Did you know that San Diego hosts an international Ocean and Water conference each year? This year, The Maritime Alliance (TMA) BlueTech hosted over 600 attendees for their 11th annual BlueTech Week in November. The theme for 2019 included the United Nations’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) which are being taught in our CCTE and STEAM curriculum, and integrated into student projects. The week included a series of events which San Diego Unified participated in a variety of ways.
Our students participated in BlueTech Week through attending potions of the conference, serving as ambassadors, capturing the events through pictures and videos, and showcasing their projects to the conferences international audience.
On Wednesday, ambassadors from Madison, University City, Mira Mesa, Point Loma, and San Diego High School attended a gala and dinner and shared their knowledge with professionals. They were joined by Lincoln and Henry photography students who took candid photos, and Serra videography students who interviewed BlueTech participants from various ocean and water related industries.
On Thursday, Mission Bay students attended panels, exhibits, and enjoyed a tasty algae inspired lunch with sustainable seafood.
Project Showcases
Elementary School
- Birny Elementary Kindergarten students in Ms. Kovelant's class showcased their STEAM learning through a video
- Lewis students engraved wooden cutouts for an SDG photo wall
- Marston students made large SDG box labels
- Montgomery students painted watercolor pieces that represented a "message in a bottle" imagining a world with the SDGs met
- Kearny EID students made SDG table centerpieces and engraved coasters
- Lincoln students created an SDG photo frame
- Mission Bay students created wooden surfboard menus
- Serra students produced stickers of photographs taken by keynote Aaron Chang for the surfboard menus
