Run of the SalmonIf your students are 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 from the wild. The fish run a gauntlet of obstacles as they try to find their way home. Let's recreate their ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
A Stick LandingSending a robot spacecraft to make a precision landing on a world far away from home is among the greatest space exploration challenges of all time. In this presentation, Faride will describe the steps taken to launch the Mars Science Lab on its journey of discovery to our planet next ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Registration for Marine Science Camp OPENSMarine science camp is an exciting way for children to spark an interest in science and nature, or to deepen a budding biologist's enthusiasm and appreciation for learning. Our week-long day camps offer several grade-specific themes that focus on different aspects of the marine environment. Campers enjoy using scientific equipment ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Starting at $375
Sunday, 02/02/14
Naturalist 101: Be a Bay Area Ice Age TouristIf you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, there's a good chance you're sitting or standing on the very spot where Columbian mammoths, giant sloths, dire wolves, saber-toothed cats, and other megafauna roamed during the Ice Age! Learn about the real giants of San Francisco and how you can embark ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Free First SundayFirst Sundays of the month are free at the Oakland Museum of California. Pick up a treat for yourself or a loved one in the OMCA Store, or enjoy a lunch or snack in Blue Oak café. Take your pick and join an OMCA Docent for the Architecture Tour at ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Monday, 02/03/14
Mad Science: Fire & IceExplore "magical" chemical potions, the wonders of dry ice, and the dynamics of air pressure. Some of the topics the mad scientists will investigate include: the three states of matter, a gassy taste test and asuper spectacular bubbling potion. Ages 5-12.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
THE BEGINNING OF THE CLIMATE FIELD IN THE 1970SDr. Warren Wiscombe, now retired from NASA, will talk about the early days of climate science including: how a physicist stumbled into this new field; some false starts; some triumphs that have stood the test of time; and the joy of playing in the climate science sandbox before politics intruded.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Rechargeable Batteries for Transportation and Grid: What's Possible?In the past two decades rechargeable batteries have been a great success in powering consumer electronics. There is a recent strong interest in applying rechargeable batteries to vehicle electrification and grid-scale storage, which present new challenges and opportunities for batteries including energy density, cost, safety, cycle life among many parameters. ...
Please join us to hear Marvin Odum speak about "The Global Implications of America's Changing Energy Market."Odum is President of Shell Oil Company and Upstream Director of Royal Dutch Shell's subsidiary companies in the Americas. He directs a broad portfolio, from traditional oil and gas development to emerging technologies in a wide range ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Mud MattersLowly mud is vital to San Francisco Bay. It builds marshes and mudflats, and profoundly affects water quality, plants, and animals. But mud seems to be growing scarcer at the same time that changing climate and sea level threaten both natural wetlands and our manmade communities.Speaker: Jeremy Lowe, ESA
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Benjamin Dean Lecture: The State of the UniverseSince the discovery of galaxies and of cosmic expansion nearly a century ago, scientists have made estimable progress in establishing the age, evolution, and composition of the universe. But in doing so they have found that almost all of the observable universe is made of unknown materials. "Dark energy," evidently ...
If you think programming your clock radio is hard, try reprogramming life itself.If you think programming your clock radio is hard, try reprogramming life itself.Dr. Drew Endy, Professor of Bioengineering Stanford UniversityThe Human Genome Project gave us the ability to read nature's instruction manual – DNA -- like words in a book. But the real opportunities, scientists say, lie in our ability ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10 - $15
Private Funding Opportunities for Space ResearchJoin our three expert panelists to find out about opportunities for funding science with venture capital and other commercial opportunities.This event is co-hosted with the NIAC workshop, to be held at Stanford Feb 4-6 2014.Speakers: Amaresh Kollipara, Space Angels NetworkChristopher Horgan, Patent AttorneyMark Bunger, Lux Research
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Wednesday, 02/05/14
Free Days at Bay Area Discovery MuseumPlease join us for free on the first Wednesday of each month for a full day of creative and fun experiences for all.F
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Health Care Price TransparencyPrice variation for medical services has been well documented and recent federal, state, and private initiatives have focused on increasing price transparency in health care in hopes of reducing health care costs. However, the effect of federal and state initiatives remains unclear while the effect of private tools has not ...
Searching for Cosmic RaysWhen high-energy cosmic rays strike the atmosphere, they produce immense particle showers which scatter radiation over an area the size of the city of Berkeley. For over 100 years, scientists have been searching for the sources of these energetic particles. This talk will give an overview of the history of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10, Free to UC Berkeley students and staff
Diversity and interactions among microbial populations are key to the geochemical cycles that maintain Earth's biosphere. Current knowledge of microbial community structure and distribution in the ocean is largely due to the use of flow cytometry, in which microbial cells are injected into a flow of ultra-pure "sheath" fluid and ...
Instruction execution on the Mill CPU: Working at Mach 3A perennial objection to wide-issue CPU architectures such as VLIWs and the Mill is that there is insufficient instruction level parallelism (ILP) in programs to make effective use of the available functional width. While software pipelining can reveal large quantities of ILP in loops, in open (non-loop) code studies have ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Saving the Mountain Yellow Legged FrogPlease join Oakland Zoo and Vance T. Vredenburg, Ph.D. The Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog, a local species found in the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada, is not excluded from the global amphibian crisis; only several thousand are thought to remain in the wild. Due to Dr. Vredenburg's research and conservation ...
Where: OaklandCost: $12-20 General, $10-20 Members
Dr. Harry Greene has endless curiosity about the natural world and is a vibrant presenter. He will be speaking on his adventures in natural history and also do some selected readings from his new book, "Tracks and Shadows." In his book, he describes how his work led him to believe ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as ArtDr. Harry Greene will be presenting on his new book, "Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art."Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, "Tracks and Shadows" is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: ...
CATCHING CATALYSTS IN ACTION USING X-RAYSTo make good catalysts, we need to understand how they work. By nature they are non-uniform on the nanoscale-a mixture of active catalyst material plus promoters and support. If we can identify particular nanoscale combinations that are effective-and those that are not-we can then direct synthesis that creates more effective ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Electronic measurement uncertainty and implicationsWhat is measurement uncertainty? What are the major contributors to electronic measurement uncertainties? Why shall we care? From laser tape measures, home electronic blood pressure monitors to weather satellites, electronic measurements are employed in various capacities. Measurement uncertainty is the key parameter that defines the capability of all these measurement ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Indigenous CircuitsLisa Nakamura is a Professor in the Department of American Cultures and the Department of Screen Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interrogates both the performance of and assumptions embedded in representations of race and ethnicity in digital media, particularly within gaming cultures. These ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
After Dark: SexplorationsExperience life After Dark, an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events.Not a theater, cabaret, or gallery, After Dark contains aspects of all three. Each evening showcases a different topic-from music to sex to electricity- but all include a cash bar ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members, Free Lab Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet in Menlo Park at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for someone wearing a CFI (Center for Inquiry) T-Shirt. Café Borrone
Sea level rise threatens more than 281 square miles of Bay Area shoreline. By 2100, more than 270,000 residents, 333 square miles of land and $62 billion of property will be at risk of inundation. Join SPUR and the Urban Land Institute for a panel discussion on what is being ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Members free
Stargazing at Larkey ParkAfter sundown we'll observe the Moon, star clusters, nebulae and more.For more information, contact us at: http://www.mdas.net or outreachinfo@mdas.net
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Water Shortage: Crisis or OpportunityTwo presentations on our most critical resource for life: Water1. Water Shortage: Crisis or Opportunity Olivier Jerphagnon, CEO PowWow EnergyOlivier Jerphagnon of PowWow Energy and winner of the 2013 Cleantech Open will talk about how PowWow Energy's technology and data analysis give farmers significant savings in both water and energy use. ...
Where: San JoseCost: ADVANCE TICKET $6.50 OR $10 AT THE DOOR
Getting to the Root of the Complex DiagnosisDiagnosing mysterious medical cases has captured the imagination of the general populace through shows like House MD. At Stanford, a real-life diagnostic clinic called the Consultative Medicine Clinic has been started by Dr. Bryant Lin. In his lecture, he will discuss how a real-life diagnostic clinic compares to TV, explain ...
Regis McKenna in Conversation with John Markoff Regis McKenna founded his own high tech marketing firm, Regis McKenna, Inc., in Silicon Valley in 1970 after working in the marketing departments of two early semiconductor pioneering companies. Over the past 30 years, his firm evolved from one focused on high tech start ups to a broad based marketing ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: TBA
Friday, 02/07/14
4th Annual SF Bay Area STEAM ColloquiumFull STEAM Ahead: At the Corner of Common Core and STEAMThe STEAM Colloquium will:Address critical issues in implementing STEAM educationShowcase best practices in STEAM educationBuild leadership capacity for educatorsProvide opportunities to develop learning communities throughout the regionThe STEAM Colloquium is open to all who want to impact students with STEAM, ...
Where: San RamonCost: $50-$60
Field Botany FridaysCome hike with ACR staff. While we hike, we may identify plants, survey for rare plants, photograph wildflowers, discuss ethnobotany or other trailside botany. Takes place the first Friday of every month.Please dress for the weather and bring at least one quart of drinking water. You may also wish to ...
Metamaterials and Plasmonics to Tailor and Enhance Wave-Matter InteractionsMetamaterials and plasmonics offer unprecedented opportunities to tailor and enhance the interaction of waves with materials. In this talk, I discuss our recent progress and research in these research areas, showing how suitably tailored meta-atoms and combinations of them can open new venues to manipulate and control radio-waves, light and/or sound in unprecedented ways. I will discuss our most recent experimental results involving lithographically-printed and AFM-assembled ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
History of the DeltaLearn about the history of the delta - from the early 1800s up to 2012 - from framing, discovery of gold, railroad building, and levee building till the present time with Ranger Bill. 1,000 miles in scope, 60-80 man made islands, and a population that exceeds 500,000! Historical. Educational. Informative.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
The Modern Origins Story: From the Big Bang to Habitable PlanetsIn this talk Dr. Quataert will provide an overview of the modern understanding of origins in astrophysics, from the big bang to the discovery of planets around other stars. The story begins in the infant universe, which we now know was remarkably smooth compared to what we see around us ...
