need is a few basic household supplies and a device to log into our virtual classroom. Once registered you will receive a supplies list to go scavenger hunt with and a Zoom link to join the workshop.

Now the whole family can get in on the Challenge Island Maker and Science fun! Gather your tribe and celebrate Remake Learning Day Alice-in-Wonderland-style, with Alice’s Flamingo Croquet from our Fantastic Fiction Island. Interact virtually with families from across the county while collaborating, engineering, and imagining your way through a STEAMtastic family fun activity! All you need is a few basic household supplies and a device to log into our virtual classroom. Once registered you will receive a supplies list to go scavenger hunt with and a Zoom link to join the workshop.