Heart Month Community TalksGet heart smart! Join us for American Heart Month and learn the latest from Stanford Medicine experts about preventing heart disease, identifying your risk factors and choosing options for treatment. Together, we can help keep your heart healthy and happy.Choose one or two sessions:Topics Dear to Your Heart: Women's Heart ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Guided Nature WalkExperience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our half-day guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral. Guided Nature Walks ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: Donations appreciated
34th Annual San Francisco Middle School Science Fair on Display Awards CeremonyThe Randall Museum, in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences, is proud to announce the 34th Annual SF Middle School Science Fair. Approximately thirty public and private schools participate in this citywide program, which is designed to promote and recognize the efforts of student scientists. The science fair projects ...
Why are slugs slimy? How does a worm see without eyes? Is a pill bug really a bug? Discover the answer to these questions and more as we dig down into the dirt to learn more about these tiny critters and the large role they play in our ecosystem for ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: 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
Roboticist Kevin Roche presents ThinBot, the cocktail serving robot, and other cool machinesIBM research scientist and roboticst Kevin Roche comes to us with his award-winning cocktail serving robot, ThinBot, along with other cool machines. Roche will present ThinBot and Arthur-9, plus show a video of some of his robot tools at the IBM lab. Please note that NO alcohol will be used and ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
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:
Family STEM Overnigher5th Annual Spectrum of Science Family Overnighter! In a galaxy far, far away .. It's a slumber party like no other! Spend the night at The Tech. Star Wars themed hands on science labs & a private viewing of The Force Awakens! Includes dinner, breakfast, hands on science & The ...
Where: San JoseCost: Members $109;Nonmembers $119
Science Fiction or Science Fact?Is science made up of hard data, meticulous observation AND wild imaginings, beliefs, and stories? In this new lecture series, explore how science and science fiction feed into one another as we move toward an exciting science-fueled future. Guest speakers will include sci-fi authors, scientists, and experts in the search ...
