Exhibitors 2023

More than 100 hands-on activities provided by 70 exhibitors!

Organization	Activity	Inquiry Question
Advanced Personalized Learning	Nerf robotics, Mark Rober Sand Pit, and Code a Video Game!	How do robots work? What is a fluidized bed? How do video games work?
Audubon Canyon Ranch	1.Use trail photos to answer questions about wildlife. 2. Build a model structure to keep pets, livestock, & wildlife safe.	Do you know your wild neighbors and how to live in harmony with them?
Bakar ImmunoX
Berkeley Formula Racing	Learn How to Build a Formula Racecar	What makes a racecar fast?
BioMarin Research and Early Development	TBD	TBD
Boy Scouts of America Redwood Empire Council	Scout-O-Rama - Scouting activities for youth and families at the NBSDD	Are you interested in group activities that combine STEM activities with outdoor adventure and peer leadership?
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin	Cyberpunk Logo for Young Minds	What else could the guts of a computer be reimagined as?
Buck Institute for Research on Aging	View fruit flies, microscopic worms, and other science items under microscopes.
California Highway Patrol	Interaction with officers, patrol vehicles, CHP motorcycles, DUI goggles simulating intoxication, spike strip	Interaction with officers, patrol vehicles, CHP motorcycles, DUI goggles simulating intoxication, spike strip
California Native Plant Society, Milo Baker Chapter	Plant a living community – plant a native oak tree	How do our native oak trees help fight global warming and promote biodiversity?
California Section - American Chemical Society	Making Oxygen from Water - Algae and Solar Power	How does solar-powered chemistry splits water into oxygen and hydrogen?
California State Parks	Experience the wildlife that exists in our parks and open space areas in California.	Have you ever seen or touched a wild animal or thought about the creatures living all around us?
Charles Schulz Museum	Learn the Science of Animation	How does animation work?
Children's Museum of Sonoma County	Pressure Rocket Surgery Lab	Can you make a paper rocket that will launch with compressed air?
Denali Therapeutics	Unlocking the mysteries of the brain and treating brain diseases	What does a brain look like and how does it function?
Dow Development Laboratories
Endor Base	Photos with Endor Base	Who's your favorite?
Girl Scouts of Northern California	Explore Girl Scout STEAM Badges	Did you know you can be a Citizen Scientist? Can you build a high jumping leap bot? Do you know how to code for good?
Keysight Technologies	Hotwheels track/radar gun - How does radar work? Pendulum - What are waves? SkyFox Display/Ask An Engineer - How is Skyfox different from a normal drone? Visualizing Music - What does music look like? Range of hearing - How good is your hearing vs your parents? Visualizing Remote control signals - How do remote controls work? Universal Air Suspension Circuit
LandPaths	3 I’s: I NOTICE, I WONDER, IT REMINDS ME OF	What do you notice? What do you wonder? What does it remind you of?
Medtronic - Saving Lives with Scientific Minds	Medtronic- Saving Lives with Scientific Minds	How does medical device technology save lives?
Mobile Climate Science Labs	Students Taking STEM-Based Action on Climate Change, Innovative Pioneers in Energy Efficiency. in CA, DC, MD, VA.	How are middle & high school students making the North Bay to Washington DC more energy efficient? As a STEM climate action
NorCal Bats	Live Bats with NorCal Bats	Why is our food healthier when there are enough bats around??
North Bay Science Discovery Day Specialty	The Life and Times of the Dogfish Shark	What do you know about the most common shark off your shores?k
North Bay Science Discovery Day Specialty	Skulls and Tracks	Can you identify an animal from its skull or track and match tracks and skulls?
Pacific Coast Air Museum	Climb Aboard a HUEY Helicopter or a Blue Angel F-4 Phantom Cockpit!	How does an aircraft fly?
Pepperwood Preserve	Microscope Magic/Microscopios Mágicos	What do you see? ¿Que ves?
Petaluma Wildlife Museum	Conservation Stories	What are the threats to biodiversity and what can we do protect global biodiversity?
Point Blue Conservation Science Marine Laboratory	Come learn about the three P’s of marine food webs: poop, puke, and plankton!	What can we learn about the health of our oceans from the prey of seabirds, sea lions, and whales?
Point Blue Conservation Science STRAW Program	What is a watershed?	What is a watershed and how do we impact it with our actions?
Precision Crane Service Inc	Cranes, Forklifts, and Heavy Haul trucking	N/A
Project Super Plants	Plant your own supercharged Super Plants to combat global warming!	What can you do today to reduce global warming -- supercharging plants to intake more CO2?
ROV Tour: DIY Underwater Robotics	ROV TOUR: DIY Underwater Robotics Adventures	What can you do with an underwater robot?
Recology Sonoma Marin	What bin does it go in?	What bin does it go in?
Robert Ferguson Observatory	View the Sun, Cook a Comet	Ever wondered what the surface of our Sun looks like? How can you look at it safely?
SRJC Biology	From Microbes to Mammals	What do real lungs look like in action?
SRJC Chem Club	Using Chemistry to understand color.	Why does color sometimes change in a chemical reaction?
SRJC Computer Studies Department	Diet Cola and Mentos Reaction Show	What happens when you combine diet cola with Mentos candy?
STEMinism - Sonoma Academy High School	Floating Dry Erase Art	How does the art float? What properties cause the dry erase marker not to like the water?
Sonoma County Ag + Open Space	iSpy Something Green: Land Conservation in a box!	What does land conservation mean to you?
Sonoma County Beekeepers Association	Learn about Honey Bees and Pollinators	Why are Honeys Bees and Pollinators important?
Sonoma County Family YMCA	The Secret Language of Color	Why are animals colored the way that they are?
Sonoma County LIbrary	Visit the BiblioBus & Make Paper Planes	How does the weight on the nose of a paper plane affect the distance it will travel?
Sonoma County Radio Amateurs Youth Lounge	Sonoma County Radio Amateurs Youth Lounge	How do you build a simple electrical circuit
Sonoma Earth School	Science and Art Through Nature Exploration	How do you interact with the environment around you? What can you learn and build if you take a closer look?
Sonoma Resource Conservation District	Fire resilience and adaptation to disturbance	How do our forests adapt after a natural disturbance??
Sonoma State Nursing Student Association	We will be carrying out a proper hand washing activity!	What is the best way to wash your hand in order to prevent the spread of infection?
Sonoma State University - Center for Environmental Inquiry & Bio Outreach	Walk Through the Watershed with SSU	What is unique & important about the habitats in our watershed? What insects & other organisms live there?
Sonoma Water	Invertebrate Exploration!	How do aquatic macroinvertebrates indicate watershed health?
Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods	Tidepool Touch Table	What critters live in the intertidal zone?
The Bird Rescue Center	Native Birds, their natural history and environmental importance.	Why are birds important and why should we work to conserve their existence and habitats?
The Hydrous	Expedition Palau Join a virtual dive led by a marine biologist in a shared, synchronized virtual reality experience.	What does it feel like to be an ocean explorer? What does it feel like to be a marine biologist?
The Lawrence Hall of Science	Optical Illusions	How do our eyes and brain work together to make sense of the world around us?
The Xerces Society, Inc.	X Kids and the Incredible Invertebrates	What invertebrates are in your neighborhood?
Tinker Academy - Career Technical Education Foundation
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Earthquake Science Center	Earthquake Hazards in Santa Rosa	How Close To A Fault Do You Live?
UC 4-H Youth Development Program	Scribble Bot	How can you design, build, and test a scribbling machine that will make drawings on paper?
UC Berkeley RadWatch & DoseNet	Exploring radiation in our environment	Where do we find radioactivity in our environment and how do we measure it?
UC Davis Science Says	Picture yourself as a scientist!	What do you like most about science?
UC Fire Science	Fire Science - How Fire Works in California Ecosystems	How are California's ecosystems shaped by fire?
UC Liberty 4-H Beekeepers	Honey Bees Help Make Many Plants Grow	How do honey bees help plants?
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical	Magnetism	What is magnetism and how can we visualize it?
Veolia	How Do Microscopic Organisms Keep Our Water Clean	How do microscopic organisms keep our water clean?
Viavi	Examples of thin film coating as related to the science of light.	Have you ever wondered how color changes in nature?
WildCare	Owl Pellet Dissection	What in the world did that owl cough up?
XRMARIN Immersive Learning Lab	Science MetaVerse - Using Virtual Reality to increase student engagement and understanding in STEM.	How will climate change impact coastal cities of California.
Zero Waste Sonoma	We will provide information on the recycling programs in Sonoma County	We have a Plinko Game with questions on the recycling programs in Sonoma County