After a hiatus as a result of pandemic, the Solana Seaside College District group got here collectively Might 7 for Discovery Fest, a fun-filled day of festivities and STREAM-based studying actions for all.
Held at Solana Pacific College, Discovery Fest provided learners of all ages a wide range of methods to expertise a style of the science, know-how, analysis, engineering, arts and arithmetic (STREAM) expertise college students acquire by SBSD Discovery Lab courses and discover the theme, “Can You Dig It: All Issues Prehistoric.”
Discovery Fest is hosted by the Solana Seaside College District (SBSD) in partnership with the Solana Seaside Faculties Basis (SBSF). Greater than 1,500 folks attended this 12 months’s occasion, together with 900 college students.
“Discovery Fest is a superb alternative for our college students to showcase the STREAM information they purchase by common Uncover Lab classes, and share the expertise with their households and the group,” Superintendent Jodee Brentlinger mentioned in a information launch. “We’re delighted that our partnership with the Solana Seaside Faculties Basis helps these important expertise and empowers learners to search out their voice, share their items and advance the world.”
College students mix science and artwork studying with a crystal drawing exercise at this years Discovery Fest.
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College students demonstrated their information with TED Speak-style displays delivered from the Discovery Fest principal stage, and a judged engineering problem had opponents scrambling to assemble a tool to assist a paleontologist, geologist, or gemologist do their work.
Jiya A., Shoshana G., and Serena M. of Solana Highlands College, and Kumar A., Adam L., and Eric M. of Solana Pacific College, shared first place honors for his or her successful entries within the engineering competitors. Board President Vicki King, Board Member Dana King, Superintendent Jodee Brentlinger, SBSF President Kim Criscuolo, and Jessie McConville, affiliate director of selling with Scientist.com, sat on the judging panel.
College students take a look at the San Diego County Parks and Recreation exhibit of native animals, which included a reside meet-and-greet with a innocent snake, at Discovery Fest.
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Dozens of hands-on actions at Discovery Lab stations provided youngsters and households studying alternatives that allowed them to step into the sneakers of an engineer to construct robots and write code; placed on their archeologist’s hat and dig for fossils utilizing an augmented actuality (AR) sandbox; faucet into their creative skills to attract and paint a watercolor resist ammonite — a prehistoric ocean dweller just like the nautilus — and rather more.
Cubicles hosted by occasion sponsors and group companions featured STREAM-based schooling. San Diego County Parks and Recreation exhibited a local animals show and handled attendees to a reside meet-and-greet with a innocent snake; the Fleet Science Heart sparked curiosity with a enjoyable engineering venture constructing a spoon catapult; and Ting and San Diego LabRats teamed as much as deliver the STEAM Discovery Heart the place learners experimented with modifications to atmospheric stress.
