Big Ideas Fest Big Ideas FestInvent. Design. Discover. Share. This is the future of education today.Big Ideas Fest 2010 http://www.bigideasfest.org/December 5th-8th, 2010 Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Half Moon Bay, CaliforniaThe three-day Big Ideas Fest is an immersion into collaboration and design with the focus on inspiring and modeling cutting-edge thinking in K-20 education. Big Ideas ...
Where: Half Moon BayCost:
Dark MatterAstrophysicists Simona Murgia, Louie Strigari and Risa Wechsler of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology will present a special SLAC colloquium celebrating the international event Dark Matter Awareness Week. SLAC is in the forefront of institutions using a number of varied approaches to seek answers to the mystery ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The Philosophy of FoodMonday Night Philosophy celebrates the holidays by investigating our intimate and cultural relationship with food. During the holiday season, when we indulge in foods imbued with meaning on many levels, we should reflect upon this relationship as it applies to our underlying values, as well as our interactions with the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for members
Composting VermacompostHome Composting for Busy People!Conducted by Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority.Preregistration required.
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Benjamin Dean Lecture: The Dark Universe and the Origin of Structure Josh Frieman is a senior staff scientist at the Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics and a member of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago. He currently directs the Dark Energy Survey, a collaboration of more than 120 scientists worldwide ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $6 Members, $10 Seniors
