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San Diego County Fair offering Student Showcase

DEL MAR — One of the special features of the San Diego County Fair is the Student Showcase program, located on the first floor at the west end of the grandstand. It is a display of student projects from San Diego County’s community colleges, high schools and junior high schools. Following is a sample of the program’s offerings.

• First Team Robotic One-Day Contest, June 9 – These robots are big and will fight to score points by hanging life rings on the arms of the goalie. Some of the robots are offensive scoring machines; others are designed to defend the goal. One-on-one competitions between robots were designed by the future engineers of San Diego County high schools. Come and enjoy from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Showcase Stage. Winners will receive awards.

• Yearbook Public Judging, June 9 – See in part how yearbooks are put together. Yearbooks submitted for competition from middle schools and high schools throughout the county will be evaluated through an open judging. Come from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to the first floor of the West End Grandstand.

• Cell Phone Photo Contest, June 8-24 – Take the photo at the fair and send it in. Open to all fair patrons. E-mail photos by 5 p.m. on June 24; see the fair’s Web site, http://www.sdfair.com/entry (under “Contests & Competitive Exhibits” in the lefthand column, click on “Student Showcase,” then on “2007 Cell Phone Photo Contest”), for details.

• Video Expo 2007, ongoing – On the first floor of the Grandstand, videos with news, entertainment and student features will be ongoing throughout the day at the Student Showcase Theater.

• CAD Contest and Photoshop Challenge Contest, June 9-10 and June 16-17 – In the Student Showcase Exhibit Area, watch CAD Contest students solve architectural and mechanical problems and print out the results in a two-hour time period. For the Photoshop Challenge Contest, students will be given the images from which to compose a digital collage.

• LEGO Fair Robotics One-Day Contest, June 16 – Three great contests to watch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Paddock Stage! During drag racing, watch the fastest robot run down the 16-foot race way on its own. Then, watch a robot find its way to the hero by following a line by itself. Lastly, watch the strongest (or smartest) robot keep from getting pushed out of the Sumo Circle.

• San Diego Community College District Hair Cutting and Manicure Demonstrations, June 22 – Come get your hair and nails styled at this outstanding talent demonstration in front of the west end of the Grandstand’s Student Showcase Exhibit.

 

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