Strawbees is an award-winning Swedish ed-tech company committed to inspiring the next generation of creative problem solvers. If you can dream it, you can build it. That’s why Strawbees comes without rules, restrictions or wrong turns. We believe in developing students’ creative confidence and love of technology so they can make sense of the world and solve new problems.

Stop by our booth to see some Strawbees creations, to create and build your own inventions, and to learn more about how we integrate with Micro:bit to help students connect building/construction with coding/robotics! Visit us at www.Strawbees.com for more info.

Display Kindred Electirc converted classic Bronco in outdoor area with pop up table and some seating. Team of 5 to 6 from various teams in the organization (Mech. & Electrical Engineering, Production, etc.) to share and show off the work we've done, answer technical questions, and engage with students about our personal educational and career paths that have allowed us to take part in such awesome projects!

Cosmetology Department would like to display pre done hairstyles on mannequins and also do hands on braids and tinsel installation.

Crochet, loom knitting and weaving.

Join One People Tribe for our FREE Community Paint Party with no expectations or pre-reqs! The only requirement is to relax and have fun!! All ages welcome!!

Interactive exibits where gear turn cranks to move music rolls or film. A hands on model harmonic punch will also be shown.

Come see our dance perfomances to learn more about the life cycles of stars and supernovae collapse and explosions!

We will perform at the top of each hour, starting at 10am.

Get creative and determine the best way to design and construct your very own robotic bug to move in life like ways to perform one of several tasks.

Inspired by the work of Garner Holt Productions Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of theme park animatronics, Garner Holt Education Through Imagination is an Educational Technology resource providing essential 21st century tools, pathways and transformative opportunities for creativity, innovation, development and entrepreneurship designed for students of all ages, diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds.

Tectonic plates and How They Shaped Our Continents is a project that describes how our earth began as one major continent that existed over 250 million years ago. Tectonic Plates are moving constantly and through the movement of tectonic plates the arth began to shift and causing the largest continent, Pangea< to break up into the seven continents we know today.

Busy Buzzy Bots is a non-profit organization focused on STEM education that ignites the passion for learning in today's youth. The company was founded in 2020 by Saahithi and Saaketh Madhuvarsu, who were inspired to start Busy Buzzy Bots after discovering how much they enjoyed learning programming, robotics, and logical thinking.

We offer a variety of STEM kits and educational resources, as well as online courses and workshops. Our mission is to help inspire and educate 10,000 children by 2030. We believe that STEM education is essential for children in today's world, and we want to make it fun and accessible for everyone.

Inside our kits, you will find all the materials you will need to build your special DC Motor project. Every kit comes with an instructional packet, along with a YouTube tutorial link to learn the step-by-step process. Our tutorials will explain everything you need to understand the basics of motors, wiring, and structuring.

Solano County Office of Education brings you an interactive and hands-on booth that will ignite your creativity and imagination!

What’s In Store? Come explore and build with us! Use simple items like Legos, Playdoh, cardboard, straws, rubber bands, and more to bring your ideas to life in the most unexpected and fun ways. You can construct iconic landmarks, craft your favorite animals, design your dream buildings…and so much more! The possibilities are endless, and the only limit is your imagination!

Help Shape the Future! We want to hear from YOU! As part of this exciting event, we’re offering a chance to participate in a survey to gather your thoughts and ideas on the types of programming and support that would best serve our communities in the future. Your feedback will be crucial for helping us create even better opportunities for families and students across Solano County!

Vallejo Project TAPH20: Ensuring Clean Water Access in Vallejo

The TAPH20 initiative by the Vallejo Project emphasizes the critical importance of clean water for community health and sustainability. Access to safe drinking water is essential for preventing illness, promoting well-being, and supporting economic and environmental stability. Unfortunately, many underserved communities face challenges related to water contamination, infrastructure decay, and limited resources for water testing and purification.

How We Ensure Clean Water in Vallejo:

1. Water Testing: We conduct routine water quality assessments in Vallejo to identify contaminants such as lead, bacteria, heavy metals, and chemical pollutants. Our testing methods include field testing kits, laboratory analysis, and community-based sampling to ensure accuracy and transparency.


2. Filtration and Purification: Once contaminants are identified, we implement water filtration solutions, including activated carbon filters, reverse osmosis systems, and UV purification to improve water quality. These methods help remove harmful substances while preserving essential minerals.


3. Community Education & Advocacy: We empower Vallejo residents with knowledge about water safety, conservation techniques, and the importance of regular testing. By working with local schools, community centers, and policymakers, we advocate for stronger regulations and investments in water infrastructure.


4. Sustainable Water Solutions: Through partnerships with environmental organizations and local agencies, we explore innovative approaches such as rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling, and sustainable urban water management practices to ensure long-term access to clean water.



The TAPH20 initiative aligns with the Vallejo Project’s broader mission of improving health outcomes, environmental awareness, and youth engagement. By addressing water quality concerns, we contribute to a healthier, more resilient Vallejo.

We will be providing materials and showing people how to make slime with neon pigment.

Come play Spaceship and Pong Games programmed by Solano County Office of Education's Girls Who Code Club students!

Join us to play and to learn more about the club and free robotics summer camps offered in June.

🌟 Join Us for an Action-Packed Day at the STEAM Discovery Festival! 🌟

Get ready for an exciting day filled with hands-on activities, interactive exhibits, and a chance to see the brightest young minds in action! Whether you're a science enthusiast, an aspiring engineer, or just looking for a fun and educational day out, there's something for everyone.

📅 Saturday, May 3, 2025
📍 Solano Community College, Fairfield
🕙 10 AM - 4 PM

🎉 Festival Highlights:

🔮 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Harry Potter Wand Making & Kaleidoscope Creations
Calling all wizards and scientists! Craft your very own magic wand inspired by the wizarding world and explore the science of light with a DIY kaleidoscope. A perfect way to kickstart your STEAM adventure!

🤖 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Robotics Takeover!
Experience the future of technology! Watch robots in action, test your coding skills, and even get hands-on with some incredible robotic creations. This is a must-see for tech lovers of all ages!

🕵️ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Fingerprint Science & Young Innovators Showcase
Step into the shoes of a forensic detective as you uncover the unique patterns of your fingerprints! Plus, don’t miss the chance to celebrate and be inspired by the Solano County Science & Engineering Fair Elementary Division Winners as they showcase their award-winning projects.

✨ Bonus Fun All Day Long!
✔️ Explore interactive exhibits
✔️ Meet STEAM experts and innovators
✔️ Engage in hands-on experiments
✔️ Enjoy FREE admission, thanks to our amazing sponsors!

Don’t miss out on a day of discovery, creativity, and innovation! Mark your calendars and bring the whole family for an unforgettable STEAM adventure.

📢 Learn more & RSVP: https://steamdiscoveryfestival.com

#STEAMDiscoveryFestival #ScienceIsFun #HandsOnLearning #STEAMFair #InnovationForAll 🚀🎨🔬

It's time to relive history and experience nostalgia for computers and game systems from the past. Stop by this exhibit to see computers from the Apple 1 and the original IBM PC to the Commodore 64 and more. Experience what it was like to play games on the Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Sega Saturn, and PlayStation 1. Homemade arcade machines will also be on display for classics like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and other arcade hits.

Soldering is an important skill in Electronics, Plumbing, Electrical work, as well as many industrial uses. Learn to solder and you get to keep your circuit that you soldered together.  You will assemble and solder a robot badge with two blinking LEDs, resistors, a battery clip, and either a tie clip or lanyard.  You get to keep your robot badge!  Sponsored by PCBWay.com

A selection of phones, ranging from electro-mechanical key system through modern VoIP.

Discover and photograph wildlife in this fun, 30-minute BioBlitz with your mobile phone! We’ll meet briefly for an overview, then explore the campus to capture observations using the iNaturalist app. We’ll meet back afterward for a quick debrief, and then you’re invited to keep the BioBlitz going all afternoon whenever you spot something interesting on campus.

3 session opportunities: 11am, 12:30pm, and 2pm.  Adult or caregiver must be present.

We fly high altitude and pico balloons around the bay area. We make our own lightweight radio payloads. One pf our pico balloons have been in the air for almost a year, circumnavigating the earth many times. We also chase after and modify National Weather Service balloon payloads. We track our balloons with a network of radio receivers. See sf-hab.org for more info.

StepMania: A DIY Dance Dance Revolution is a dance gaming with the Maker spirit. This will be my returning interactive exhibit in which attendees can once again jump on dance pads and play my latest dance game offering. Computer, dance pads, stereo all provided by me.

Brickspace provides Lego® building and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) hands-on programs for students from early childhood to 8th grade. We know that preparing students for the workplace of tomorrow is a priority for schools all over the world. Using Next Generation Science Standards, our classes create opportunities for practicing 21st century skills -  they enhanced students' critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration skills. Through our classes, we challenge students to use their imagination and their knowledge of engineering and science to problem solve: they design, build, test and evaluate using set criteria. Students can expect to "fail" safely and they are encouraged to come up with different solutions to their problem.  Our programs aspire to help kids build confidence and develop the desire to learn more. We scaffold our lessons so that students can build upon the concepts they have learned. We hope to work with your student soon!

Vallejo Gem and Mineral is a non-profit organization that has been around since 1954. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to sharing our knowledge of lapidary arts and mineralogy. We encourage the interest of geology, mineralogy and metalsmithing among people of all ages, young and old.

Our club has a workshop at the Vallejo Fairgrounds with lapidary equipment for members use. We have field trips throughout the year for rock collecting. We also offer classes in metalsmithing and mineralogy.

Our booth at the Steam Discovery Festival will have ongoing demonstrations of cabochon making using a multi wheeled Genie cabbing machine. We will have a display of different rocks and a simple bracelet making project for kids. (5 years and above)

Please come by and see us!

Unleash your inner cat burglar to retrieve the loot!

We will be exhibiting as a resource table showcasing services and events that we hold at the Solano Public Library and providing a STEM activity which is making color-changing slime.

Solano County Library's mission is to spark curiosity, inspire creativity, and champion learning. For our exhibit, we will bring and demonstrate library materials such as our Citizen Science Kits, which can be checked-out from any Solano County library for a 3 week period. We will also bring an additional activity for hands-on science-y fun!

Dalek Fax is a remote controlled robot which is a detailed replica of a Dalek from the tv series Dr. Who (the longest running British sci fi series). This is our second dalek which we started in August 2023 for Bay Area Maker Faire (Andrew Maley built most of the external structure. He is powered by a 74 amphour lithium phosphate battery (capabl of 600 amp burst). His drive system is a mecanum wheel setup that allows movment in any direction. His sound system includes a 100w amplifier with a wireless microphone and Dalek voice changer Mk3 (assembled from scratch by Nicholas Maley). Nicholas assembled and maintains most of the electrical systems on board. The Dalek has several servos in his head that allow for it to turn, elevate the eyestalk and blink the iris in his eye. The eye was 3d printed and assembled with a 9g micro servo to give it movement. His Favorite word is "Exterminate". He lives with Andrew, Carol and Nicholas Maley in Fairfax CA.

Solano College Digital Media Arts department offers a wide range of classes in graphic design, illustration, animation, and textile printing! Learn about our course offerings, and check out the samples from our Roland Dye Sub printer, and watch the fabric get printed on our small press!

Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid. That is, it acts like a liquid when sitting still, but acts like a solid when a force is acting on it (strained). Oobleck gets its name from the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck where a gooey green substance, Oobleck, fell from the sky and wreaked havoc in the kingdom. Here the Oobleck will be made from corn starch and water on top of a speaker. You get to control the excitation using Frequency and Amplitude knobs to watch the Oobleck dance! If you touch the dancing peaks the liquid will feel like rubber.

Social outcomes over the eight-week intensive science/STEM summer program for 18-24 disadvantaged youth include: 1) developing project management skills, specifically, how to turn an idea into a deliverable; 2) developing social skills, that is, by functioning as a cooperative team; 3) developing engineering skills with training in: CAD design, drawing and reading circuit diagrams, building “breadboards,” soldering circuit parts and assembling a model; 4) developing a sense for “thinking outside the box,” research, planning, innovation, and entrepreneurship; and 5) developing prototypes for what will ultimately become socially and environmentally responsible products.

Bay Area Engine Modelers Club will display running engines and converse with the public about how machine models

Snap Circuits, Sponsored by Matthew Turner Elementry School. Learn more than just the basics of electronics, how switches and circuits work. Over 300 unique electronic projects within the Beginner and Junior kits, you’ll build simple problem-solving, troubleshooting, and planning skills!

We will have the cardboard; you bring your imagination! Benicia High Students will help particpants make their own creations out of cardboard and Makedo plastic screws.

Create your own animals, vehicles, houses, costumes, and more!

The RoboVikes are an FRC team based out of Vanden High School in Fairfield, California.

This is a large format community art project sponsored by the Benicia Public Library.  You can be part of art history by adding your input to the public drawing.

the Benicia Amateur Radio Club will be running an amateur radio station with the ability for people to learn about radio and see how to get licensed!

Come to ROV Tour's booth and learn about underwater robotics. Have fun driving our prototype rovs in a pool!

See and hear the musical lightning from the Tesla Coil. If you can play the piano you may be able to play your song on the Tesla Coil's keyboard.

No need to be a Rocket Scientist (yet). Decorate, build, and launch your custom rocket. Check out how high your rocket will fly.

The quadruped robotics industry has seen tremendous growth, both in terms of software and hardware development. The Unitree Robotics Go1 is a bionic quadruped robot that behaves like a real dog — it accompanies you while you are jogging or walking in the park, helps you carry your stuff, and can even bring your morning paper. The Go1 Pro model amazes everyone with its dog-like behavior and is speedy and robust, and can follow its ‘dog owner’ while avoiding obstacles along the way, trotting at a maximum speed of 10 mph. Come see this robotic dog in action in Room 1855.

In this twin river challenge you design, build, and test your watercraft. Then race a friend or just see how well your design works.

If you enjoy blowing bubbles, try your hand at making GIANT Bubbles. How large a bubble can you make?

Watch Industrial Robots load and unload material into various CNC mills and lathes as they cut various aluminum parts. You can also interact with various Automation Equipment students use to train with. You will have a chance to talk with students and learn more about the Advanced Manufacturing programs at Solano College. This exhibit will be located in Room 1855.

See how a home-made game console can be built and try your hand at some retro video games.

Are you a Star Wars fan? Appeal to your inner captain and pilot the Benicia Makerspace’s Tie Fighter.

A mesmerizing display of fifteen pendulums with different frequencies. Watch the physics of harmonics in action as the pendulums form patterns going in and out of phase with each other.

Fun awaits! As participants learn a little more about Animals, insects, and plants that emit light they will also paint their very own Lantern fish that they can bring home! Participants will not only explore what Bioluminescence is, they will also learn about Emmett Chappelle. He is the scientist that studied Bioluminece with valuable contributions to science.

Students can choose to paint a Lantern fish and go through the fun handouts to learn even more about Bioluminescence. They will get to see their lantern fish glow, even during the day!

We ask the questions: Why do things glow? Can humans Glow? What would you do if you could glow like an Angler fish?

Solano Community College Automotive Technology program

• You will be introduced to the theory and practice of automotive repair and maintenance, and study the vital parts of the internal combustion engine and power transmission.

• You will learn basic electronic concepts while testing, maintaining, adjusting, and repairing batteries, alternators, starters, wiring, ignition systems, and accessories.

• You will be shown methods of scientifically diagnosing automotive malfunctions, and the techniques of troubleshooting.

• You will practice using various specialized equipment for examination of exhaust emissions, fuel, and other systems.