Thursday, July 24, 2014, 3:30 – 6:30 pm Balboa Park  •  San Diego Museum of Art  Sculpture Garden  •  Plaza de Panama Educators and leaders in schools, universities, museums, learning centers… Move, make, and play — merging art, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics!   (left to right)  Trash to Paradise prototype, Rokenbok construction, Glass Brain, EEG powered by BCILab/SIFT Click here to see the Play Day Presenters & Participatory Activities   Pictures of Play Day! Photographs: Kathleen Schmitt Play Day for Educators IMG_8661 IMG_8358 IMG_8362 IMG_8367 IMG_8369 IMG_8402 IMG_8395 IMG_8400 IMG_8414 IMG_8419 IMG_8424 IMG_8431 IMG_8436 IMG_8440 IMG_8454 IMG_8448 IMG_8479 IMG_8469 IMG_8467 IMG_8488 IMG_8493 IMG_8504 IMG_8506 IMG_8518 IMG_8584 IMG_8589 IMG_8574 IMG_8689 IMG_8686 IMG_8667 Galaxy Garden Pop-Up   View photos from Play Day here: Play Day Gallery Play Day in the News: View Articles   Questions? Email nan.renner@bpcp.org Inspire each other  •  Share ideas and tools  •  Grow our region’s network for innovative learning  •  Play with prototypes created by Art of Science Learning Incubator for Innovation teams  •  Meet up  •  Have fun  • Organized by the Art of Science Learning Collaborating partners Balboa Park Learning Institute/Cultural Partnership and STEAM Connect             Our Featured Sponsors for Play Day: San Diego Museum of Art and Panama...

January 25, 2014 Program 10:00 – 11:00 am   —   The Big Picture   Kaplan Theater An overview of water ecology, policy, infrastructure, treatment, technological change, and water use followed by Q & A Nan Renner, Art of Science Learning Incubator for Innovation Exequiel Ezcurra, University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States, UCMEXUS Riverside Cary Lowe, San Diego Water Policy Implementation Task Force Ken Weinberg, San Diego County Water Authority Kevin Hardy, Encina Wastewater Treatment Dawn Guendert, GHD Glen Schmidt, Schmidt Design Group   11:00 am – 2:00 pm   —   All About Water  Atrium Beach Physics and the Physics of Water  —  Adam Burgasser Jukebox Radio, Water Moving Machines  —  Mark Dzula Art of Science Learning, Balboa Park Cultural Partnership  —  Lisa Silagyi Explore the Pueblo Watershed  —  Farnaz Farhang, Phil Roullard, Chrislyn Snow, Linda Hollingsworth   Water: A California Story Biomimicry San Diego  —  Jacques Chirazi, Tamsin Wooley-Barker, Nan Woodman WILDCOAST  —  Paloma Aguirre San Dieguito River Park  —  Shawna Anderson   Parker-French Learning Lab  San Diego County Water Authority, eGuide to a WaterSmart Lifestyle  —  Kelly Mooney Cloud Formation Demos & Atmospheric Chemistry, CAICE, UCSD  ­—  Greg Medders USGS California Water Science Center, Regional Groundwater Resources  —  Wes Danskin City of San Diego Water Purification & Potable ReUse  —  Jeffery Pasek H2O Futures, Plant-based Innovations  —  Ned Daugherty AlterTerra, Tijuana River Watershed  —  Oscar Romo Think Blue, City of San Diego Stormwater  —  Lana Findlay H2OME, Graywater, Rainwater Catchment  —  Brook Sarson San Diego County Watershed Protection Program — Marsha Cook The Water Conservation Garden, Waterwise Landscaping  —  Sue Bell, Connie Cline   11:15 – 12:30 pm    —   Deeper Conversations     Smargon Learning Lab Policy — Cary Lowe, Water Policy Implementation Task Force; Cathy Pieroni, Integrated Regional Water Management; Ken Weinberg, San Diego County Water Authority Technology — Jared Criscuolo, Rising Tide Partners; Dawn Guendert, GHD; Kevin Hardy, Encina Wastewater Treatment Land Use & Planning — Nancy Casady, State Board of Food and Agriculture; Bill Harris, Think Blue, City of San Diego Stormwater; Mary Lydon, Urban Land...

On December 14th, the San Diego incubator combined arts-based learning with citizen science in a day-long exploration of the Pueblo Watershed.

Designed to create flows of inspiration and ideas between the incubator and the larger community, our public events integrate with our innovation process. IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WATER INNOVATIONS Explore Pueblo Watershed December 14, Saturday, 8:30 am – 2 pm Through direct observation and various sensing technologies, teams will explore a watershed to address the question: How does this urban watershed contribute to the well-being of its residents? Data collection and visualization will help us see patterns, relationships, and opportunities for innovation. GENERATE IDEAS WATER: In Search of Solutions January 25, 2014, Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm A unique assembling of people and organizations will share their water-related projects to create a learning landscape for innovation fellows and community members to explore. Demonstrations, hands-on activities, enlightening presentations, and round-table discussions will offer rich content to expand, enrich, and challenge our ideas. SHARE & LEARN PLAY DAY for Educators! Thursday, July 24, 2014, 3:30 – 6:30 pm Balboa Park  •  San Diego Museum of Art  •  Plaza de Panama Educators and leaders in schools, universities, museums, learning centers… Move, make, and play — merging art, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics! Innovators in education will facilitate interactive mini-workshops … a Galaxy Garden, movement and physics, neuroscience and music, visual art and urban ecosystems, and more! NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH Innovation Launch October 2014 After rigorous testing and improvement, our ten innovation teams will be ready to meet the market, pitch to investors, and pilot their programs. A dynamic interactive evening event will culminate our creative collaborative efforts as innovation teams launch to the next step in their path to success. Stay tuned for more information about activities, locations, dates, and...