Please enjoy the following video.

In it, you will see a demonstration that illustrates how science and engineering affect our lives.

On behalf of the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering, we hope you enjoy the video!

The Giving Gene and a future scientist giving a high-five.

It is back! San Diego Science Expo comes back to downtown San Diego in Petco Park next to The Legend.

How would you like to don a pair of "moon shoes" and do your best Michael Jackson imitation? Or get in touch with your inner Picasso while finger-painting with algae?

Those are some of the activities at the annual San Diego Science Festival, a weeklong event that will culminate Saturday in Expo Day at Petco Park in downtown San Diego. Organized by UC San Diego in collaboration with science and engineering organizations, the family-friendly festival aims to provide interactive learning experiences.

Expo Day, expected to draw thousands of visitors, will offer about 150 hands-on activities. You’ll be able to interact with scientists to learn about their discoveries and browse booths that cover the science spectrum, from green technology to robotics.

Among the shows will be "Mad Science Presents: Fire and Ice," a Rubik's Cube speed tournament and "An Afternoon Chat with Albert Einstein." The Galapagos Mountain Boys will rock the house with, well, "Science Rocks." When was the last time you heard a folk song about the Big Bang Theory?

Bring the kids and enjoy the sights and sounds of what downtown San Diego has to offer. If you are considering a purchasing a condo in downtown San Diego please stop by the office after you leave the Expo. Our office is located right outside the gates to Petco Park on the corner of 7th and J street.

Source: http://www.downtowncondoshowroom.com/post/2011/03/25/San-Diego-Science-Expo-is-Here-Again-In-Downtown-in-Petco-Park.aspx

San Diego Union Tribune -- The eight-day San Diego Science Festival kicked off on Saturday and brought with it events like a family science day in Balboa Park, nature lectures at the Stephen Birch Aquarium and wacky science labs at Miramar College.

But the true frenzy was going on at the University of San Diego where the Botball 2011 battle was underway.

The robotics competition, which isn’t officially a part of the science festival, brings middle and high school students from Southern California and Mexico to see who can build the best performing robot.

Source: http://www.sandiego.edu/about/news_center/news/news_detail.php?_focus=38429

The typical questions bouncing around PETCO Park next week will center on pitcher Heath Bell’s lethal fastball, Chase Headley’s batting average and whether the Padres can make another run for the playoffs. This weekend, however, was a different story. Saturday, science took center stage at PETCO, leading to some decidedly un-baseball-related questions, such as: “Are you ready to extract your own DNA?” “Would you like to see a model of carbon dioxide?” and “Do you want to hold the heart of a cow?” (“Yes!” “Sure!” and “I don’t think so…” were the responses, respectively).

The third annual San Diego Science Festival EXPO Day, organized by UC San Diego and the university’s collaborators, welcomed more than 20,000 people to PETCO Park. Boys and girls and their families from around San Diego County came to the event hungry to learn about the many wonders that science offers.

See the Science Festival on 10 News: http://www.criticalmention.com/components/url_gen/play_flash.php?autoplay=1&clip_info=1916415731%7C0%7C59%5E

See the Science Festival on NBC San Diego: http://www.criticalmention.com/components/url_gen/play_flash.php?autoplay=1&clip_info=1916003875%7C0%7C59%5E

Check out the 10News experience videos here: http://www.youtube.com/kgtvvideo

You can mix chemicals to create bubbles, or better yet, explosions. You can try to poke a stick through a balloon without making it pop. You can even touch an enormous African Bullfrog, or hold a teeny, tiny chicken heart in your hands.

Activities like these and many more drew more than 20,000 people to the San Diego Science Festival’s third annual Expo Day on Saturday at Petco Park. The free event, which wrapped up the eight-day science festival, attracted people ranging from cynical high school students and wide-eyed toddlers to professional mathematicians and retired engineers.

Local high schools, colleges and universities, as well as other San Diego organizations, set up booths throughout the ballpark, each showing a different side of science.

How would you like to don a pair of "moon shoes" and do your best Michael Jackson imitation? Or get in touch with your inner Picasso while finger-painting with algae?

Those are some of the activities at the annual San Diego Science Festival, a weeklong event that will culminate Saturday in Expo Day at Petco Park in downtown San Diego. Organized by UC San Diego in collaboration with science and engineering organizations, the family-friendly festival aims to provide interactive learning experiences.

Expo Day, expected to draw thousands of visitors, will offer about 150 hands-on activities. You’ll be able to interact with scientists to learn about their discoveries and browse booths that cover the science spectrum, from green technology to robotics.

Among the shows will be "Mad Science Presents: Fire and Ice," a Rubik's Cube speed tournament and "An Afternoon Chat with Albert Einstein." The Galapagos Mountain Boys will rock the house with, well, "Science Rocks." When was the last time you heard a folk song about the Big Bang Theory?

Source: http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-san-diego-science-festival-expo-20110324,0,5010615.story