With activities like bubbly sidewalk painting, rocket launching, meeting rescued wild animals, and making your own ice cream, you'll have a wonderful time learning and exploring together at Summer Fun Days. All events are free with your admission! June12 | Bubbly Sidewalk Painting Make your own chalk and create masterpieces ...
The State of the Object: How Art Interacts With Technology, Society and LifeDesign is purpose-driven artistic creativity that links artistic and technological innovation. It is an integral component of how a society represents itself. It is particularly interesting to explore how designers relate to the left-brain knowledge worker of the Internet age. Moderated by author Piero Scaruffi-with individual presentations and a panel ...
The human X and Y chromosomes evolved from a non-sex ancestor. The X is still regular-sized, but the Y is degraded and puny. Dr. Wilson Sayers will talk about how this process occurs, and how we can use the sex chromosomes to understand why more nucleotide mutations originate from the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
Thursday, 08/15/13
Intel Museum - Free Binary Beading Class Engages KidsTwo class times: 10-11am, 3-4pmWhat are all those 1s and 0s that make up binary code? And for that matter, what's binary code? Students ages 7 and up learn how computers use this 'digital' language to send, process, and receive information. By using beads to represent a switch's on and off ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Investing in Natural CapitalThe appeal of seeing nature as a vital asset – as natural capital – has spread like fire over the last decade. This concept appears in thinking about agriculture, water, energy, health, fisheries, forestry, protection from hazards, mining, cities and the infrastructure supporting these and other vast sectors – and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students
If you think that mixing red and green will always give you a murky brown, would you be surprised to see them make yellow? Join Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for a vibrant exploration into the physicality of color at Full Spectrum Science: Mixing Color. Come find out what the three ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25.00 (included with admission)
Learning from Tribal Healers, by Dr. Christopher HerndonChristopher Herndon is a physician at the University of California, San Francisco. Over the past decade he has been working with remote tribes across Suriname, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. His research found that shamans have a complex and remarkable understanding of disease concepts, that are comparable to Western medical science. ...
The small county of San Francisco has 34 breeding species of butterflies. For lepidopterist Liam O'Brien, every one of these urban survivors has a remarkable story. Liam will focus on the county's two largest butterfly species: the Western Tiger Swallowtail and the Monarch. Remarkably, the former, perhaps the most celebrated ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free for members, $5 donation General
Friday, 08/16/13
Thermal History of Planetary Objects: From Asteroids to super-Earths, from plate-tectonics to lifeConvection in the interiors of planetesimals (asteroids), planets, and satellites is driving the thermal and chemical evolution of these bodies including the generation of possible magnetic fields. The wide size range induces a wide range of time scales from hundreds of thousands of years for small planetesimals to a few ...
This Friday, we are pleased to have astronomer and Nobel Prize winner Alex Filippenko of UC Berkeley join the journey! Truly an out of this world experience.Alex Filippenko was a member of both teams whose leaders were awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the accelerating Universe. Voted ...
Where: OaklandCost: $21 General, $10 Members ($10 & $7 Children)
August 16 Sports Basement Sidewalk StargazingPlease join Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society and Sports Basement for the Sidewalk Stargazing astronomy program. See stars, nebula, galaxies, clusters, the moon and planets through member telescopes.Check our web site www.mdas.net, 925-695-3134 or email outreachinfo@mdas.net
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Houge Park Start PartyMeet with members of San Jose Astronomical Society for a Star Party, weather permitting.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday, 08/17/13
The Marine Mammal Center's 29th Annual Run for the SealsThe Marine Mammal Center's fun run, known as Run for the Seals, kicks off with a new date and t-shirt design contest this year! The 4-mile run (2-mile walk option as well) will take place at Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, CA. The route winds through the gorgeous ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Online registration before Aug. 1. $35 Adults / $
Family Progams: Ponds and Creeks TourExplore the Garden's water habitats from gently flowing creeks to still pond waters. Dip nets in pools and examine plants, insects, and microscopes. Learn about photosynthesis, decomposers, and the importance of protecting these fragile environments. Advance registration required.
Where: BerkeleyCost: $12 Adults, $8 Children, $8/$6 Members
Intel Museum - Free Circuitry Class Engages KidsTwo class times: 10-11am, 3-4pmSchematics, Switches and CircuitsFrom doorbells to karaoke machines, kids ages 9 and up will be introduced to reading schematics and building circuits. After a quick introduction to the basics, they will work in teams to build a variety of electronic devices that ring, beep and play songs! ...
Four years ago a dedicated space telescope ("Kepler") was launched to search for terrestrial planets around other stars, and even possibly discover a planet that might be like the Earth. The main purpose of the mission is to find out how common planets are out to the distance we are ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Trashformation at Exploratorium Market DaysConsider the creative potential of trash and find inspiration with a cadre of incredible gadgets, sculptures and inventions that reduce, reuse and upcycle at Exploratorium Market Days: Trashformation. It's a firsthand look at the innovative ways engineers, artists and creative thinkers in the Bay Area are re-using materials and creating ...
The Exploratorium's innovative Cinema Arts program presents a series of short films, animations, and abstract works to engage all curious movie lovers in the museum's Kanbar Forum. Films vary from week to week, and encompass museum gallery themes and investigations of natural phenomena. All screenings are included with museum admission. Saturday Cinema: ...
The Physics of Global Warming and CoolingGlobal warming: it's a phrase that gets bandied about by politicians, the news media, environmentalists, and dinner party guests. Al Gore said it's happening and we all make comments about the crazy weather; but, if we are not scientists ourselves, how much do we truly understand about the implications?Scientist Barbara-Ann ...
If you think that mixing red and green will always give you a murky brown, would you be surprised to see them make yellow? Join Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for a vibrant exploration into the physicality of color. Come find out what the three real primary colors are, and discover ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25.00 (included with admission)
Naturalist Know-howDo you know a young person interested in nature? Take them to Junior Academy: Naturalist Know-how!Learn to be a naturalist! August's skill is Owls and Owl Pellet Dissection. Variations of the monthly skill will be available each week. This program is designed for youth ages 8 to 11. Youth must be accompanied ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5 acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 – 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Monday, 08/19/13
Anthony D. Barnosky: Tipping Point for Planet EarthMonday Night Philosophy highlights Professor Barnosky's research into how global change influences extinction dynamics and biodiversity maintenance. The most recent generation has witnessed humanity changing the planet in both positive and negative ways. Barnosky explains that the key challenge for the 21st century is to ensure that the negative changes, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students
Tuesday, 08/20/13
Intel Museum - Free Class Lets Kids Explore the World Inside of a FabTwo class times: 10-11am, 3-4pmExplore what it's like inside an ultra-clean, highly automated silicon chip fabrication facility (fab) - from particles of contamination to bunnysuits - and get an inside glimpse into a Class 1 Fab from the museum. Space is limited and reservations are required. Email museum@intel.com to register (child's ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Ocean Surfaces on Snowball Earth Dr. Warren will discuss the Snowball Earth events in Earth history, when the ocean apparently froze all the way to the Equator. These events were qualitatively different from the recent ice ages of the Pleistocene, in which ice sheets advanced over large parts of the northern continents. On Snowball Earth, ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Run of the SalmonIf your class is engaged in Trout in the Classroom project the Bay Model is an excellent place to learn about the migration of the fish once they return to the wild. Find out where the problems are as we recreate the migratory path of the fish and the pitfalls ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Skeptics in the StudioNorth Bay Skeptics are: humanists, atheists, freethinkers, agnostics and undeclared, who embrace modern skepticism. We celebrate the scientific method, and the application of logic and evidence to all claims. As in the tradition of many Skeptical groups world wide, we like to gather for lively discussion on current topics and ...
Physics vs. Time TravelEveryone loves a good time travel story. However, given what we know -- and don't know -- about physics, is time travel in any way plausible? Using popular movies as a framework, Prof. Ken Wharton will outline several distinct categories of consistent time travel stories, and discuss possible connections with ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $7-$10.
Sunset/Full Moon Walk to the Point Bonita LighthouseWatch the setting sun and greet the rising moon at this wild edge of the continent.The half-mile trail is steep in places. Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. Meet park staff and docents at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead.Arrive early as parking is limited.Program limited to 50 people. Program fills ...
