High School Robotics Competition FIRST(R) Tech Challenge will be hosting their first of 12 Northern California competitions at DeVry University, Fremont campus. Up to 16 high school teams from the SF Bay area and beyond will be competing in this year's "Bowled Over" challenge. This is head to head robotics like sports - each ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
San José Clean Energy ShowcaseCome see the latest in solar, wind turbine, electric vehicle and solar hot water technologies. Bring the family and get everyone excited about clean energy! The time for clean energy is now! With money-saving rebates from the State, making home energy improvements has never been easier or more affordable. Come ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Stanford Saturday University Stanford Continuing Studies presents Stanford Saturday University (SSU) on Saturday, November 5, 2011. This one-day event on Stanford campus offers visitors the opportunity to hear from some of Stanford's most interesting and articulate faculty members on a range of scientific topics.Topics/speakers include:Power: Why Do Some People Have It, and Others ...
Join us for an extraordinary morning with NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur! Astronaut McArthur will introduce a screening of the IMAX movie Hubble, followed by a Q&A session detailing her experiences with Hubble. Learn more about the space-related activities available for you in the museum, and in your classroom from NASA.Reservations required at ...
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.
Bruce Alberts is Professor of Biochemistry at UCSF, the Editor-in-Chief of Science Magazine, the former President of the National Academy of Sciences, a co-author of the preeminent Cell Biology textbook and one of President Obama's new Science Envoys. His research has focused on the structure and duplication of chromosomes. Nano-High, ...
Calling all Educators! Leveraging excess stock/equipment/materials from labs/companies across the area, educators will have access to high quality materials for their classrooms. Everything at the event is free, but please only take what you need for your classroom. This FREE Giveaway is for educational and non-profit use ONLY.
Join us for an extraordinary morning with NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur! Astronaut McArthur will introduce a screening of the IMAX movie Hubble, followed by a Q&A session detailing her experiences with Hubble. Learn more about the space-related activities available for you in the museum, and in your classroom from NASA.RSVP: ...
Where: San JoseCost:
Understanding Hepatitis B and Liver CancerEach year, nearly three quarters of a million people die from liver cancer. Liver cancer is one of the most fatal cancers, with a five-year survival rate under 15%. However, the majority of cases of liver cancer are preventable. Long-term (chronic) infection with the hepatitis B virus is the leading ...
The Hayward Fault is a major earthquake fault that runs for nearly 55 miles through the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay region. At the Earth's surface, the Hayward Fault is actively creeping about 0.2 inch per year, unlike that of some other earthquake faults such as the San ...
See the work of North Bay science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) organizations. Enjoy hands-on experiments, demos, and exhibits. Save a droid ICU patient, create a pulsar, extract DNA, drive robots, eat liquid nitrogen, and more! VIP Parking for electric vehicles.
Where: SonomaCost: 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 ...
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 ...
Bring the whole family for an afternoon of fun, food, games, and support K-12 science education.We invite you to join us to celebrate the accomplishments of our students and to learn more about how you can inspire the next generation of scientists
Join fellow educators to explore the California Academy of Sciences inside and out, and walk away with resources, activities and inspiration to bring science into your classroom in exciting new ways. Participate in workshops and behind-the-scenes tours, converse with scientists, and dive deeper into the Academy's exhibits and research collections.Free ...
These two ancient foods owe their glory to microscopic magic. Join Discovery Street Tours on this stroll down quaint San Francisco streets while stopping at neighborhood parks and shops to explore the role of unseen organisms in creating flavors and textures. Get your hands on some gluten, admire the microbes ...
College of San Mateo and the San Mateo County Astronomical Society present:A Family Science and Astronomy Festival (free and open to the public)2:00 pm: Free planetarium show 2:30 to 4:30 pm: Science demonstrations by CSM science faculty (Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and Physics) 4:30 to 6:30 pm: Astronomy events, hands-on workshops ...
Join leading researchers Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research and Peter Norvig of Google for an intriguing discussion about the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, moderated by KQED's Tim Olson. We are extremely fortunate to have Eric and Peter on our stage – they've known each other for ...
(Program jointly sponsored by San Leandro High School, the East Bay Astronomical Society and UC Berkeley's Astronomy Department and Space Sciences Laboratory)Free Community Star Party that includes:Afternoon solar viewing and fun educational astronomy activities (3:00 - 6:00 pm) Special "teen zone" solar activity booth for teens only -- as part ...
3 pm to 9 pm: Astronomy activities rain or shine, evening stargazing if it is clear.Astronomy activities every hour until 7 PM,stargazinguntil 9 PM. During the day special solar telescopes will be available to view the Sun. In the evening you can observe the Moon, Jupiter, and other fascinating objects. ...
Dr. Gary Weston will lead two brief observing sessions separated by an indoor lecture:4 - 4:30 pm: Science Picnic Area, East Lawn of Science Buildings: Observing the Sun with a Telescope 4:45 - 5:45 pm: South Science Building 143, Lecture: "Recent Discoveries and Beautiful Observations in Astronomy" (The lecture will ...
The Montgomery Hill Observatory will be hosting the following activities:Lunar Geology for Children ages 9 - 12,from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Space is limited and on a first-come first-served bases. For reservations, please contact the astronomer at: celso.batalha@evc.edu Observations of Moon, Jupiter, Uranus, the Pleiades and other interesting celestial ...
Hike the hills under the glowing light of the moon. Join us for a moderately strenuous yet serene 5-6 mile hike in our backyard, the Redwoods. Guided by an experienced hiker, participants will begin and end the hike at Chabot. Hike guide will meet participants in the main lobby.
(Program jointly sponsored by the Mt. Tam Astronomy Programs, Wonderfest, and the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers)5:30 - 6:30 pm: a talk by Dr. Michael Kuhlen, from the Theoretical Astrophysics Center at UC Berkeley, on "The MilkyWay as a Dark Matter Laboratory" 6:30 pm - 9 pm: Telescope observing in the ...
Enter from behind the school, go past the school, turn on Sagebrush, enter back parking lot. Look for sandwich boards directing you to the planetarium entrance.)Regardless of weather, there will be a workshop about black holes with free NASA materials conducted from 6 - 8 pm in room 511. Registration ...
Free telescope viewing will take place (weather permitting) outside the planetarium from dark to 10:00pm. Everyone welcome. Saturday evenings are public show nights at the planetarium, and shows will be presented as usual, with 3 astronomy shows and 2 laser light shows that night. See our web site at: http://planetarium.deanza.edu ...
Free public planetarium shows every 30 minutes inside the MaST Star Lab planetarium from 6 pm – 9 pm. Free telescope viewing outside the Newark Memorial Star Lab Exhibits demonstrating how the Earth rotates on its axis while it revolves around the sun, why stars appear to move across our ...
The stars are out and the party is on! Join us for star-gazing, science talks, a live planetarium show, hands-on demos, a special theatre showing, and Discovery Lab for our junior explorers (under 7 years old). Festivities are 6pm - 10pm.Hands-on demos throughout the Center presented by our Galaxy Explorers6 ...
Open House andstar viewing event from 6 - 9 pm. The evening will feature short planetarium programs, demonstrations, hands-on activities and views through telescopes. The event is free and open to all. Parking will be available in the three-story Central Avenue Parking Structure. The telescope viewing portion of the event ...
Telescope viewing of the Moon, planets, star clusters and more, as well as hands-on astronomy activities, will be hosted by faculty and students. Telescopes will be set up from 6:00-10:00 PM on the Tower Lawn between Tower Hall, the Martin Luther King Library and the Science Building. (See grid location ...
We will host a free Planetarium Show at 6:15 PM in the DVC Planetarium (code PL on the map) and observing at the DVC observatory, from 7 - 9 pm, weather permitting. The closest parking is in lot 4. In case of clouds or rain, observing will be cancelled, but ...
Co-hosted with the Peninsula Astronomical Society, the SETI Institute, and NASA's Lunar Science InstituteTelescope viewing at the Foothill Observatory, 6:30pm to 9:30pm. The observatory will be open free to all visitors. Telescopes from the Peninsula Astronomical Society will be set up in the area around the observatory, provided the sky ...
Free public planetarium show at the Chabot College planetarium, Building 1900, from 7:00 - 7:45 pm. (Space is limited and reservations are required. Please contact Scott Hildreth at: shildreth@chabotcollege.edu for information.) Free telescope viewing from Chabot College campus from 7 pm - 9:30 pm, weather permitting. In case of cloudy ...
Telescopes will be set up from 7 to 10 pm in the park to show the gibbous moon, bright Jupiter, faint Uranus, colorful double star Albireo, the Ring Nebula, and other celestial objects as conditions permit. Please car-pool if practical, as parking is somewhat limited. When entering the lot, try ...
7:00 – 11:00 p.m.: Public viewing through the 36-inch Great Lick Refractor and the 40-inch Nickel Reflector 7:30 p.m.: Astronomy Lecture: Two Views of the Moon -- Dr. Graeme Smith, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz 9:00 p.m.: Astronomy Lecture: Astronomy and Cosmology (not to be ...
The event will take place on the UCSC campus, on a field behind the Music Center starting at 7 pm. We will be setting up numerous telescopes. Visitors will be taken on a tour of the night sky from planets and moons within our solar system to star forming nebulae ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
JUMBO SQUID SOIRéE!Gu l f of the Fa r a l lon e s Nat ion a l Ma r i n e Sa n c t u a ry Fa r a l lon e s Ma r i n e Sa n c t u a ry As soc i at ...
8 - 10 pm: If the weather is clear, we will be observing on the Main Plaza of the Lawrence Hall of Science in the hills above the Berkeley campus, through some of our "Saturday Night Stargazing" telescopes, with the astronomy staff. The event will be free and open to ...
8 pm - 10 pm: Telescope viewing at the SSU Observatory. The observatory will be open free to all visitors for stargazing and discussion with astronomers and student docents. The Observatory is located inside the stadium area at the SE corner of the campus (East Cotati Avenue and Petaluma Hill ...
Planetarium Shows at 8pm and 9pm (The planetarium is on the 4th floor of Thornton Hall -- Room TH422; Go in the main door of the building, take the elevator to the 4th floor, and look for the planetarium entrance there. Once a show has started, you can't get in.) ...
Find out what happens when artists spend nine months in a science lab. This exhibition features eight works developed during the Swiss artists-in-labs residency, which places artists in scientific settings.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sunday, 11/06/11
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: $330 per month
Pepperwood Offers Course on North Coast Native Plants and PeopleJoin anthropologist Ben Benson and herbalist Autumn Summers on an exploration of the relationship between California first peoples and native plants on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at Pepperwood Preserve. The class is $10.00 and students can register online at http://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org.Ben Benson is an environmental anthropologist ...
Come join a walk to see the birds at Rush Creek! These tidal wetlands and evergreen woodlands by the Petaluma River Delta are a great place to appreciate our winter birdlife. The road sometimes gets quite muddy, so bring appropriate footwear. Meet at the Binford Rd gate.This walk is for ...
AT&T Park will become a science wonderland when the Bay Area Science Carnival launches Sunday, November 6th. This FREE science extravaganza showcases the intrigue and pure fun of science with a non-stop program of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows, all meant to entertain and inspire. Over 170 exhibits will ...
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 ...
2024: 60 Years of Laser Mode LockingWe present a brief history of mode locked lasers, starting from early beginnings in 1964, and including the transformation from mode-locked lasers to frequency combs in 2000. Based on the vast available research material, we also boldly attempt to predict where the technology may be headed in the future, encompassing commercial applications as well as new opportunities in ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A Reexamination of Global WarmingThe most quantitative evidence for global warming consists of 1.4 billion earth land surface temperature measurements dating back to Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. There is useable Earth coverage from 1800 to the present, and excellent coverage from 1900 onward. There have been several criticisms of the prior analyses of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Fukushima from the back-end of the fuel cycle and waste managementWhile the crippled reactors at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station are yet to reach cold shut-down state, the rate of radioactivity release from the site has significantly decreased. Now the main focus has turned to environmental remediation, treatment, and eventual disposal of contaminated materials. These actions will be heavily dependent ...
As unlikely as it may seem, the future of the commercial nuclear industry, except perhaps in a few European countries and in Japan, appears to have been little affected by the Fukushima disaster. In the United States, Fukushima may have an impact on the relicensing of old plants and result ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Dava Sobel: A More Perfect HeavenThe bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter tells the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and the revolution he inspired. By 1514, the reclusive cleric Copernicus had written an initial outline of his heliocentric theory - in which he defied common sense and received wisdom to place the sun, not the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 standard, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students
November LASER Event6:30pm-6:45pm: Socializing/networking.6:45-7:10pm: Jennifer Parker (UC Santa Cruz) on "Down to Earth: Art, Astronomy and Physics" Highlighting new works created by artists and scientists from the UCSC OpenLab Network. The OpenLab Network is a new research initiative at the University of California Santa Cruz. The OpenLab Network targets a complex education ...
Eoin Brodie: How will shifting rainfall patterns affect the soil and the carbon cycle? Microbial ecologist Eoin Brodie leads an effort to understand how communities of soil microbes change as the climate changes.Janet Jansson: A handful of soil teems with billions of microbes, a few of which could lead to ...
Israeli-born psychologist Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his groundbreaking work on the psychology of judgment and decision making. His latest book examines the two systems that drive the way we make choices – one fast, intuitive, and emotional; the other slower, more deliberate and logical. Discover ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20-$25 General, $17-$22 Members, $10 Students
Mesoamerica's great pyramids excite our imagination with images of a fascinating civilization in the distant past, but they also provide a tangible link to the richness and enduring power of Maya culture as expressed by the Maya people today. The infamous year 2012 gains astronomical and cultural significance in a ...
How many colors make black? Be amazed as black magically turns into vibrant purples, blues, greens, magenta, and more with just a drop of water! This hands-on science activity for children 5 and older introduces the concept of chromatography. Chromatography comes from the Greek word chroma meaning "color" and graphia meaning ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $7
Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Education and Outreach TrainingThis basic overview of MPA science, monitoring, and outreach is intended for volunteers and other interested partners who would like to improve their ability to communicate MPA science and objectives to the public. Anyone is welcome to attend this introductory overview, but please RSVP by email if interested.
SRI International, host of Café Scientifique Silicon Valley, commemorates its 65th anniversary on Sunday, November 6, 2011. Join us on November 8 at the usual Cafe Scientifique time- the second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m.- for a special presentation by the President and CEO of SRI, Curt Carlson. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
On-Chip Interconnect: Demanding Challenges for Complex SoCsBy now, we've all gotten pretty used to these amazingly converged consumer devices: always-connected, media-rich and computing-capable platforms focused on the capture and delivery of massive amounts of content – all at seemingly impossibly low prices. At the heart of consumer electronics today are System on a Chip (SoC) semiconductors ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Reframing the Message: From Sound Science to the Sound BiteTweets, blogs, podcasts and online video mixed with traditional print and broadcast media have taken the information superhighway into the age of information overload. From the headline to the sound bite... if the words aren't perfect, the message may be lost. Join COMPASS and Aldo Leopold lead communications trainer Nancy ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members & Seniors
The Technology of AnimationComputers were born and bred for war, hard science, and business. Now they're telling stories. Computer technology drives movies and television today. It sweeps us into world built from 1s and 0s that seem more true-to-life than real life. We've explored Middle Earth and deep space. We've met animated charactes ...
UAVs have a record of note forDisappointing the civil promotor.What has always been lost?A great need for low cost!A solution, perhaps, is Flexrotor.
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Searching for Seeds, Sizing up ShellTheresa Molino and Monica Parks will present their findings from a discrete number of soil samples taken from a cultural shell midden located at the mouth of the Coquille River in south central Oregon. These findings will illustrate the subtle signature of paleo-ethnobotanical remains, as well as the potential significance ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Building a 10,000 Year Archive of All Human LanguagesThe Rosetta Project at The Long Now Foundation is working to build an open public digital collection of all human language as well as an analog backup that can last for thousands of years--The Rosetta Disk. In the "long now," the goal is long-term storage and access to information--on the ...
Carbon dioxide levels are predicted to rise during this century to levels not seen in 25 to 50 million years. Back during this time, the Earth changed from a generally ice-free 'greenhouse world' to a more much colder and heavily glaciated 'icehouse world'. Dr. Pekar will provide an overview ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Pond Scum Night: The Invisible World in a Drop of WaterWhat lives unseen in pond, bay, and ocean water? Join the San Francisco Microscopical Society and Merritt Biology Club for "Pond Scum Night". View the amazing and varied organisms hidden to the unaided eye, up close and personal. See the invisible world brought to light, and observe natural beauty and ...
Where: OaklandCost: $2.00 parking
Skeptalk: End of the World PredictionsReligious leaders have been predicting the end of the world for centuries, and yet we're still here! What happens to your state of mind when you absolutely KNOW Armageddon will happen next Wednesday, but then you wake up Thursday morning to an unchanged world? Dr. Patrick O'Reilly, Assistant Clinical Professor ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
Above and Below San Francisco Streets- In Search Of Eradicated LandscapesAbove and Below San Francisco Streets- In Search Of Eradicated Landscapeswith Glenn Lym. It is a common assumption that street grids were imposed easily on San Francisco's original landscape, resulting in the city's photogenic hillside streets that poke up from otherwise large flat planes. We assume that the imposition of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
SCAS-Sonoma County Astronomical SocietySCAS meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm. Guest speakers are presented, along with the latest happenings in astronomy news and topics.Contact their homepage for more details, times, and information.Thank you!
Hydrologists and Water Resource planners require information about future hydroclimatic conditions to guide them in their decision making process. Depending on the timescale, a variety of mathematical models has been developed and are being used. Regional climate models are used with longer time scales, ranging from seasons to decades while ...
Learning from Japan's earthquakeJapan just experienced a massive earthquake and tsunami, triggering the most complex nuclear disaster in history and causing billions of dollars in damage. Prior to the earthquake, Japan had invested substantial resources in mitigating its buildings and preparing for future disasters. What's next for Japan? What can we learn from ...
Go behind the scenes at Long Marine Lab. Learn about the work of scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions, and whales. Tour is best suited for adults and children over 10 years of age. Space limited, free with admission. Reservations required: (831) 459-3800.
Joseph Wei, Vice Chair of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society (Santa Clara Valley), Co-chair of the SVC Wireless Entrepreneur SIG, and Member of the Berani Group, introduces near field communications (NFC) technology. NFC enables simplified transactions and data exchange between two wireless devices at ranges of a few centimeters. For ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
What's' Up with High Speed Rail...is Steam Making a Comeback?The focus of this presentation is to present one railfan's observations about railroading in America and an overview of High Speed Rail, HSR, worldwide. Yes, we will talk a bit about the proposed California HSR project and why the poster child project, Orlando-Tampa, was just cancelled! This presentation will start ...
Where: Palo AltoCost:
Surf & Tides NightlifeCelebrate surfing and the tidal forces that impact all life forms in and around the ocean, from sea stars to surfers and coastal residents. Catch video shorts from Rip Curl, in town for their annual Pro Search surf contest at Ocean Beach. See the sustainable board designs of Las Olas ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Linking Farms, Food, & Health – Making it happen!"The kitchen must become as crucial as the clinic," says Dr. Preston Maring who brought farmers markets to Kaiser Permanente. Join him for a dynamic conversation with organic farmer and MALT board member, Peter Martinelli, who sells at a variety of farmers markets, and Restaurant Professional, Frank Klein, who developed ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $15
DIRT! the Movie and DiscussionJoin Transition Berkeley for a screening of DIRT! the Movie, narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie takes us inside the Earth's most valuable and unappreciated resource. The 20th century was a bad time for dirt with the rise of devastating farming practices, clear-cutting and erosion, and climate change. DIRT! ...
Renewable Ocean EnergyThis year's Ken Norris lecture explores the current prospects of deriving renewable energy from our oceans. Hosted by UCSC's Institute of Marine Sciences Director Gary Griggs, this panel discussion will cover the public policy, ecology, and physical challenges involved in developing sustainable, renewable energy from the power of the sea. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
The Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and BiodiversityScientist and author Cristina Eisenberg will read from her new book,"The Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity". She will discuss the vital connection between apex predators and healthy ecosystems worldwide-from the deep oceans to tropical rainforests to prairies. Her talk will commence at 7 P.M. followed by a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
Ecological Economics in a World of 7 BillionHowMany.org presents speaker Randy Hayes of Foundation Earth and founder of Rainforest Action Network (RAN). Hayes is former Director of Sustainability in the office of Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown and served as president of the City of San Francisco Commission on the Environment. He also worked with visionary Jerry Mander ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: free
Footloose ForaysMichael Ellis is well known for his Ask the Naturalist column in Bay Nature magazine and as a longtime contributor to the Perspectives series on KQED. He has also been a repeat guest on Michael Krasny's Forum program, most recently this last August: http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201108011000 .Since founding Footloose Forays in 1983, ...
