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North Coast Current

Oceanside “BattleBots” team Gigabyte, led by John Mladenik (center right), started as a hobby project 20 years ago and has grown into a major contender in the televised sport on the Discovery Channel. (BattleBots photo)

Oceanside ‘BattleBots’ team taking a Gigabyte out of the competition

OsideNews April 20, 2022

By Clark Fahrenthold: Oceanside CA— San Diego County, as we all know, is home to a multitude of sports teams. The Padres, the San Diego Loyal, San Diego Wave FC, the Soccers, the Seals. But perhaps...

Oceanside “BattleBots” team Gigabyte, led by John Mladenik (center right), started as a hobby project 20 years ago and has grown into a major contender in the televised sport on the Discovery Channel. (BattleBots photo)

Oceanside ‘BattleBots’ team taking a Gigabyte out of the competition

Clark Fahrenthold April 20, 2022
San Diego County, as we all know, is home to a multitude of sports teams. The Padres, the San Diego Loyal, San Diego Wave FC, the Soccers, the Seals. But perhaps the region’s most unique and thrilling resides in Oceanside in the professional “BattleBots” team Gigabyte.
(Photo courtesy: McDonald’s of Southern California)

McDonald’s Donates 600 NASA-Inspired Happy Meal Books to San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House and San Diego Air & Space Museum

OsideNews August 22, 2019

STEM-Focused Books Featuring Peanuts’ Snoopy Now Available in Happy Meals San Diego CA— Continuing its commitment to creating feel good moments and using its scale for good, McDonald’s is donating...

Rhoades School’s team Alpha City students work on their Future City proposal Jan. 19 at Grossmont College in El Cajon. (Rhoades School courtesy photo)

Rhoades School students win awards for their Future City designs

North Coast Current February 19, 2019
Students from The Rhoades School in Encinitas recently received awards for their work in a regional competition that gave them the chance to create potential solutions to real-world city problems.
STEM education refers to science, technology, engineering and math. (Photo by Dan MacDonald, Freeimages)

Carlsbad foundation, Nordson Corp. partner for tech education events

North Coast Current February 5, 2019
Middle and high school students in the Carlsbad Unified School District will have the chance to participate in two hands-on, high-tech challenges sponsored by Nordson Corp. in partnership with the Carlsbad Educational Foundation.
(Photo: Christina McGoldrick)

Hope Elementary School Receives Stem Assembly from Microsoft

OsideNews October 6, 2018

Carlsbad CA— Hope Elementary School was excited to have Engineers from Microsoft through The Shoppes at Mission Viejo conduct a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Assembly on Friday, October...

Biocom Institute Gears Up for Ninth Annual Festival of Science and Engineering

Biocom Institute Gears Up for Ninth Annual Festival of Science and Engineering

OsideNews January 3, 2017

EXPO DAY and Festival Week March 4-12, 2017 Join more than 70,000 San Diegans for a week of innovation, creation, and STEM; Event schedule includes the expansion of the STEM in Your Backyard series in...

(Photo courtesy: Oceanside Chamber of Commerce)

Oceanside Chamber and Genentech Partner to Promote STEM Education

OsideNews November 19, 2016

Oceanside CA— The Oceanside Chamber of Commerce and Genentech have collaborated to provide $20,000 in classroom grants for Oceanside Unified School District. The grants were awarded to more than 35 educators...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside Receives STEM Award from San Diego County Office of Education

Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside Receives STEM Award from San Diego County Office of Education

OsideNews May 21, 2016

Oceanside CA— The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside (BGCO) was honored with the “Next Gen Educator” award from San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) at the STEM Champions Celebration on...

Shubham Banerjee shows off his Braille printer. The 13-year-old started his own company with financial and technological backing from Intel. (Brandpoint photo)

EDUCATION: What’s the Maker Movement about? Reinventing the world one child at a time

Brandpoint June 9, 2015

Can kids playing with Legos make the world a better place? Will children who build their own rocket ships or dollhouses go on to be the adult innovators of tomorrow, who take on the world’s challenges...

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