Middle School

LPA Design Studios

Our booth is hosting a number of activities that reflect the multiple disciplines represented in LPA Design Studio's integrated design approach. Come interact with architects, structural engineers, civil engineers, landscape architects, and interior designers. Participate in activities highlighting the creativity and problem-solving we encounter on a daily basis. Learn how our commitment to collaboration and inclusion leads to smart, sustainable, and impactful designs.

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers hands-on, classroom-friendly STEM activities that make complex scientific ideas tangible and fun. Two popular activities—Strawberry DNA extraction and DNA name bracelets—help students connect molecular biology concepts to real-world applications while practicing scientific thinking, data interpretation, and creative design.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Vertex will have an interactive activity. We will have scientific activity related to our Pain Project. We will have more details soon.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

The deep sea is the largest habitat on Earth and home to an amazing diversity of animals. Come learn about the biology and ecology of deep-sea animals, which have numerous adaptations to life in the dark (large eyes, cryptic coloration, light organs). This hands-on activity will introduce participants to common deep-sea species (including lanternfishes, dragonfishes, glass squids, and barrel shrimps) and the essential roles these animals play in oceanic food webs and global nutrient cycles.

Acurion

Learn how advances in microscopy, AI, and computational biology allow us to detect critically important cancer biomarkers from a single image. You’ll see first hand how this incredible technology from Acurion works, how it will impact cancer care around the world, and you’ll be able to interact with a prototype to let you discover the power of AI in advanced diagnostics.

AXEIS

Join us at the AXEIS STEM Carts booth for a fast-paced, hands-on STEM adventure! Build mini-robots, experiment with circuits, explore chemistry reactions, code with micro:bits, and challenge yourself with our student-created science missions. Fun, quick, and creative — perfect for all ages! Every participant will receive a FREE take-home STEM kit to continue exploring science at home!

American Physical Therapy Association

Students and their families will have the opportunity move, learn more about the human body, and meet a few physical therapy professionals and students. Students will be able to complete a human skeleton puzzle, complete a few movements, and learn more about how physical therapists use technology with their patients!

Mad Science of San Diego

Discovery Fun Stations: hands-on activities that allow them to further explore science concepts. • NASA: Lazer Maze – Discover technologies created for space travel! Test your aim with a laser maze • NASA Space Station – Discover technologies created for space travel! Buil • MAGNETISM – Kids try to build a bridge using metal objects and strong magnets on wooden pegs. • ECSTATIC ELECTRICITY – Kids try to make their way through a metal maze without making the buzzer go off.

LKW STEM FOUNDATION

Welcome to LKW STEM FOUNDATION’s presentation of “Magical Adventures & Illusions in the STEMverse”, a hands-on enrichment experience where science feels like magic and every learner becomes an explorer of curiosity. In this program, students rotate through four interactive “stations” that transform traditional STEM into enchanting, magical adventures. Each rotation invites learners to discover, create, and problem-solve through activities that feel as exciting as they are educational!

Gensler

Come learn from architects how to design, draw and visualize your design in 2D and 3D. Bring your imagination and experience to our booth featuring design technology and software, virtual reality and building blocks. All ages welcome.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

AXEIS

American Physical Therapy Association

Mad Science of San Diego

LKW STEM FOUNDATION

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