San Diego Youth Science

Amazingly long interaction with these two Bottlenose Dolphins following our boat all day on Mission Bay.

https://aquarium.ucsd.edu//explore-california-current-ecos K-12 teachers, this is a great opportunity to partner and collaborate with local scientists, plus there's a stipend! These authentic science experiences benefit students and all stakeholders.

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https://youtu.be/zi-_NpZWxB4 Incredible mystery solved and brought to light this week by local Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists -- two very interesting reads. https://www.latimes.com/projec/la-coast-ddt-dumping-ground/

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So happy technology allowed us to pivot a year ago, facilitating science with students and teachers in classrooms both near and far. Thank you Dr. Alyssa Accomondo for sharing your research from the San Diego National Marine Mammal Foundation for our Bioacoustics Session. The science continues!

Here's a great boat! What will you make?? https://youtu.be/Hq-OnTQAhOk

https://youtu.be/99O0c2quZow Build a boat to race in the rain! Send us your prototypes and we will share them on our SDYS FB and YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/i4d4ICnICT8 Can’t wait to see all our students in this next session via Zoom!

Only 0.1 degrees apart!

https://youtu.be/mc1njgTdApc

https://youtu.be/GL3pH4WyjeM Citizen Science Opportunity - Help add to the data about sea-level rise in California!

https://youtu.be/NYJ1GJcgYnw

Thank you PBE, Kate Sessions, and Barnard Elementary for another amazing year of science. We may have some fun surprises in store for you this summer! Special shout out to our favorite fishermen at Catalina Offshore Products for helping us with live sea urchins, abalones, and whelk snails for our tidepool classes. https://youtu.be/PQzlWRi_12U

https://youtu.be/vcm4Sc7u7W0 Check out the extreme high and low tides this weekend with the Perigean-spring tides!

Elliot takes apart his parent’s boom box from the 1980’s and learned about capacitors!

https://youtu.be/n_2OjU9j-IE New Challenge How Does it Work? Get curious......and have adult supervision

https://youtu.be/n_2OjU9j-IE New Challenge How Does it Work? Get curious......and have adult supervision

Explore the Fouling Habitat during these great low tides! Here are gooseneck barnacles, sandcastle worms, and Norris top snails.

https://ediblesandiego.ediblecommunities.com//majors-fishi Meet some of the fishing friends we work with when teaching about marine invertebrates!

https://youtu.be/f6uBOxQqCkc UPDATE - Summer tidepool challenge

https://youtu.be/nTWYPo-GRL0 Take the next Tidepiol Challenge and share what you find!

https://youtu.be/LTXn4tohJmA Our newest zoom class will explore the rocky intertidal. We want to challenge you to send us pictures of what you find in the tidepools!

Making the most of our new office, so exciting! Stay tuned for a fieldtrip to one of San Diego’s amazing habitats....can you guess?

Falcon 9 rocket launch tomorrow afternoon. First time SpaceX to launch NASA astronauts to ISS. Watch it live at: https://www.spacex.com/launches/

Check it out - the red tide is dissipating, but we can still see dinoflagellates! Hope to be zooming into your classroom soon:) https://youtu.be/iXtQpI60WWI

Just in! Check out Bernard’s own, Aaron, and his Rube Goldberg Machine! https://youtu.be/JtJQSfbZcks

Just in! Check out Bernard’s own, Aaron, and his Rube Goldberg Machine! https://youtu.be/JtJQSfbZcks

Thank you amazing teachers for letting us test out our science ideas with you and your students. We hope they’re having fun exploring the red tide bioluminescence!

Sandy Beach Challenge! https://youtu.be/t70Gqn9CsO4

Donax (bean) clams with hydroids!

Thank you teachers at PBE, Barnard, and Kate Sessions for inviting us to Zoom with your classes! We love trying out new experiments with you and your students.

We are excited to pilot a new program about the current Red Tide phenomenon with some of our students tomorrow! https://youtu.be/ibTQDA3bscU

Donax clams are prolific this time of year, but have you seen them in a feeding frenzy? https://youtu.be/bibb0Zn63RI

Dinoflagellate (Lingulodinium) bloom making the water reddish/brown. Check out our San Diego Youth Science YouTube channel for bioluminescence videos!

Harmful Algal blooms can be beautiful. The Lingulodinium polyedra are producing their bioluminescent chemical reaction to avoid foraging copepods in Mission Bay last night. https://youtu.be/7YwDJDxmEPQ

Red Tide is off our coast this week because of rain runoff last week. https://youtu.be/ySMph4E-BAw

Bioluminescence! Check out our latest YouTube video to see the glow

Check out newest Rube Goldberg Machine from Graham at PBMS! https://youtu.be/UWf0R93Fgfs

Students from all the schools we work with are sending in great videos. Here is one from Kate Sessions! https://youtu.be/Y87n81u4PTA

Just in - Peyton from PBE engineered a great machine! https://youtu.be/FUHl3KZw80I

Just in - William took our latest science challenge. Share what you’ve designed! https://youtu.be/Y87n81u4PTA

Barnard and PBMS students took our Rube Goldberg Challenge! https://youtu.be/I1xgADAnKRI

Did you take our Rube Goldberg Machine challenge? Here’s the first video sent in by a student!!

https://youtu.be/Vn12kEOk5J4 Rube Goldberg Machine Challenge!

Can you explain the science behind the propulsion of this tiny rocket? Launch pad - Roll of duct tape and yellow post it paper Rocket - match wrapped in tin foil that is open at bottom Energy source - flame (blow torch*) ignites the match...... How did the rocket propel itself up? Post your answers! *Mrs. Adler oversaw this project. Please only experiment with combustion with parental supervision.

https://youtu.be/SC1qxD82VRo

Science Journal Challenge! Check out our YouTube video: https://youtu.be/SC1qxD82VRo Create a science journal - look around your own habitat and observe, wonder, and think like the scientists you are, and be curious!... Here is an old journal entry of mine from many years ago. Can you tell what I was writing and drawing about?

https://youtu.be/oRe5y7Jysvg Send us videos/pictures of how you engineered a flashlight!

Just sent in These two young scientists used aluminum foil to connect the circuits. One used a tp roll to house the light and the other used 2 paper cups. They have a foil tail that comes out of the end so they can switch it between the red and green light. Nice job!

Follow SDYS on YouTube for Circuit Challenge https://youtu.be/oRe5y7Jysvg

iNaturalist Challenge! How many organisms can you find and identify using Seek by iNaturalist?

Way to go Charlotte and Chance! Nice Navanax!

Look what we found! See more at https://youtu.be/1hLX1stXQrs

Just in: Jesse took up the boat building challenge. Watch his full video, with a motor! Check it out in the playlist section of our San Diego Youth Science YouTube channel

Boat Challenge Can you engineer a boat using recycled materials to travel in the gutter? If so, how fast does it travel?

https://youtu.be/ftHGP16Qhmg

Just in: Jones family found: Hermit crabs Lobster molt Snails... Way to go! See more

Just in: Hood family sent is their tidepool finds from Cabrillo.... Shore crabs Green sea anemone Kellet’s whelk (predatory snail)

Just In: Two of our SDYS scientists took up the challenge and sent in pictures of what they found: California Spiny Lobster molt Sea Hare Great job Andrew and Tyler!

Day 2: Tide pool Challenge

https://youtu.be/s0zzx9wQyk8

The best low tides for the week are Wednesday-Saturday because it will be negative. Get out and explore!

Tidepool challenge

Huge thank you to Pacific Beach Middle School’s Mr. Bauer and his students for 3D printing new fan blades for our students to experiment with energy transfer. CHALLENGE: create a circuit using something you find in the room...... Students made circuits that included fire extinguishers, chair legs, water bottles, foil, and even the classroom sink!

Coffee Anyone? What can you add to a circuit that will conduct energy? More great student ideas to come....

Ocean Acidification Which will change the mussel’s mass the most? Students are placing empty mussel shells in various acids or bases to quantify change over time. Students thus far have chose: Lemon juice Soda... Vinegar Cleaner (Windex) Baking Soda Water (control) See more

Great scientists sharing what their group found in the mussel clumps. Each one can be so unique! Stay tuned to see how students are now exploring how ocean acidification impacts the organism.

Polychaete worms are the most numerous of the Annelids with over 10,000 living species! Students in our Fouling Habitat classes found many types of polychaetes. Listen to their conversation, would you be brave enough to handle this one?

Hoping we found them all....

Kindergarten students pulled this amazing Annelid worm out of the mussel clumps.

The fouling habitat is beautiful in it’s diversity and can be found anywhere these invertebrates can attach! Students finding sea stars, crabs, and wonderful worms.