Kids Workshop: Leaves branches trunk and roots!Children will learn about the different parts of a tree and how they help the tree live and grow. This program presented by Our City Forest, is geared towards children ages 3-6.
Speaker: Michael Klayko, CEO, BrocadeRoom ENG 189.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Low-cost Diagnostics with bioMEMS – Unconventional Methods and MaterialsThe lab-on-chip concept has created miniature devices for the study of phenomena and the performance of tasks in physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. But lab-on-chip devices can deliver more than just a miniaturization of conventional laboratory methods; rather, effects that scale favorably at micrometer dimensions can be exploited for simplified ...
A Day in the Life of an Archaeologist at PompeiiWe all know that real archaeology does not even remotely resemble an Indiana Jones movie. Understanding the process by which we gain knowledge about the ancient Roman world is as important as understanding the remains themselves, because that process profoundly affects our interpretation of the ancient evidence. Pearson will draw ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Dirty, Earthy NightLife Get your hands dirty this Earth Day with a NightLife devoted to compost, urban farming, recycled art, and getting in sync with nature. Experience "The U.S. Compostal Service," and contemplate starting your own urban garden with the experts at Garden for the Environment. Catch a screening of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Embryonic Stem Cells: Everything You Want To Know But Are Afraid To AskThis event is free and open to the public. Reception is at 6:30, talk at 7:00. Susan Fisher, Ph.D, is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She is jointly appointed in the Department of Anatomy. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'The Fossil Chronicles' talk and book signing with Dean FalkAuthor Dean Falk signs and talks about "The Fossil Chronicles: How Two Controversial Discoveries Changed Our View of Human Evolution." Falk, who has studies the brain casts of both Taung Child and Flores Man, reveals new evidence crucial to interpreting both discoveries and proposes surprising connections between this pair of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
Jerry Loomis presents: The Ultra Friendly Gray Whales of San Ignacio Whale LagoonPlease join San Francisco Bay American Cetacean Society chapter for a very interesting presentation about gray whales by someone who has a special connection and understanding with the people and the gray whales of San Ignacio Lagoon and a creative approach to gray whale conservation.Speaker: Jerry Loomis is the ACS ...
Millions of Japanese citizens received advance warning of the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake -- can such a system be built for use in California?University researchers and government agencies are working together to create an Earthquake Early Warning system in California to reduce earthquake lossesApril is Earthquake Awareness Month in ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost:
The Secret Life of MushroomsMushrooms grow amazing, unseen, underground thread-like cells which form an intricate web between various living things in the earth. Many trees would not grow without the help of these mushrooms to find nutrients or water. Other types of mushrooms consume trees, transforming the cellulose of wood into a tough kind ...
