San Diego Science and Engineering Pageant Expo taking place rain or shine

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego Science and Engineering Pageant is taking on Snapdragon Stadium to raise science in the neighborhood and encourage the following era of scientists and engineers.

One of many key substances was enjoyable.

“Vinegar in a bottle, baking soda in a balloon. Combine them each collectively. We’re going to see what they’ll do. [It’s a] Chemical response. Allow them to see it occur, carbon dioxide seems. A gasoline we breathe out, we don’t know the place it goes. A balloon blows up in right here. Go,” sang Roy Moye, a singing engineer, as he confirmed off an experiment.

The opposite ingredient was numerous ardour.

The expo’s host, Roy Moye, higher often known as the singing engineer hopes his work will encourage range in STEM.

“Actually particularly attempt to attain to our black and brown youthful era. I occur to be black, Puerto Rican and Mexican. [I am] an aerospace engineer. I acquired to have this journey so I need them to have that very same journey too,” he stated.

He isn’t the one one hoping to point out the neighborhood how enjoyable and interactive science will be.

The expo had over 100 interactive exhibitors, together with San Diego State. It confirmed off sea urchins.

“Right here on the proper, these round animals are Lytechinus pictus often known as the painted sea urchin. These sea urchins are literally San Diego locals. These have been collected off the coast of Level Loma,” stated Jenna Luc.

Jenna Luc is a grasp’s scholar learning mobile molecular and biology with an emphasis in microbiology.

She was hopeful this is able to be the response to her exhibit.

“I really need these youngsters to be like, ‘Wow! That was actually cool. I used to be capable of meet an organism that I’ve by no means even seen earlier than that doesn’t appear like me however can be residing,'” stated Luc.

The expo will final till 5 p.m. and is free. You could find data on the exhibitors right here.