Free science gear for educators and researchersBioLink Depot, a 12 year old charitable institution, is holding its fall open house on where you can pick up free scientifi equipment and supplies for your school or lab.Teachers, educators, researchers from accredited institutions and community labs can register for the open house by visiting the biolink depot web ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
BubblefestJoin us for an entire day of hands on bubble fun, live music, face painting and more at our first ever BubbleFest! Learn all about the science behind bubbles, and see how bubbles can change form as professional bubble artists expose the wonders of these remarkable spheres. Join the artist, ...
Have you ever wondered how San Francisco looked like before it became a sprawling city and urban center? Take a walk with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy at Fort Funston and experience the natural splendor of the “Great Dune Waste” that used to cover most of the peninsula of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Maker Lab: Open Lab @ClaremontA place to drop in and try out: *Sewing on a Babylock sewing machine *Button-making *Drawing on the ProWise whiteboard *Experimenting with a Foldscope microscope *Needle-felting *Sculpting with modeling clayNo previous experience necessary! This program is for kids with parents, teens, and adults.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Silicon Valley Volunteer FairDo you want to invest your time and passion to help the environment and your community? Volunteering is a rewarding way to make friends, learn new skills, and have fun while making a difference.There are many organizations working to provide Parks, Nature and Environmental Education in Silicon Valley and finding ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Black Holes, Big and Small- A laser-guided adaptive optics viewBlack holes come in at least two varieties. Supermassive black holes lay at the centers of galaxies and, while not theoretically predicted, have been definitively proven to exist using observations of stars’ orbits at the heart of the Milky Way. Stellar mass black holes are predicted to exist in large ...
Have you ever wondered what’s inside a scientific buoy? Find out as we pull our NOAA CO2 buoy out of the water and host activities about carbon dioxide in the air and water. You’ll have a chance to learn about how we measure carbon with the buoy instruments and the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission to the Exploratorium
Reclaiming the Future: A Long Conversation + ExhibitionStochastic Labs is presenting a one-day event on Reclaiming The Future and would love for you to attend!What is at stake for the human animal in this critical moment in our evolution? Will we survive this “technological adolescence”? How can we reclaim optimism in the face of future technology?A group ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20
Family HikesBring the whole family along as we take a gentle 2-3-mile round trip walk among the majestic redwoods. We’ll stop and tell stories about Oakland history, identify native plants and trees, and discuss wildlife and indicators of climate change. Due to heavy roots, routes are not accessible by strollers and/or ...
Where: OaklandCost: $14 General, $11 Members
Exploring Planetary Surfaces with NASA’s Solar System TreksNASA’s Solar System Treks project produces a suite of online, interactive visualization and analysis portals. These tools enable mission planners, planetary scientists, and engineers to access data products from a wide range of instruments aboard a variety of past and current missions, for a growing number of planetary bodies. Originally ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Northern Lights ExciteIn California, the Northern Lights can appear as a deep red glow here in the night sky. In Alaska, they appears as a bright green bands or dynamic colorful shows when the sky is dark enough. Known as auroras, scientists are still uncovering the mysteries of these displays here and ...
