- Dehesa Charter School
- Julian Charter School
- Mira Mesa High School
The 2013 Bright Idea Society, made possible by the generosity of the Kimmich Educational Foundation, winning teams and finalists have been announced. We were overwhelmed with the amount and quality of applications we received. You're doing an amazing job, San Diego educators!
Congratulations to the following teams for showing exemplary leadership in STEM education.
Grades K-5
| Winning Team | Project Description |
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Mission Valley Robo-bolts
Dehesa Charter School | We will set up working physics models that are hands on and narrated by student builders. We will also set up a small building area that includes various electrical conduits, servo motors, line following functions, color sensors, gyroscopes, and architectural configurations-students would invite visitors to construct gear based vehicle designs and offer standard assembly assistance for younger visitors. Advanced students would keep a few Laptops set up with a projection screen to showcase the programming and computer functions. Our club currently prides itself in our use of retro operating systems like rcx and robolab software from the 90s. We will offer a demo of both and answer related questions from visitors. Video links will be available from previous club experiences. |
| Finalists |
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Lindo Park Falcons Science Club
Lindo Park Elementary School |
Johnson Robo Tigers
Johnson STEM Magnet School |
RV ROBOS
Lakeside Middle School |
Grades 6-8
| Winning Team | Project Description |
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Mr. Rogalski's Art Classes
Julian Charter School, San Diego Academy | The students of JCS, San Diego Academy have designed an interactive art installation that is focused on their perspective of beauty in the ocean juxtaposed with marine pollution. Its face is a 10 foot painting of waves with a hole cut into it, so that the audience can climb into the painting. Inside the painting will be a series of educational oceanography murals, a free standing reef and life sized local organisms sculpted from trash collected on our beach clean-ups. Audience will be prompted to create art that teaches them about local marine organisms and add to the installation. We will also be collaborating with a partner class in Baja Norte, Mexico. |
| Finalists |
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Robotics Club
Heritage Christian School of San Diego |
The Robo Chicks
Correia Middle School |
Grades 9-12
| Winning Team | Project Description |
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Biology Club
Mira Mesa High School | On the day of the expo, our group would have the equipment and science materials for all 4 labs to demonstrate what kinds of skills our club uses and what our science kits do. To view the results of the bacterial transformation, we would have a UV transilluminator so that participants could see what the bacteria look like when they have GFP inside of them. We would have a balance available so participants could weigh shells that have been exposed to different pH levels to gain an understanding of some climate change impacts on ocean life. We would also have at least 1 station, where EXPO Day participants would be able to experiment with the enzyme that causes color in the skin and hair of mammals. Essentially, there would be several stations where participants could try several parts of the science kits that we put together to learn more about Ocean Acidification, Genetic Engineering, and Enzyme function. We'll also try to have a screen playing the videos about our tech site for people to get a better idea of the students role in the biology club at Mira Mesa High School. |
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Mustang Robotics
Otay Ranch High School |
Solar Cup
San Diego High School of Science and Technology |
Health Careers Plus Academy
Southwest High School |
Science Adventurers
Hoover High School |
These one-hour seminars at the March 23 EXPO DAY are designed to not only be fun for you, but an hour full of teaching ideas and projects that will get your students engaged and enjoying learning about science and engineering.
