Last Friday the THS Science Bowl team and their coach Mr. Diodate went on a field trip to tour the Googleplex offices in Mountain View, California, go indoor skydiving, and tour the Tesla factory.
The Googleplex, the global headquarters for Google and its parent company Alphabet, is located in Mountain View, California. The name Googleplex has two meanings. First, it's a portmanteau of "Google" and "complex." But it has an additional significance that connects to the origin of Google's name.
The Googleplex campus spans about 12 acres of land with over 3 million square feet of office space. It is Google's largest headquarters, closely rivaled by its nearly 3-million-square-foot office building in Manhattan.
It was an amazing adventure and the students learned a lot through the experiences they took part in and the people they were able to interact with.
Thank you Mr. Diodate for putting the trip together for our team.