Exhibit Description / Prep Questions

BIOCOM Institute - When Good Genes Go Bad! Students will learn about the relationship between genes and physical characteristics. They will determine their phenotype for the PTC gene, and model the genetic variation in the gene in the population. Students will also explore what happens in the case of genetic mutation and other anomalies.

Student Preparation:  

1. What is biotechnology, and what does biotechnology aim to accomplish?
2. What is PTC and what governs your ability to taste PTC?
3. What are genes?
4. What is a genetic disorder?
5. Name one disorder that results from the inheritance of bad genes?

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Genentech  - We will take the kids through a mini manufacturing process. Starting with gowning, the kids will get an idea of what a "clean" environment means and why it's important. Also we will have some computer monitors with the automation process and mini bioreacters to display our manufacturing on a mini level. We will also have a large TV to showcase videos from the past year.

Student Preparation: 

1. What is the difference between a biotech company and a pharmaceutical company?
2. Why is Quality Control an important function in a biotech company?
3. Why is it important to monitor the environment inside a biopharmaceutical plant?
4. What is the difference between fermentation and cell culture?
5. Why mammalian cells are preferred over bacteria when making large biochemical?
6. How do the cells make the medicine?
7. What is the difference between a peptide and a protein? How do you separate the two?

1. What is the goal of this research?
2. Why is it important to do this research?
3. How do you plan to accomplish the goal step by step?
4. How long do you think it will take you to finish the research project?
5. How much research funding do you need to complete the project?

 San Diego American Association for Laboratory Animal Science - BioMedical Research is the broad area of science that involves the investigation of the biological process and the causes of disease through careful experimentation, observation, laboratory work, analysis and testing. We will have an example of the arm budding stage in frogs for comparison with the human fetal development.

Student Preparation:

1. What is a Xenopus Laevis?
2. Why are Xenopus used in research?
3. What is a limb bud?
4. What phase of human development is similar between humans and Xenopus?
5. What is Biomedical Research?
6. How does Biomedical Research touch your life?

San Diego Mesa College - Displays with hands-on experiments in Biology, Chemistry and Physics as well as general information for science-related careers.

Student Preparation:  

1. What is the most obvious purpose and advantage of the Scientific Method?
2. Compare and contrast the Scientific Method and the legal system as they relate to the discovery of truth.
3. Why does a diet soda can float, whereas the regular soda can sink?
4. When an ice skater spins around on one skate, how does he/she change their rate of rotation? What physical principle does the skater rely on?
5. Why does the sky appear blue during the day? Why does the sky appear red at sunrise or sunset?

San Diego Miramar College - Gene Chips and You:  Explore your unique genetic profile with a hands-on activity that demonstrates the power of DNA to identify you.

Student Preparation:

1. What is DNA?
2. What is a gene?
3. How many copies of each gene do you have?
4. What does it mean for a gene to be dominant?

San Diego Workforce Partnership - We will provide a hands-on demonstration of a lab activity taught by our summer Life Sciences Summer Institute and Introductory Life Sciences Experience interns.

Student Preparation:  

1. What is DNA?
2. What is life sciences and what does it mean to you?

3. What is the average salary of someone working in the life sciences industry?

The Scripps Research Institute  - Olson/Molecular Graphics lab: Scientists and students in our outreach programs will showcase rapid prototyping technology and its use in biomedical research and the development of new medicines.

Student Preparation:  

1. How can we use the information about the molecular structures of biological molecules?
2. Place these biological objects in order of size, from smallest to largest: a)  a virus; b) a red blood cell; c) a sugar molecule; d) a bacteria; e) a protein molecule
3. What experimental methods allow us to see biological molecules?
4. If you stretched out the DNA in one of your cells into a straight line, how long would it be? (Hint human DNA has about 3 billion nucleotide bases.
5. True of false a virus is a living thing?

BP – Demonstrating the conversion of energy grasses to fermentable sugars for the production of bioethanol.

Student Preparation:

1. Why do we need biofuels?
2. What are energy grasses and why are they a good feedstock for biofuel production?
3. What is cellulose and how is it different from starch?
4. Challenge question: What is the theoretical yield of ethanol from one metric ton of glucose?

California Center for Sustainable Energy - Hands-on lessons to teach students about energy, global climate change and sustainable living.

Student Preparation:

1. Name three types of sustainable (renewable) energy.
2. Define energy efficiency.
3. What is meant by a green job?
4. List three things that you can do now to help the environment.

General Atomics Energy/Fusion Education - The fundamental science of plasma physics and fusion energy will be presented.  Interactive components of the booth will include Tesla coils, human-powered generator, electromagnets, infrared camera.

Student Preparation:  

1. Plasma (ionized gas) is often called the 4th state of matter.  Give 3 examples of plasma.
2. Nuclear fusion is an element-building process inside stars.  How do we rely on nuclear fusion?
3. How might changing magnetic fields produce other magnetic fields?

Hydrogen Power Systems - We'll demonstrate how Electrolysis can be used to extract Hydrogen from water, then use that Hydrogen to improve the fuel economy of and reduce pollution from Diesel and Gasoline powered vehicles.  Yes, There is Fire in Water!

Student Preparation:  

1. Gasoline is a fuel that propels a car down the road, but what part of the gasoline actually generates the energy that moves the car, and what part of the gasoline creates the soot (pollution) you see at the end of the tail pipe?
2. Why is gasoline called a hydrocarbon fuel?
3. What exactly is a hydrocarbon?
4. What is Electrolysis and how can it be used to generate Hydrogen? 
5. What is the difference between distilled water and bottled drinking water?  
6. Why won’t pure distilled water work in an electrolytic reaction?
7. What’s the difference between hydrogen fuel cell car and a hydrogen powered car? 
8. What gases are generated when you use an electric charge to split water?
9. What is an electrolyte?
10. What is an acid?
11. Can an electrolyte be an acid an alkaline, or both?
12. Is lemon juice acidic or alkaline?

J. Craig Venter Institute - We will be exhibiting an activity titled "Microbiomes: From Sewage to Seawater and Beyond".  This will be an interactive exhibit on the DiscoverGenomics! Bus featuring hands on activities related to understanding microbial genomics, metagenomics of microbial communities, and how to put those microbial communities to work in various applications including microbial fuel cells or the production of probiotics for improved human health.

Student Preparation:   

1. How many different types of microorganisms live in soils, sediments, and/or water bodies? And what new area of research was developed at JCVI to study these microorganisms?

2. What is a Winogradsky Column?  Who invented it, when, and why?

3. What is a mud battery and how does it work?

4. How is the mud battery an example of clean technology?  What are other examples of bacteria being used for clean technology?

5. How can metagenomics be used as a tool to improve clean technologies?

1. Why is solar energy considered an important source of energy?
2. What is the difference between active and passive solar technologies?
3. What technologies use solar energy?

4. What are some factors to be considered in designing a solar car?

SDG&E - We will have a plug in electric vehicle along with materials for customers on electric vehicle rates and spend time discussing what is an electric vehicle to the students and parents. Our premise is "education and outreach".

Student Preparation:  

1. How many kilo watt hours (kwh) of energy are in a gallon of gas and how many kwhs are used per mile in a 36 mile per gallon car?

2. How many kwh does an electric vehicle use per mile for a typical sedan?

3. Where can electric vehicles get energy from?

revolutionize many industries. We have started by focusing on energy, but we imagine a future where our science could be used to produce a variety of products, from synthetically derived vaccines to prevent human diseases to efficient cost effective ways to create clean drinking water. The world is dependent on science and we're leading the way in turning novel science into life-changing solutions.

Student Preparation: 

1. What are algae?
2. What do you eat that is made of algae?
3. What do you think algae eat?
4. What is photosynthesis?
5. Why are these questions important, and how do they fit together?
   

The Energy Coalition - Students will get a glimpse of what it means to live in a sustainable way and discover exciting world of green careers. See how can your talents can be utilized to make this planet a better place!

Student Preparation:  

1. What is a green career?
2. What is sustainability?
3. Think of at least 5 ways you can "green up" your home.
4. Think of at least 3 jobs that contribute to increasing sustainability.
5. What are your 3 top talents or strengths that your future employer may find useful?

TESLA – Tesla Motors developed the world's first commercially available high performance all electric sports car - the Tesla Roadster. Tesla electric vehicle technology is now used in a number of electric cars from several manufactures. Our booth will display a Tesla Roadster (one of only 1600 such cars in existence). Visitors to the booth will be able to see the car, view the battery and motor, and ask questions.

Student Preparation:  

1. What is the difference between a hybrid car and an electric car?
2. Why can a Tesla electric car accelerate faster than most gas powered or hybrid cars?
3. How fast can a Tesla Roadster charge its batteries?
4. Who was Nikola Tesla, and what did he invent?

1. Which adaptation is the most effective for successful feeding in a given environment?
2. Relate these adaptations to a global cultural awareness and identify the cultural adaptations that might be necessary to effectively function in a global environment?

1. What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable sources of energy?  Name one example of each.
2. Place your hand near the fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs (DO NOT TOUCH).  Do you feel a difference?  Which bulb is warmer and why?
3. Look at the solar panel and turn it over to see how many watts of power it generates.  Use the appliance power poster to find out what appliance(s) one solar panel could power.  How many solar panels are needed to power a hair dryer?
4. What is one form of technology that has been developed that uses wind as a renewable energy source to power something in your home.

1. In aquatic systems, what are some examples of primary producers and primary consumers? How might this information help determine what types of species are good candidates for aquaculture?
2. What is the impact of an average increase in the number of trophic levels in aquatic systems relative to terrestrial systems with regards to aquaculture?
3. What is ocean acidification and how might that impact aquaculture?
4. Do you understand what sustainable means when it comes to seafood and aquaculture and why it’s important?
5. How are oysters and mussels beneficial to a estuarine environment? What are the negative side effects of wild harvesting shellfish?

1. What is recycled water?  How can recycled water be used to enhance our water supply?
2. What are the main stages of treatment at a water reclamation plant?  What role do microorganisms play in the wastewater treatment process? 
3. What is Indirect Potable Reuse of water and why may it play a role in the future of the San Diego region?
4. What are some of the concerns that people have with the idea of turning wastewater into drinking water?
5. What are some of the pros and cons of turning seawater into drinking water (desalination) vs. turning recycled water into drinking water (indirect potable reuse)?
   

Student Preparation:   

1. What is a vector?
2. What diseases do ticks transmit?
3. Name 3 ways to protect yourself from vector-borne diseases?

1. What are some of the ways to determine the abundance and health of populations of organisms in the marine environment?
2. What adaptations do prey have to respond to predators? What adaptations do predators have to consume prey?
3. Other than having lots of cool things to look at, what is the importance of diversity in the ocean?
4. How do marine ecologists observe species interactions in the field?
5. What are some challenges of working in the marine environment?

1. What are some indicators of good water quality?
2. What are some indicators of bad water quality?
3. Name the two types of bacteria used as indicators for poor water quality. Why are they considered a threat to human health?
4. How does the San Diego public find out about water quality in their neighborhood or beach?

1. How do scientists access the biodiversity of a region or the distribution of any single species?
2. What kind of information is collected using GIS technology?

3. Name three types of regional ecosystems found in southern California?

4. What kind of information is found in the collections of natural history museums?

5. How do we determine if a species is Endangered?

1. What is biomimicry?
2. What are some examples of products that have been developed using biomimicry?
3. What types of things are scientists researching currently in this field?
4. What is San Diego Zoo Global doing with biomimicry and why are they invovled?
5. What schools can I go to study or apply biomimicry?

1. What are our six main areas of research?

2. Why might conservation researchers be interested in animal scents?

3. What can camera traps tell conservation researchers about remote habitats?

4. Why are microphone arrays even more informative than camera trap arrays?

5. What other subjects (besides biology) are involved in conservation research?

sea turtle exhibit this past summer called Turtle Reef. This new exhibits highlights sea turtle conservation issues through interactive display such as the exciting “Race to the Beach” video game and a wall sized turtle-tracking touch screen with detailed tracking data. Sea World and SeaWorld/Hubbs Research Institute will display and describe the challenges and rewards of rescuing, releasing, and tracking these incredible animals.

1. What are some ways that sea turtles are tracked?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each tracking method?
3. Why is information about sea turtle movements important to species conservation?

Student Preparation:   

1. We have all heard about “STEM” as Science, Technology, Engineering and Math and how important it is for students to be well grounded in them.  Have you heard about “STE[+a]M™ STE[+a]M™?”  What does it mean?  How important is it?

Air Group One, Commemorative Air Force - Booth explaining and offering Aviation-oriented STEM hands-on programs for youth. Features a real airplane students can really get up close-and-personal with to experience real engineered aviation equipment. Instructors always available.

Student Preparation:   

1. Which theories are used by engineers to make sure that heavy boats float and heavy airplanes fly?
2. What forces act on an airplane during normal takeoff or landing?
3. What parts of a plane make it turn?
4. How would a pilot maintain control of an airplane at night or when they are inside of a cloud?

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GEOCON - Demonstration of liquefaction.

Student Preparation:  

1. What are the names of the earthquake faults near or in San Diego?
2. Why are there always lots of scuba divers at La Jolla Shores (hint – it has to do with faults)?
3. Where would you guess soil liquefaction would happen if we had a big earthquake in San Diego?
4. How would you guess contamination gets into the soil and groundwater?
5. What are the most common soil and groundwater contaminates?
6. Why do we want to get the contaminates out of the soil and groundwater?

Goodrich Aerostructures - An overview of the design, analysis and manufacturing considerations for making a nacelle that surrounds the turbofan jet engine on commercial aircraft.

Student Preparation:  

1. What does it take to make a nacelle? -What does a nacelle do?
2.  What are the parts of a nacelle?
3.  What are the steps in making a nacelle?
4.  What are the challenges in nacelle design?

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE – Professional Group) – Electrical and related Engineering

Student Preparation:

The Enigma Machine

1. What is an enigma?

2. Why is enigma a good name for a cryptographic device?

3. What role did the Enigma Machine play in World War II?

4. What was Bletchley Park?

The Vibrating Rod

1. What is a node? An anti-node?
2. Why does the rod vibrate better when held at the node?

3. What is a sine wave? List some places where you seen them.

4. Why are vibrating rods important to Electrical Engineers?

Engineering

1. What is an engineer?
2. How do electrical engineers effect your life?
3. What skills, knowledge and education are required to become an engineer?

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE – UCSD Student Group) – We will be showcasing a variety of student hands on circuit building. One of our demos, let students discover how circuits can be made out of all shapes, sizes, and materials with squishy circuits. Through these demos students can learn the basis for how all their favorite electronic gadgets work!

Student Preparation:  

1. What does it mean to have a closed circuit?
2. How does a conductor and insulator work?
3. What is electricity?
4. How is a parallel circuit different to a series circuit?

5. Name 3 things you use that: 1)converts electricity to light,2)converts electricity into mechanical movement, 3)converts electricity into heat.

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Lockheed Martin –  Lockheed Martin is a global security company that is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services to help customers achieve their most challenging goals.

Using Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) products, we will simulate the unmanned vehicle experience with the students.  With technological advances, an increased availability, a decrease in footprint available in the field, and a reduction in cost, more sophisticated sensors are more readily available. This exhibit will demonstrate the human machine interface the war fighter could use to satisfy mission requirements and provide functions and/or services.  This is accomplished using commercially available products that are on cutting edge of technology, but also lower in cost, which supports decreases in customer budgets. 

Student Preparation:  

1. What is a sensor?
2. Give an example of a sensor and its use.
3. Give two examples of COTS items that have two or more sensors integrated into a single product?
4. Where could unmanned technology be used?
5. Give an example of where unmanned technology is currently being deployed.

Northrop Grumman –  Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.

We will feature technology that protects the warfighter and supports our military: We will:

• Demonstrate how the design of an aircraft or a ship makes it more or less detectible by radar/sonar.  Students will hold different shaped panels to reflect signals and be able to see real-time results.
• Display a manpack jammer, designed to protect our troops on the ground from IEDs.
• Provide information about career opportunities and what students can study now to prepare to work in the fields of engineering and other areas in the company.

Student Preparation:   

1. WHAT does “RADAR” stand for and what is it?   
   
2. What does “SONAR” stand for and how does it work?
3. WHAT IS AN IED?
4. HOW ARE IEDs SET OFF? 
5. WHAT IS ELECTRONIC WARFARE?
   

Raytheon - This booth will showcase Raytheon's 'Catapult Into Engineering' event that is slated to occur in early April 2012.  While at the booth, students will engage in fun hands on activities that will exercise their math and science knowledge.

Student Preparation:

1. Who first used catapults and what for?
2. How do you think catapults work? List 3 variables you think might affect how far a projectile would travel from a catapult.
3. How does Newton's 1st law relate to catapults?

(soil types, faults), earthquakes and tsunamis, and SAIC’s commercial tsunami warning systems that are deployed internationally.  SAIC's network of Tsunami Buoy Systems in the Indo-Pacific have detected over 24 tsunamis of various sizes in the last two years.  Information will be presented using maps, posters, and the Internet (using Google Earth, some geological overlays and pop-up identification/definition boxes).  We will also have a buoy display (small-scale model) with an educational and video of our technology (technical specifications, how it works, deployment, locations, etc.)

1. What are the three basic soil types in California?
2. What is a fault?
3. What are the two classifications of faults?
4. What is a tsunami?
5. Where are tsunami buoy detection systems located?
6. What depth of water are they deployed in?
7. Does the tsunami buoy also measure waves caused by storms?
8. Where are tsunami buoys located?
9. Is there a worldwide need for tsunami detection buoys?
10. Is the detection buoy system the only piece of a warning system that SAIC manufactures?

Solar Turbines – The Solar Turbines’ booth will showcase one of Solar’s gas turbine engines: the Saturn.  An engine of this caliber requires the use of some fairly exotic metals and a high level of precision in manufacturing and assembly. Gas turbine engines such as this play a vital role in the development of oil, natural gas, and power generation projects around the world.  Solar is a world leader in providing sustainable products with low emissions technology.

Student Preparation:  

1. In what year was Solar founded and how long has this company been in San Diego?
   
2. True or False: Solar Turbines creates Solar products?
3. How does a gas turbine engine work?
4. What are Solar Turbine engines used for?
5. Convert the following:
   
1. 800m to miles
2. 0.250mL to gallons
3. 6.25ft to micro meters
4. 80.7kg to pounds

SPAWAR - SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific will be showcasing fun activities that demonstrate resonance both acoustically and mechanically.  Activities will include a chinese water bowl that spouts water, a chladni plate and sound that allows you to form beatiful shapes when changing frequencies and a vibrating string that allows you to see the nodes and anit-nodes of a wave! Additionally, this booth will host a Digital Postcard area where you can take your photo and email it to yourself!

Student Preparation:  

1. What does the term frequency mean?
2. What does the term forcing frequency mean?
3. What does the term natural frequency mean?
4. What does the term resonance frequency mean?
5. Why did the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse?

1. In your own words, describe current and voltage.
2. What is the equation for Power?
3. Which power output is greater, series or parallel connection? Explain?
4. A 12-V car battery will generally produce more current than a 1.5V flashlight battery, TRUE OR FALSE?
5. A voltmeter is used is to generate voltage, TRUE OR FALSE?

Rural/Metro Ambulance/San Diego Project Heart Beat - CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) demonstration and displays.  We will also have an ambulance on hand to demonstrate various technologies used in prehospital emergency medical care.

Student Preparation:

1. Why is electricity used to shock a heart in cardiac arrest?
2. What causes cardiac arrest?
3. Why does the ambulance carry nitroglycerin on board? 
   
4. What is CPR and why should a rescuer tilt the head back?
5. What are some signs that someone is having a stroke and what is a stroke?

Tri-City Medical Center - Demonstration of real time interventional cardiology and the technology used to treat heart attacks.  We will also showcase professional job opportunities in healthcare and the high-tech industry that manufactures advanced medical devices.

Student Preparation:

1. What type of metal is a stent made out of?

              A. Platinum

              B. Nickel

              C. Iron

              D. Molybdenum

2. Will a metal stent set off the alarms at the airport?

              A. Yes

              B. No

3. What does a pacemaker do?
4. How does a stent help heart attacks?
5. What is the di Vinci?

              A. A painting

              B. A new brand of jeans

              C. A surgical robot physicians use

UC San Diego Trauma Division - Explore how crash forces impact both the vehicle and your body in a car crash. Learn what trauma surgeons do during “the golden hour” to help save lives, and how law enforcement works to reduce injuries due to car crashes. Watch in-car videos of what happens when drivers are distracted and learn how this technology can prevent this from happening to you and those you love.

Student Preparation:  

1. What is the difference between an emergency room and a trauma center?
2. What is needed to stabilize a trauma patient? The ABC’s?
3. What percent of car crashes are due to driver error?
4. Discuss why teens seem to take more unreasonable risks?
5. What are the three types of distracted driving?
6. Discuss how law enforcement helps to keep the roadways safer?

Arey Jones Educational Solutions - Arey Jones exclusively provides information technology solutions for schools from coast to coast. By leveraging our regional configuration centers, we design, implement and support comprehensive networking solutions that maximize efficiency and up-time objectives within your budget. We will have the latest in technology or the classrooms from the Top 3 Tier manufacturers , Dell, HP & Lenovo.

Student Preparation:  Pending

CAL FIRE –  New vehicle (mobile communication center for major disasters) will be on display.

Student Preparation: 

1. What is the advantage of having this vehicle at major incidents?
2. What types of communication equipment is installed on the vehicle?
3. What type of training is needed to operate this vehicle?
4. What types of incidents would we see this on?

Media Partner: 

COX Communications - The exhibit of the Cox Communications, Channel 4 San Diego, Mobile Production Unit will provide a hands on behind the scenes look at what it takes to produce a live television event.  Students will get a feel for the number of people involved and the technology used getting CIF football game to television viewers at home.

Student Preparation:

1. What are the differences between analog and digital video formats?
2. What are the different ways to get productions from a remote unit to the distribution location?
3. What are the names of some of the organizations that created the standards that govern all broadcast/cable TV signals?
4. What are the names of the following organizations and what do they do? 
   1. SMPTE 
   2. MPEG
   3. FCC
      
   4. ATSC
   5. NTSC
5. What positions are required to man the TV Truck during a CIF football game production?

Signals transmit information from one place to another.  We know this because we can measure signals with the right kind of equipment.  But, where does that equipment come from?  From research, perspiration, frustration and experience.  Look around at the marvelous objects in this fair.  Somebody figured out how to make them.

And that, in one way, is what college is all about:  learning how to use signals to make something new.

1. What is the definition of an analog signal?
2. What is the difference between an analog signal and a digital signal?
3. Are digital signals found In nature?
4. Why would you want to convert between analog and digital signals?

5. What are some ways to measure signals?

6. Which of these require analog signals, and which require digital signals?  Why?

    ~ A CD or DVD

    ~ Your sight

    ~ Your username and password

    ~ Your hearing

    ~ Your allowance

    ~ Your heart beat

    ~ Your cell phone

    ~ Your memory

    ~ A photograph

    ~ A painting

Hewlett Packard – Our booth will demonstrate the technology behind Thermal Inkjet Printing.

Student Preparation:  

1. What is an example of something that uses additive color?  Subtractive color?  In subtractive color, what is yellow plus magenta?  In additive color, what is red plus blue?
2. How does thermal ink jet technology work? 
3. If an inkjet drop is 10 picoliters, and a paintball has a diameter of 0.68 in, how many inkjet drops are in one paintball?  If you were to jet a drop once a second, how long would it take to fill the paintball? (Remember to convert from English to metric 1 in = 2.54 cm, and that the volume of a sphere = 4/3 pi  r^3)
4. HP printers use encoder strips and rotary encoders to monitor the position of the paper and print head.  Explain how an encoder works.

Logical Choice Technologies - Letters alive 2.0 makes learning to read even more fun and exciting! Come experience our revolutionary supplemental reading curriculum that uses the innovative technology of augmented reality to bring letters to life for students in the form of 3D, interactive animals. In the curriculum, students master the building blocks of literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, concepts of print, and comprehension.

Student Preparation: 

1. What is Augmented Reality?
2. How does the program know which animal to show?
3. How do the animals change colors?
4. How do the virtual buttons work?
5. How do you envision use of augmented reality in curriculum for older students?
6. How do you envision the use of augmented reality outside of a school setting?

Media Partner: 

Time Warner Cable - PENDING 

Student Preparation:  Pending

1. What does autonomous mean with respect to robotics?
2. What are the tasks that San Diego City Robotics must perform at this years AVUSI competition?
3. What types of sensors should an underwater autonomous robot be equipped with?
4. What courses should be taken in preparation for a course of study in robotics engineering?
5. What schools have entered the AVUSI competition in the past?
   

San Diego County Fair – Outreach information for students for the 2012 Student Showcase Exhibit at the San Diego County Fair.

Student Preparation:

1. Theme of the 2012 SD Fair?
2. Dates of the SD Fair? Entry Deadline?
3. What Exhibit is for Students my age to Enter?
4. Robots are controlled two ways?
5. The SD Fair several One Day Contests Name 3 of them.
6. Two New Science Divisions to enter this year?
7. What is Hydroponics?

SeaBotix, Inc. –  SeaBotix, is a world-wide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems known under the trade name “Little Benthic Vehicles” (LBVs™).
SeaBotix LBVs are used for a variety of underwater tasks such as maritime security, search and recovery, aquaculture, scientific research, hydro and nuclear energy applications, forensic investigations, as well as inspections of off-shore oil and gas drilling platforms and pipelines. SeaBotix LBVs are designed for observation and light-duty operations, and can be equipped with a variety of sensors including high-definition video cameras, imaging sonar, tracking systems, as well as various tools such as multifunction grabbers and cutting heads. A patented Crawler system offered in certain LBVs is designed to allow for precise and complete underwater ship hull inspections.

Student Preparation: 

1. What are the various applications for ROVs? Name at least three that come to mind.
2. What does ROV stand for?
3. What makes a SeaBotix ROV move in water and how many? Where are they located?

UCSD Robotics - Our exhibit will feature student robotics research, healthcare tech and biomedical research.  

Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, UC San Diego -- Ever wondered what it would be like to bend a spoon just by thinking about it? Or have you ever wished your iPod could automatically select music to suit your mood? At our installation, students will learn about how electrical activity from neurons in the brain can be recorded using non-invasive wearable EEG sensors and how these signals can be used to control devices with your thoughts! This will be demonstrated via a fun interactive two-person installation called MoodMixer wherein participants collaboratively navigate a two-dimensional audiovisual landscape and remix electronic music, based on their cognitive/affective state of mind.

Student Preparation: 

1. What is a neuron?
2. What is the electroencephalogram (EEG)?
   
3. List 3 existing examples of a BCI/BMI.
   
4. What's the coolest application of BCI technology you can imagine?
5. What sorts of ethical and/or privacy concerns do you think should be considered for future uses of BCI technology?

US FIRST Robotics –  Poway High School’s Team Spyder (1622) is a multi-award winning FIRST Robotics team.  FIRST Robotics is a worldwide organization which gives students of all ages the ability to enjoy math and science. Each year, FIRST Robotics creates a new event for each division in which a new objective is posed for the team to accomplish in a competition. We are composed of many sub-groups including electrical, build, safety, chairmans, programming, and graphics. Our team is based on being safe while creating quality robots built for competitions.

Student Preparation:  

1. What is the definition and mission of FIRST Robotics?
2. How can FIRST change the world and who are its heroes?
3. What are the three FIRST competitions that students can compete in?
4. How much time are you given to design and fabricate a robot?