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The Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair is non-profit that helps inspire and educate 7th through 12th graders — and it’s run completely by volunteers.
Please support your fellow students of San Diego, and sign up online to be a volunteer! Help make this year’s fair the best ever!
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Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) provides hands-on/minds-on exploration in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for 6th – 10th grade girls. Our mission is to encourage young women to pursue careers in these fields by offering interactive workshops from Architecture to Zoology
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Comments closedOn February 10, 2011, 22 middle and high school students from schools within the San Diego and Imperial Valley MESA Schools Programs visited the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus.
The students were matched with their university counterparts in the SDSU MESA Engineering & Maximizing Science Potential program, based on major and interests.
The SDSU students allowed the middle and high schoolers to ‘shadow’ them throughout the day. That meant bringing them along to classes, visiting labs, touring the beautiful campus, and sharing their college experience (both good and bad). For many of these middle and high school students, this was their first college experience and their first time on a college campus.
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Comments closedThis grant will provide stipends of $1,250 to 36 student interns for 100 internship hours each, this summer. We would like to pay our students to gain experience from you! Each student can do 100 internship hours for you and be paid a stipend through the grant!
For companies or faculty that require more than 100 internship hours from each intern, we ask that they compensate their interns for hours completed above 100 hours. For example, some companies/faculty ask students to intern part time or full time over the summer. These companies/faculty will have students for 100 internship hours, but will compensate each student hourly for hours beyond the 100 hours that our stipend covers (at a minimum rate of $12.50/hour).
I encourage you/your company to participate in this great program. We are currently identifying the top MESA students from San Diego State University, Southwestern College, and San Diego City College who will participate in this year’s summer internship program. The students will be available around late May or early June 2012.
Comments closedThe National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to the San Diego MESA Alliance (SDMA) provided stipends for 36 student interns (12 students in MESA/MEP program at each campus – San Diego City College, San Diego State University, and Southwestern Community College) this summer at various projects in science and engineering firms.
This is a unique paid internship that incorporates a team component into the student internship experience. Hired student interns were placed in teams of 2-4 students to work on projects in engineering and science firms or for faculty. Summer internships occurred between May through August of 2011, at a minimum of 100 hours. In some cases, employers and/or faculty may extend internships or create other internship opportunities for students (beyond summer 2011).
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Comments closedJoin us for a half-day’s exploration of the power of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
Engineers, educators and STEM experts will share their knowledge and experience with eighth graders, parents and teachers.
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Comments closedThe 2011 Walk on Water competition will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at the Southwestern Community College swimming pool, from 9:00 – 1:00 PM. Invitees include teams from Southwestern College, San Diego State University, San Diego Mesa College, and various high schools within the San Diego and Imperial Valley MESA Schools Programs.
Teams will be awarded prizes in the following categories:
Fastest shoes
Most Creative shoes
Best use of Recycled Material Usage
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Comments closedThe mission of YouthBuild USA is to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income youth to rebuild their communities and their lives.YouthBuild USA seeks to join with others to help build a movement toward a more just society in which respect, love, responsibility, and cooperation are the dominant unifying values, and sufficient opportunities are available for all people in all communities to fulfill their own potential and contribute to the well-being of others.
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Comments closedStudent Life & Leadership offers a wonderful Peer Mentor opportunity for students. In partnership with Casa Familiar, a community resource center in the San Ysidro area, we have created a commuter program for incoming first-time freshmen students. The program is called Casa Azteca.
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Comments closedTeams consisting of MESA students at San Diego State University, San Diego City College, Southwestern Community College, Imperial Valley High School, and Holtville High School competed against each other in exams that spanned Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, and some Engineering material.
Each campus was also allowed up to 3 teams who would program a LEGO MindStorm NXT robotics kit to compete in 2 missions. The first mission required speed and intelligence to maneuver from a home area through a slalom course. The second mission was a combination control and head-to-head event where robots raced to collect the most LEGO pieces and return them back to their home base under a constrained area and time limit.
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