.WELCOME
.WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU. THE SAN DIEGO FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING IS BACK FOR ITS
13TH YEAR IN AN ALL VIRTUAL
FORMAT AND IT KICKS OFF
TOMORROW THIS MORNING GETTING
KIDS EXCITED TO LEARN AND
EXPERIENCE SCIENCE. WE HAVE
SARAH PAGANO AND GENE WANG
JOINING US TO TELL US WHAT WE
CAN EXPECT DURING THIS VIRTUAL
EVENT THIS YEAR. GOOD MORNING
TO BOTH OF YOU. THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US. GOOD MORNING.
ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO START WITH
YOU, JEAN. JEAN, YOU ARE ALSO
GOING TO BE DEMONSTRATING AN
ACTIVITY FOR US. I BELIEVE
YOU'RE GOING TO ALSO BE DOING
THESE EXPERIMENTS OVER THE
COURSE OF THE WEEKEND, RIGHT?
YES, I'M GOING TO BE ON THE
LIVE FEED THE LIFE STAGE ON
TUESDAY WITH SAN DIEGO. I LOVE
THEM AS BIG AS LOG ON AND IT'S
ALL DAY IT'S LIKE THE MORNING
UNTIL 10:00 A.M. IT'S 6:00 P.M.
ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THE
LIVE STAGE WHERE KIDS CAN LOG
ON FROM SCHOOL. THEY LOG ON
FROM HOME. YES, WE'RE GOING TO
BE I'M GOING TO BE DOING
EXPERIMENTS IN BETWEEN THE
PEOPLE THAT I'D LOVE SAM
SCHEDULE FOR THAT DAY AND
SARAH, WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU
KNOW THE IMPORTANCE IS IN
GETTING KIDS INVOLVED IN THIS
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED
IN THE PROGRAM AND WHAT WOULD
YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
MAKING PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND?
YEAH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED GOING
ON EIGHT YEARS NOW AND
CERTAINLY IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO
MY HEART. IT'S IT'S SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE GET KIDS
INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE
OF STEAM. THERE'S SO MANY JOBS
OPENING UP THE INDUSTRY, YOU
KNOW, IN CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS
THE US AND WE HAVE SO MUCH
INNOVATION HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
THESE AMAZING FUTURE INNOVATORS
KNOW WHAT'S HERE AND THE
EXPERIENCES MOMENTS TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE THE FABULOUS
CAREERS HERE IN STIEHM AND YOU
KNOW, IT'S IT'S ALL FREE. IT'S
ALL VIRTUAL. YOU CAN LOG ON
FROM ANYWHERE YOUR COMPUTER,
YOUR PHONE JUST GO ON TO LOVE
STEM STEEG WE KICK OFF TOMORROW
MORNING AT NINE A.M. WITH THE
VIRTUAL SITE GOING LIVE. YOU'LL
BE LIVE ALL WEEK THROUGH MAY
2ND. WE HAVE OUR PERFORMANCE IS
HAPPENING ALL DAY ON TUESDAY
THE TWENTY SEVENTH AND
WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY EIGHT AND
WE HAVE A LOT OF PRERECORDED
CONTENT WITH SOME REALLY
AWESOME SPEAKERS AND CAREER
TALKS AND EXPERIMENTS AND
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH FOR PEOPLE
TO ENGAGE WITH TEACHERS
PARENTS. THIS IS GOING TO BE
GREAT CONTENT FOR PEOPLE TO
UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK
AND THROUGH THE END OF TWENTY
TWENTY ONE. BUT I ALSO LOVE
THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A FOCUS AS
WELL ON WOMEN IN STEAM AND HOW
IMPORTANT THAT IS. COULD YOU
GUYS MENTION THAT EITHER OF YOU
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT HAS MEANT TO
YOU GUYS AND HOW YOU'VE BEEN
ABLE TO GET WOMEN AND GIRLS
SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED IN
THE STEAM PROGRAM? YEAH I
MENTIONED OUR EVENT REAL QUICK
AND I WANT TO PING BACK TO JEAN
BECAUSE SHE'S ONE OF OUR
AMAZING WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
TALKING THE TALK AND DOING IT
YOU KNOW, DOING IT EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE AN EVENT ON THURSDAY
THAT HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN IN
INDUSTRY AND IT'S WELCOME TO
ANYONE BUT OF COURSE YOU KNOW
AND ENCOURAGE OUR GIRLS TO TO
LOG ON. THAT'S FROM ONE THIRTY
TO THREE ON OUR LIVE SITE AND
ANYONE CAN ACCESS THAT AND WE
REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE
PART IN THAT. AND I WANT TO
KIND KICK IT OVER TO JEAN
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN IN THIS
SPACE FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND
SHE'S JUST AN AMAZING PIONEER
IN THE INDUSTRY FOR US ALL DAY
I I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO
BASICALLY BE A BUS DRIVER WHO
BRINGS MY OWN AND A LOT
OF THOSE WOMEN IN STEM AND ARE
PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION AS
CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE AND ALL
THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE
WORK WITH ON MAY 1ST WE WE
RECORDED A WHOLE BUNCH
OF VIDEOS THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE
RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE AND THEN
COME ASK THOSE SCIENTISTS IN A
VIRTUAL LIVE FEED ON SATURDAY,
MAY 1ST AS PART OF THE STEAM
DOG FESTIVAL. I MEAN THERE'S SO
MUCH I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY'RE
DOING THIS AND THEY'RE LETTING
ME BE A PART. THANK YOU GUYS SO
MUCH. IT'S AMAZING. AND I WANT
TO ASK YOU I MEAN I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT KIDS SEE REAL
SCIENTISTS. GENE, YOU ARE A
SCIENTIST. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY
LIKE? WELL, ACTUALLY I'M A MUCH
BIGGER I'M A BUS DRIVER FOR
BIGGER BRAINS OF MY OWN SO I
WORK WITH WAY BIGGER BRAINS AND
HELP TRANSLATE. I KNOW THAT THE
INDUSTRY IS OPENING UP IN A BIG
WAY FOR WOMEN IN STEM AND FOR A
LOT OF DIVERSITY TO INCLUDE
EVERYTHING WHICH ALWAYS MAKES
SCIENCE BETTER. THE THE MORE
EYES, THE BIGGER VISION, THE
BETTER SCIENCE ALWAYS WE ALL
KNOW THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE
EVERYBODY TO COME ON BOARD AND
GET EXCITED AND TO BE CURIOUS.
DO YOU HAVE AN EXPERIMENT ON
HAND WITH EUGENE? I KNOW YOU'LL
BE DOING ONE OVER THE WEEKEND
BUT I WASN'T SURE IF YOU HAD
ONE WITH YOU. LET ME JUST POINT
OUT AND SAY THERE YOU GO. OH,
OK. HERE WE GO. SO TELL US WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW US. KNOW
THE WHAT ONE OF THE BASIC
THINGS THAT WE DO IN SCIENCE IS
WE DO CHEMISTRY. CHEMISTRY
MIGHT SOUND REALLY COMPLICATED
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT IT'S REALLY
IT'S ONE THING WITH ANOTHER
THING. RIGHT. AND GETTING A
CHEMICAL REACTION. SO THAT'S
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. ARE YOU
GUYS READY FOR THIS? OH, READY
FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS GUY
NAMED WILLIAM MITCHELL WAS A
SCIENTIST OF SCIENCES AND HE
MADE POP ROCKS BECAUSE HE
WANTED TO MAKE THIS BIG AND
WELL IT DIDN'T WORK BUT HE
PACKAGED DID WHAT SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY IS WHEN YOU MIX ONE
THING, PUT IN ANOTHER THING AND
YOU GET A REACTION. SO I'M
GOING TO TAKE THESE POP ROCKS,
PUT THEM INSIDE THIS BALLOON.
SO I HOPE WE DO NOT MAKE A MESS
ALL OVER MY DESK. I WAS GOING
TO SAY WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW,
THINGS TO GO CRAZY THERE AT
YOUR DESK OUTSIDE BUT LET'S
SEE. I DON'T KNOW LET'S SEE HOW
IT GOES. IT'S A LITTLE BIT. ALL
RIGHT. SO I TAKE THIS ONE DOWN
ONE I DIDN'T MAKE A MESS. I
ALMOST ALWAYS MAKE MESS. SO OK,
LET'S SEE HOW THIS GOES. WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE THE POP ROCKS AND
WE'RE GOING TO MIX THEM IN THIS
SODA, OK? AND SEE IF WE GET A
REACTION. HERE IT GOES. OK,
HERE WE GO. HEAR THAT
SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY
HAPPENING THERE. OH BOY. WHOA
WHOA BACK IT LIKE COMPUTERS
RIGHT THERE AND YOU CAN SEE IT
ACTUALLY FILLING THE BALLOON
THERE TOO. SO ALL OF THAT IS
GOING UP IN THE BALLOON AND
IT'S ACTUALLY BLOWING IT UP.
YOU SEE IT GO UP. GO DOWN. THAT
IS CHEMISTRY WHEN YOU TAKE ONE
THEY MIX IT WITH ANOTHER THING
AND YOU GET THIS AMAZING
BALANCE. I LOVE IT AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
ALSO BABY IS CHEMISTRY IS ALSO
BAKING MIGHT I DON'T KNOW MAKE
A RAINBOW THERE WE GO. A LOT
OF OPTIONS AND BEFORE WE GO WE
ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS. BUT
SARAH, CAN YOU TELL US HOW WE
CAN TUNE IN AND IF WE CAN'T GET
INVOLVED THIS WEEKEND WHERE WE
CAN WATCH IT ONCE IT'S
RECORDED? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
LOVE STEM ESTES DOG JUST GO TO
OUR HOME PAGE. YOU CAN LOVE
PING RIGHT INTO OUR VIRTUAL
SITE AND THE CONTENT WILL ALL
REMAIN ON OUR HOME PAGE ON OUR
WEBSITE AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE
END OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE. SO
THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO FAMILIES
TEACHERS ENGAGE WE'RE SO
EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU
GUYS THIS YEAR IN THIS VIRTUAL
EFFORT. I'M SO