Marine Science Camp Registration OpensMarine science camp is a wonderful way for children to excite their curiosity and enthusiasm for learning about the environment. We offer week-long day camps with interactive and collaborative, grade-specific curriculum for children entering Kindergarten – 12th grade. Many campers return throughout the summer to experience a range of themes ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $415+
Improving Cosmological Distance Measurements with Twin Type Ia Supernovae Type Ia supernovae are used as "standardizable candles" for cosmological distance measurements. I will present a new method for identifying "twin" Type Ia supernovae, and I will discuss how we can use these twins to improve distance measurements. This novel approach to Type Ia supernova standardization is made possible by ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Design Principles for Creating Effective Audio/Visual MediaIn the Age of the Internet a global community can now publish and consume audio/visual media. But creating effective audio/visual content is difficult. Even with the aid of computers, hand-designing effective media is time-consuming and requires considerable human effort. The challenge is to develop new tools and techniques that facilitate ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Water DetectivesIn Matamoros, Mexico, a severe water shortage led to a one-of-a-kind solution: The city put local children in charge of changing adults' attitudes and habits. Thousands of schoolchildren were enlisted as "water detectives." Educated about resource conservation, they were encouraged to discuss proper water usage with adults and were authorized ...
Dan Reicher is Executive Director of Stanford's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, a joint center of the Stanford business and law schools where he holds faculty positions. He also is interim President and CEO and board chair of the American Council on Renewable Energy. Reicher previously directed Google's ...
Botany Series: Basic BotanyHow do plants work? If it's been way too long since that high school biology class, come take a step back with Ely Huerta-Ortiz (Nurseries Education Manager) and Annette Russell (Marin Headlands Nursery Manager). We will learn the basic processes that plants go through in life, how they have adapted ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donation encouraged
Groudhog Day - Free Day at the ExplOratoriumCome visit us on February 2 (Groundhog Day) when we open our doors to the public for free.Note: Entry is subject to capacity; admission is not guaranteed. We don't accept group or field trip reservations; group entry is discouraged due to large crowds. Finally, please note that food and drinks ...
Exoplanet spectroscopy with diffraction primary objective telescopyWhen diffraction is employed as the primary collector modality of a telescope instead of reflection or refraction, a new set of performance capabilities emerges. A diffraction-based telescope forms a spectrogram first and an image as secondary data. The results are startling. In multiple object capability, the diffraction telescope on earth ...
Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution Worldwide2016 is pivotal year for action accelerating clean energy revolutions throughout the world. Join our distinguished panel from the University of California, Berkeley, in a discussion of expansion, technology and new generations of clean energy innovations and solutions that are critical and essential for healthy and safe world wide environments. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, Free for Students
February LASER EventWes Modes, "A Secret History of American River People"Christopher Wilmers, "Who knew there was a puma in my backyard!"Beth Shapiro, "How to Clone a Mammoth"Dee Hibbert-Jones & Nomi Talisman, "Making Last Day of Freedom"Parking ($4) is available in the Performing Arts Lot adjacent to Digital Arts Research Center.
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture is Driving Human EvolutionHumans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild. On the other hand, humans have produced innovative technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions. Joseph Heinrich - co-director of Harvard's Human Evolution, Cognition, and Culture Center - explores how our cultural ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $15 General, $10 Member, $8 Student
Mega-DroughtTrends indicate that a major drought event is looming in the not-too-distant future. In as few as three decades we could experience conditions that would make the Dust Bowl of the 1930s seem like an oasis. Efforts to conserve, while admirable and desperately necessary, may already be too late. This ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
Nerd Nite North Bay #15: Sex Trivia, Mite Sex, DragonfliesPlay Nerd Nite Sex Trivia Satisfaction GuaranteedPregame Valentine's Day with hot questions on everyone's favorite topic! Warm up the cold winter night and come out for Nerd Nite, where we guarantee multiples! (Prizes)Mite-y Sexy The Scandalous Sex Lives of MitesThere are more species of mites than anything else on ...
Elizabeth Goodman is a design researcher at 18F. She studies how people live to design and develop tools that support them. Over the course of a project, she might translate relevant scholarly work into action; break down large, complicated questions into smaller projects to prioritize them; map the cultural and ...
For 30 years, John Thackara has traveled the world in his search of stories about the practical steps taken by communities to realize a sustainable future. He writes about these stories online, and in books; he uses them in talks for cities and business; he also organizes festivals and events ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free, with regstration encouraged
The Fight for WaterThis historical documentary, set during the 2009 California Water Crisis, follows the stories of two Central Valley farmers. They discuss how water restrictions and environmental regulations have threatened their way of life, their American dream and their community. The crisis point was an environmental ruling to protect an endangered fish ...
Where: San JoseCost:
Life Beyond Our Solar SystemIn 1584, the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno speculated that there are "innumerable globes like this one on which we live and grow." It would be more than four centuries before the discovery of the first planets beyond our solar system lent support to Bruno's idea, but thousands of such exoplanets ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
The United Nations Global Conference on Climate Change: A Final Opportunity?In December, nearly all the countries in the world gathered in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to forge a legally binding, global agreement to effectively confront climate change. What will be the measure of success and what are the consequences of failure? Christopher Field of Carnegie ...
Fabrication and Testing of High Frequency/High Speed ICsAt Keysight Technologies, we help customers bring breakthrough electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost. High Frequency/High Speed ICs are critical to these breakthrough products. The fabrication and testing of these ICs will be discussed, including: core capabilities, semiconductor technologies, engineering roles and process capabilities.Speaker: Dr. Forrest ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Screaming VolcanoesVolacnic eruptions are driven by pressurization of magma by exsolution of dissolved volatiles like water. Because these processes take place deep within the Earth, direct observation is impossible. Here we exploit some remarkable seismic waves from volcanoes in Alaska and Hawaii to place constraints on pre-eruptive processes and the magma ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
After Dark: SexplorationsSex involves the exchange of genetic information that has resulted in evolution and specialization-and given you your father's nose. Peek into the whys and hows of sex, and discover some of the surprising ways that nature brings sperm and egg together.See sexual deception of the floral kind, uncover evidence of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Positrons, Lasers and Robots: How Close Does Our Science Come to Asimov's Vision of the Future? Join us for a fascinating discussion about the science behind I, Robot. Can modern science create the world Isaac Asimov envisioned? Speaker; Dr. Scott WilksThis program is part of Livermore Reads Together 2016, featuring the book I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. For more information abotu Livermore Reads Together, visit www.livermorelibrary.net.
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Friday, 02/05/16
Birds and Botany HikeHike the forests, meadows and hills around Pine Flat and up Redhill with ACR Volunteer Patrick Woodworth & ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self. We'll be watching (and listening) for birds on the hike out. After lunch, we'll botanize as we consider the seasonal interplay between bird foods, habitat history and current activity ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
Great Exploitations: Data Mining, Legal Modernization, and the NSA: Data Science Lecture SeriesWe cannot understand the programs revealed by Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers without understanding a broader set of historical developments before and after 9/11. With the growing spread of computation into everyday transactions from the 1960s into the 1990s, corporations and governments collected exponentially more information about consumers and citizens. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Earth Under WaterNational Geographic explores the potential effects of sea level rise on our civilization over the next few centuries. "Earth Under Water" explains the science behind the prediction of sea level rise and shows what will happen if the levels rise with increasing speed. Then, we fast forward to the 23rd ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Liquid AssetsThis film tells the story of essential water-related infrastructure systems: water, wastewater and stormwater. These aging systems - some in the ground for more than 100 years - provide a critical public health function and are essential for economic development and growth. Exploring the history, engineering challenges, and political and ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Migrations through the Monterey Bay SanctuaryPlease join us for an evening of family-friendly art, science and discovery at the Sanctuary Exploration Center's First Friday! Come learn about Monterey Bay's most famed migrators including Leatherback Sea Turtles, Elephant Seals and Humpback and Grey whales with art activities, marine science demos, refreshments and libations! Featured artist Doug ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
A Planet for Goldilocks: NASA's Search for Life beyond the Solar SystemNot too hot, not too cold" reads the prescription for a world that's just right for life as we know it. Finding evidence of life beyond Earth is one of the primary goals of science agencies in the United States and abroad. The goal looms closer as a result of discoveries made ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Migratory Birds at Lake MerrittCome and learn about some of the the amazing water birds that stop in Oakland along their long winter migration. Join Rotary Nature Center Naturalist Constance Taylor to learn about the amazing lifestyles of these wild visitors and how Lake Merritt has played a role in this migration for thousands ...
Where: OaklandCost: FREE!
Are We Truly Alone? The Search for Life in the UniverseEach recent report of liquid water existing elsewhere in the solar system has reverberated through the international press and excited the imagination of humankind. We have come to realize that where there is liquid water on Earth, virtually no matter what the physical conditions, there is life. Dr. Lynn Rothschild, ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 02/06/16
Teddy Bear Tea with Macaws!It's tea time at Oakland Zoo and you are cordially invited! Come learn all about the parrots and what makes these colorful birds so unique. Enjoy a morning of snacks, activities, books and play while making and delivering an enrichment gift straight to the zoo's Blue and Gold Macaws. When ...
Where: OaklandCost: $12 - $26
TEDxBerkeley 2016: 'Finding x'The 6th annual TEDxBerkeley event is a gathering of thought provoking and renowned speakers, set to tackle this year's theme: Finding x.TEDxBerkeley has a different spin on the letter "x". How do we find solutions to our world's imperfections? How do we begin to identify these problems, and once we've ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $100 General, $75 Alumni, $40 Students/Faculty
Brain DayLearn about the latest brain research from leading neurobiologists, play "brain games" and be tricked by optical illusions and conduct your own examination of the brain through hands-on science experiments.
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Digital Design and Laser Cutting/Engraving Workshop for High School StudentsSEM Link's Math and Science Career Academy is partnering with OakLabs to host a Digital Design and Laser Cutting/Engraving Workshop for High School Students.Attendees can look forward to learning the basics concepts of digital design, laser engraving, project development, and entrepreneurship. There are a number of planned activities and design ...
Where: OaklandCost: $50.00
Introductory Fungus Walk at Joaquin Miller Park (California Center for Natural History)The atmospheric river has bathed California in water, and mushrooms are popping up in throngs! You're invited to join us for a dive into the woods for a basic introduction to these fabulous creatures - Who are they? What do they do? How can you recognize them? All this and ...
Students' Robotics Fair at Livermore Public LibraryCelebrate Livermore Reads Together and Livermore Science and Engineering Month. Join us at the Students' Robotics Fair at the Civic Center Library, co-sponsored by the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD).Students from LVJUSD will demonstrate robotics projects they created.
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
The Basics of Salt Pond RestorationLearn about the salt pond restoration project with Karen Tu. This ambitious project seeks to restore 15,100 acres of former industrial salt ponds to a mix of wetland habitats. An interactive talk will be in the auditorium and if weather permits, a walk on the 0.25- mile boardwalk trail and view the progress thus ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
The USACE: From the Sierras to the SeaIn commemoration of Engineer month, this story spans over 150 years of US Army Corps of Engineers service to the state of California balancing environmental stewardship with the need for economic and urban growth. Beginning with the construction of ports, harbors, and lighthouses and expanding over time to include debris ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Low Tide WalkJoin us for a series of coastal adventures. We will be taking advantage of the multiple low tides this season with a sequence of Low Tide Walks. We will return to a few of our favorite stomps as well as venturing to some new spots. When the tide is low ...
Where: Moss BeachCost: $20
Oceans Aglow: Family Night Hike & Campfire - SOLD OUTJoin NatureBridge Golden Gate as we discover one of the most amazing natural phenomenon, bioluminescence. We will hike out to Rodeo Beach and explore the sands for twinkling plankton. Where did they come from? Why are they blinking? Are they here all the time? We will try and answer all these and other ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $12/person
Sunday, 02/07/16
Salt Marsh WalkTake a walk with docent Gregg Aronson around the wetlands of the wildlife refuge and learn about their history. See examples of salt collection ponds and learn what is being done to convert them back to their original, natural salt marsh state. Hear how wildlife is affected by the two types of habitat, and why it ...
Not interested in the Super Bowl? Have fun with plankton! Learn about the different characteristics of plankton and how they have adapted to survive. We will become planktologists for a day, collect water samples and identify these incredible organisms under a microscope. All ages are welcome. Register at http://eectinydrifters.eventbrite.com or ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Mushrooms of the Bay AreaWinter rains make the East Bay hills come alive with mushrooms! View local mushroom specimens, enjoy a presentation on fungi, and peruse our favorite guidebooks at this mini-fungus fair, featuring Christian Schwarz, author of the upcoming field guide "Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast." This is a free event, but please ...
