Ever wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for cool, food-related investigations.This program is jointly supported by Science@Cal, Community Resources for Science, and the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley.
Where: OaklandCost: Free
FIRST Robotics LeagueWhat the Olympics are for sports and the Nobel Prize is to science, FIRST Robotics is to kid's engineering.Take part in the most prestigious robotics competition for youth in the world this fall by joining Celsius and Beyond team. You will learn about project management, computer programming, robotics design, analytical ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $950 full, $330 per month
Come to the Point Reyes National Seashore to hike the Estero Trail! This trail takes us through an old Christmas tree farm (a good place to look for owls) then we'll head down to the waterside to find waterfowl and shorebirds. We'll stop for lunch on a bluff that gives ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
Mathematical Magic ShowFrom Sir Isaac Newton to Dr. John Dee, many of the world's greatestmathematicians were surprisingly, also conjurers.Mathematicians were seeking the unknown and some of their findings wereunexpected and non-intuitive; just like magic!With the audience's help, Dr. Elran of the Weizmann Insittue of Science will demonstrate card tricks that are based ...
Which Is More Fun - Dinosaurs or Robots?As part of the Bay Area Science Festival, the Hall will host a "Dinos vs. Robots" event, in which visitors participate in activities from each discipline and decide which is more fun! You will become a paleontologist for the day and discover things ...
Visit SF State's marine research campus in Tiburon for our 22nd annual open house. Learn about our research from scientists and graduate students by exploring interactive science displays and listening to fascinating lectures (see Speakers). Touch live organisms at our touch tanks, combine art and science with ceramics and other ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
The World of Simulations - The Game of Life and Derivatives Computer games may appear to be based on complex math and computer science, but in fact they are based on a very simple set of rules and procedures.These rules and procedures formed the very first simulation prototype called"The Game of Life", invented by the British mathematician John Conway. Thegame is ...
Stanford's Genetics department leads hands-on activities every day of the festival. Try your hand at DNA spooling from animal cells and look at your own DNA from cheek cells under a microscope. Figure out what 1000 letters of your DNA look like. Solve a mystery by looking at "DNA" patterns ...
This Halloween, you can enjoy some creepy crawlers – human and non-human – at the Exploratorium's Halloween Haunts and Happenings! On October 30, from 12 – 4 pm, come see giant insects, tarantulas, blood-sucking leeches, maggots and much more. Dress up in your Halloween costume and join us in a ...
Come to Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands and get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO), a cooperative program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and National Park Service.A GGRO docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Bees Explained at the Observation HiveStudy the behavior of the honey bees residing in our Observation Hive in the Tropical House. The bees are encased in a glass case, revealing the comb and flurry of bee activity. Stop by at this time when a docent will be available to explain the inner workings of the ...
The Tech Museum does! Join in all the robotic fun when we roll out the robot red carpet for the Bay Area Science Festival. Meet some of our favorite robots, from Buster to AIBO, and then design and build your own robot out of Robotix parts.More details at: http://www.thetech.org/bayarea_science
Anamanaguchi is a four-piece melodic 8-bit rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Combining raw guitars and thrashing drums with sound chips from hacked Nintendos and Game Boys, they create a powerful, energetic sound that rests somewhere between organic and robotic.They are paired on this tour with Starscream, another Brooklyn band ...
