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Sweetwater Union High School District

Since 2009 Castle Park High students, with Dr. Pomeroy of UCSD, have learned to produce biodiesel from vegetable oil. Our booth demonstrates the step-by-step process of biodiesel synthesis, discusses the advantages of biodiesel over petroleum and outlines the ease of production. Our booth includes CAICE researchers who provide demonstrations concerning climate change and atmospheric chemistry. We also partner with Algenesis who demonstrate biodegradable materials that mimic plastics and foams.

U.S. Naval Academy

Midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy mentor you through your choice of several hands-on, interactive science and engineering activities for all ages. The diverse subject matter planned includes a range of STEM topics including chemistry, aerodynamics, electricity, logic, fluid mechanics and robotics.

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum provides hands-on STEM experiences for children through its mobile exhibits program. Children can experiment with gravity on Ball Wall, use their imagination to architect buildings out of large foam blocks, and explore engineering through play. Each exhibit comes with unique STEM challenges to encourage children to push beyond their current knowledge and uncover endless opportunities to learn through play.

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum brings hands-on education to children ages 0-10. At our booth, we will provide two mobile exhibits featuring STEM concepts and engineering design processes. One exhibit will be our new "Operation Game" that highlights organs in the body and the other will be our Imagination Playground where children can construct cars, buildings, and anything they can dream of!

UCSD Biomedical Engineering Society

UCSD BMES will present a demonstration about the respiratory systems using an assembled model of the lungs. The model will demonstrate how the diaphragm works to breath in and out of the lungs. We will also have a poster to give students an opportunity to work through some bioengineering problems about the respiratory system (Ex: What device would you create to help someone with breathing problems? Someone with a collapsed lung? Someone with a diseased or failing lung?).

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Join our practicing engineers in hands-on demonstrations of scale model bridges. Test the limits of each model, and discover the secrets of how they work.
Learn how bridges withstand the forces of cars, trucks, trains, wind, earthquakes, and more. See and touch actual bridge materials. Learn how you, too, can become a bridge engineer!

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