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How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with ...
The March 11, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami sent an unprecedented volume of marine debris into the North Pacific Ocean which began to come ashore in North America and the Hawaiian Islands in 2012. Between the spring of 2012 and the winter of 2016/2017 we found nearly 400 living Japanese ...
Where: Cost: Free
December LASER EventSummer Praetorius (USGS Geologist) on "The Heliocene"Amelia Winger-Bearskin (Media Artist, University of Florida) on "Visual Storytelling with Bleeding-edge Technologies"Eran Kahana (Stanford Law School) on "The Metaverse and its Potential Impact on Agency for Artificial Intelligence Entities"Register at weblink to receive connection information
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 12/09/21
After Dark: Light PlayWhen our eyes are open, light streams into them continually. Can you describe how that light arrives, and how the images you see are formed? Tonight at After Dark, play around and test your assumptions about what you know about light. Experiment with reflection, shadows, mirrors, and more at our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
UC Berkeley CLEAR Pub Science: The Wood-Wide Web Fourth year graduate student Lorenzo Washington will present on the role that fungi play in ecosystem health and interactions - sure to be an exciting talk, especially for all of us amateur mycologists & mushroom admirers!The CLEAR Project its composed of a group of young scientists at UC Berkeley who ...
Archaeological finds are often interpreted in popular science through the ‘lost civilization’ trope: once great metropolises and their people that mysteriously vanished in history. Although ruins suggest the abandonment of a specific location at a point in time, they do not suggest that its occupants and their culture disappeared; most ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virtual Telescope ViewingJoin our resident astronomers on Facebook Live and YouTube live from Chabot’s Observation deck!Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will be available ...
Join artist, author, and educator John Muir Laws for a virtual walk in the woods to explore how to observe with the eyes of a naturalist, discovering and celebrating the signs of the Bay Area season in a nature journal.Join us for a deep dive on mushrooms and enjoy just watching or ...
Where: Cost: suggested donation $20
Free Telescope ViewingsJoin Chabot astronomers on the Observatory Deck for a free telescope viewing! Weather permitting, this is a chance to explore stars, planets and more through Chabot’s historic telescopes. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Our observatory deck offers ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
The James Webb Space Telescope: Great science will be launching soon! - LivestreamThe James Webb Space Telescope will be the most powerful and complex astronomical space observatory ever built. It will launch in December and will unfold itself before arriving in its final orbit in the Sun - Earth system about a month later. The large 6.5-m diameter JWST primary mirror and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 12/11/21
Saturday Cinema: Luminous Stories In recognition of Glow: Discover the Art of Light and in celebration of the holidays, these animations capture winter’s cool gleam and the heart’s warm glow.FeaturingThe Arctic by Wenting Zhu (2018, 3 min.) This film captures crystallization, revealing radiant growth patterns of different salts. It serves as a reminder of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Free Telescope ViewingsJoin Chabot astronomers on the Observatory Deck for a free telescope viewing! Weather permitting, this is a chance to explore stars, planets and more through Chabot’s historic telescopes. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Our observatory deck offers ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Sunday, 12/12/21
Afternoon Hike at Mindego Hill - CANCELEDJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful 5-mile hike from the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve to the top of the POST-protected Mindego Hill. You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about how we protected this beautiful property featuring panoramic views of redwood ridges and ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Monday, 12/13/21
Geminid Meteor Shower Watch Party - CANCELEDJoin us on our observation decks and be dazzled as we make our annual trip through the Geminids Meteor shower. The Geminids, named for the radiant or location where the shower appears to originate, is one of the best meteor showers to catch this year. The culprit and source of ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 Adults, $7 Youth
Tuesday, 12/14/21
Preserve Stewardship: Why, How & What - LivestreamMichelle Cooper will talk about the critical role stewardship plays in maintaining healthy ecosystems. She will share briefly about the natural communities living on the Modini Preserve and the threats facing them. Her talk will focus on how stewardship helps mitigate the impacts of human caused disturbance resulting in wildfire, ...
Where: Cost: $15 General, $10 Members
Climate Change, Technology and Innovation: Views from Korea and Japan - LivestreamKorea and Japan are two of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet. In September 2021, the Korean National Assembly passed legislation mandating carbon neutrality by 2050, becoming the 14th country to legislate commitments to reduce carbon emissions. Earlier in May 2021, Japan’s parliament passed an amendment to Japan’s ...
The long-awaited launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble, is finally here. This next generation space telescope is at the launch site in French Guiana and is expected to take off as early as December 22nd. With Webb, astronomers expect to see further, fainter, and with more ...
