Hologic, Inc.
Make your own DNA necklace- same activity as previous years
Viasat
Want to convince your math teacher that 10 + 10 = 4? Stop by PC14-17 to chat with the Viasat team and learn about binary code, a language that lets you translate numbers, words, images, sounds, and just about anything else you can think of into a simple string of 0s and 1s!
DRS Daylight Solutions
QCL Laser and Instrument Solutions from San Diego based company
UCSD Graduate and Undergraduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC and UBIC), UCSD Scientista
LEGO, let's go! Our booth will focus on exposing students to the wonders of bioinformatics and computational genomics with hands-on games. We will have a Lego-'DNA' sequencer, and we will allow students to 'generate' the DNA of a monster they can draw. They will be able to see the process of sequencing DNA through this game, and gain an understanding of Next-Gen Sequencing technology. Through this activity, we wish to spark the students’ interests in biology, bioinformatics, and SCIENCE!
AoPS (Art of Problem Solving) Academy
Informational/Math Puzzles
Roosevelt Middle School MESA GTT
Tensegrity-Tension and integrity. 6 popsicle sticks, and 6 rubber bands and you have a tensegrity model.
EL CAPITAN HIGH SCHOOL MAPS Team
We will provide information about water, the channels in the cells of your body and water activities for students which do not require the getting wet. Building water molecules, tattoos, simulated water toss. We will have a scientific poster and 3-d models of the protein Aquaporin.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
For this interactive booth, we have a WIND TUNNEL! Participants are invited to make a paper airplane, and then test their design in the wind tunnel. This activity demonstrates the basic principles of aerodynamics. This has been very popular in the past and we're happy to demonstrate it again.
Society of Women Engineers
Participants will balance bricks on levers, feel the benefit of using pulleys, and see how inclined planes can decrease work.
City of San Diego Public Utilities Department, Pure Water Program
Informational materials and giveaways related to the City of San Diego's Pure Water San Diego program. Booth visitors can play a "Water You Know" trivia game to win prizes.
