Solar Energy Training: Free Workshop on How to Install Rooftop PV SystemsJoin others who are interested in helping save the environment one rooftop at a time. This free, 3-hr. training workshop will teach you the basics of rooftop solar energy and how to install rooftop photovoltaic (PV) energy systems. The workshop is offered by SunWork (SunWork.org), a Bay-Area nonprofit that installs ...
Where: MilpitasCost: free
Guided Walk at Ano NuevoEvery year the largest haul out of Northern Elephant Seals on the west coast takes place on the southern San Mateo shorelines. Northern elephant seals come ashore to give birth and mate from early December through March. A memorable experience awaits as we walk along a two mile guided exploration ...
Where: PescaderoCost: $20
Arbor Day Green Connection BioBlitzJoin the California Academy of Sciences, the SF Department of the Environment, the Department of Public Works, the SF Planning Department, Nature in the City,and Friends of the Urban Forest as we document all the plants and animals we can over the course of San Francisco's Green Connection #1.The Green ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Hayward Fault Walking TourOver the last million years, the natural beauty of Fremont has been shaped by the Hayward Fault. Instructors will be leading these 'ground breaking' tours and exposing the science and beauty of the Hayward Fault. This fault is one of several active faults in the world actually creeping at 5 ...
Where: FremontCost: $15
Lichens on Mt. Diablo!Come learn about these charismatic farmers of the fungal kingdom with Ken-ichi Ueda, naturalist and (extremely) amateur lichen aficionado. We'll learn some basics of lichen biology, what microhabitats lichens can be found in, and how to identify a few species.We'll meet by the bathrooms at the lower summit parking lot ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: $10 parking
Science Bites: Discover Bay Predators (River Otters)Take a bite out of science and discover Bay predators at Aquarium of the Bay. Find out what's on the menu as we explore three of the Bay's top predators; from unassuming sea stars, keen river otters, and awe-inspiring sharks, these predators rule their ecosystems. We'll be having fun with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Aquarium admission
Since before seismic instrumentation was developed, ordinary people made valuable contributions to seismology by describing their experiences in earthquakes and the they saw – these reports are still used today to determine approximate magnitudes for past events. Similar reports are still collected, for example in the USGS "Did you feel it" web pages. In the ...
Human exploration of Mars isn't only about learning to live on the Red Planet…. it is about surviving the trip there! What does it take to travel to Mars? Join us to learn more about the journey to the Red Planet. Watch science demonstrations that highlight the challenges, participate in ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Aquarium of the Bay and BayMobile Aquarium of the Bay has teamed up with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bay Model Visitor Center to create the Bay Model Alliance, a not-for-profit organization that benefits the Bay Model and its educational programs by bringing the Bay, its animals, and their habitats to you! Join us at ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Who are our Top Predators?San Francisco Bay is one of the most unique and truly beautiful places to live in the world. Part of what makes the Bay so special are the top predators that help keep our unique ecosystems in balance! Join us for this special event to discover who these top predators ...
Where: SausalitoCost: 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 ...
Where: San JoseCost: 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:
Animal tracking for families at Lake MerrittDo you want to get closer to the lives of animals and become a nature detective? Do you want to read the secret stories written all around you? Learning how to track is like learning how to read, it opens up whole worlds of new learning. If you want to ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
'Language Making Nature'Today we find ourselves in urgent need of new ways to treat each other and the world around us, but few people realize that new relationships, new values, and new ideals cannot take shape until we learn how to create words that can serve as vessels to hold these ideas.Join ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5 - $10 donation requested
Sunday, 03/20/16
Science Bites: Discover Bay Predators (River Otters)Take a bite out of science and discover Bay predators at Aquarium of the Bay. Find out what's on the menu as we explore three of the Bay's top predators; from unassuming sea stars, keen river otters, and awe-inspiring sharks, these predators rule their ecosystems. We'll be having fun with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Aquarium admission
At the basic level, all organisms need a few things to survive-food, water, and protection from predators. For a population to persist, they also need to reproduce. Animal reproduction comes in as many bizarre forms as do animal bodies. Dr. Allison Gong has spent her career studying life cycles and larval development of ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Birding for BeginnersMillions of people around the world enjoy bird watching, but it can be intimidating if you're a rookie! Naturalist Tony Iwane will lead beginners through the basics of bird identification. The restored wetland of Middle Harbor Shoreline Park is a beautiful backdrop for observing the antics of avian visitors as ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10
Conversations About Landscape: Delving into Bay Area History through Archives and RadarInvestigating California's hidden past requires delving into archives of old maps and records, and using high-tech equipment to search for artifacts in the field. Hear how two researchers are using these approaches, and what they've learned about the Bay Area's early history.Science Across Centuries Archaeologist Scott Byram will present some ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, RSVP required
Monday, 03/21/16
Science Bites: Discover Bay Predators (River Otters)Take a bite out of science and discover Bay predators at Aquarium of the Bay. Find out what's on the menu as we explore three of the Bay's top predators; from unassuming sea stars, keen river otters, and awe-inspiring sharks, these predators rule their ecosystems. We'll be having fun with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Aquarium admission
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM MERGING BLACK HOLESProf. Lynn Cominsky (SSU) will report on the recent observations of merging black holes as detected by the twin facilities that comprise the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). The direct detection of gravitational waves is one of experimental physics' greatest achievements and opens up a new era in studying ...
San Francisco Green Film Festival: Wild Tales-Filmmaking and ConservationFilms can make us cry, make us laugh out loud and keep us thinking for days. From Blackfish to Racing Extinction, filmmakers are capturing the power people have to make significant change and to protect our environments and wildlife.Join the San Francisco Green Film Festival and leading Bay Area wildlife ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members, $7 Students
Tuesday, 03/22/16
Science Bites: Discover Bay Predators (River Otters)Take a bite out of science and discover Bay predators at Aquarium of the Bay. Find out what's on the menu as we explore three of the Bay's top predators; from unassuming sea stars, keen river otters, and awe-inspiring sharks, these predators rule their ecosystems. We'll be having fun with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Aquarium admission
From Perchlorate in breast milk to Perchlorate on MarsThe Phoenix mission to Mars clearly demonstrated the usefulness of wet chemistry analyses to understand the composition of planetary surfaces, and it tentatively revealed the presence of ~0.5% of perchlorate by weight of Martian soil. This talk will explore why open tubular ion chromatography (OTIC) is the necessary next step ...
Nursery Series: Seed Treatment and GerminationGrowing native plants often involves getting dormant seeds to germinate. Based on habitat and adaptation, seeds may require a variety of physical or chemical conditions to begin germination. In this class we will discuss seed biology, seed dormancy, and the physiology of seed germination. There will be plenty of hands-on ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Donation encouraged
Pabellon Advances Nikola Tesla's Wireless Power Transfer Experiments to a New LevelPabellon was founded in 2012 by a team of Silicon Valley engineers and physicists. We R&D the technology of magnetic power and data transfer.Based on transformation optics theory, our approach differs from conventional freespace "wireless". We create magnetic fields that glide across surfaces to transform common objects into power and ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, $5 IEEE members, Free CES members
Since September 2013, Joan Hamilton has been documenting Mount Diablo's recovery from the Morgan fire. Come see how various parts of the mountain changed over time–and what scientists are learning from the 3,100-acre conflagration. Hamilton is a freelance writer and editor who writes regularly for Bay Nature magazine. She also produces Audible Mount Diablo–a series of downloadable ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
An Introduction to Astrophotography (how to bang your head against a wall)We all are in MDAS because of our love for astronomy. Many of us have thought about putting a camera at the end of a telescope and taking a pretty picture, but what does it take? Astrophotography is a marriage between science and art. This month's what's up by Moon, ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost:
Citizen Science and Creating Better Wildlife CorridorsMary Ellen Hannibal is a Bay Area writer and researcher focusing on science and culture. Her book The Spine of the Continent is about a social, geographical, and scientific effort to save nature along the Rocky Mountains. She is intimately acquainted with the landscapes that POST works to protect, and ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: On sale 12/1
Wednesday, 03/23/16
Science Bites: Discover Bay Predators (Sea Star)Take a bite out of science and discover Bay predators at Aquarium of the Bay. Find out what's on the menu as we explore three of the Bay's top predators; from unassuming sea stars, keen river otters, and awe-inspiring sharks, these predators rule their ecosystems. We'll be having fun with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Aquarium admission
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
Wildlife Rescue: Volunteer Orientation!We are having a new volunteer orientation at the Rotary Nature Center on Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. If you have ever been interested in wildlife rehabilitation or have wanted to work with us, please come to this evening event. There, you will learn about our organization and how you can ...
If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. Skeptics in the Pub is a group of like-minded people informally discussing the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale. 7PM 4th Wednesday each month (except November and December)
The natural world is regulated at the microscopic and macroscopic levels: rules regulate every molecule in our bodies, and rules regulate every creature in the wild. But how is mankind using - and even altering - these rules? Award-winning biologist Sean Carroll will explain the remarkable similarity of the rules that regulate life ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $8 Students
Thursday, 03/24/16
Science Bites: Discover Bay Predators (Sea Star)Take a bite out of science and discover Bay predators at Aquarium of the Bay. Find out what's on the menu as we explore three of the Bay's top predators; from unassuming sea stars, keen river otters, and awe-inspiring sharks, these predators rule their ecosystems. We'll be having fun with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Aquarium admission
BAD PHYSICS: Five Common Errors in Our Grasp of RealityFrom Aristotle to Einstein, great minds have failed to grasp basic ideas in physics. Join award-winning physics teacher Tucker Hiatt in exploring five of the juiciest misconceptions that plague our "common-sense" understanding of how the world works:The Earth moves through space."Now" has universal meaning.Nature loves all energies equally.Mass becomes energy via ...
The Total Carbon StudyThe Bay Area Living Building Challenge Collaborative is excited to feature a presentation of "The Total Carbon Study," a report published by the Ecological Building Network, Integral Group, and Siegel & Strain Architects. Authors Megan White, Ted Van Der Linden and Larry Strain will present their findings.The current "gold standard" for reducing emissions from buildings is to ...
Get your dose of mechanical mayhem as NightLife hosts an annual salute to all things robotic.Prepare to be thoroughly impressed by Bistrobot, a sandwich making robot! Plus, learn about the amazing advances being made in robotic healthcare with Catalia Health. Check out cutting-edge drone technology with Pure Rockets, a Mars ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Did you know soils on California's marine terraces can be over a million years old?Have you wondered why California's rugged shorelines are terraced?Soils on marine terraces aid our understanding of soil formation, water movement, and carbon transformations under changing climate.Speaker: Marjorie Schulz, USGS
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Science at the Theater: Climate Change is Here. Now What?Join Berkeley Lab's Bill Collins, an internationally recognized expert in climate modeling and climate change science, in a conversation on what we know about climate change, how we know it, and what we can do about it.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Friday, 03/25/16
Science Bites: Discover Bay Predators (Sea Star)Take a bite out of science and discover Bay predators at Aquarium of the Bay. Find out what's on the menu as we explore three of the Bay's top predators; from unassuming sea stars, keen river otters, and awe-inspiring sharks, these predators rule their ecosystems. We'll be having fun with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Aquarium admission
Vanessa Stevens (Former Presidio Trust Biological Technician and current contractor for East Bay Municipal Water District) and Stacy Jacobsen (Seed Collection Ecologist for Presidio Nursery) will lead this workshop focusing on basic taxonomy, botanical identification resources, and plant identification with an emphasis on troubleshooting morphological keys. The class will discuss ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations suggested
Twilight HikeTake advantage of this rare opportunity to experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve as dusk arrives and the animals start to appear. Our twilight hikes are on select Fridays throughout spring and fall. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: Free
Zoovie Night: Alvin and the Chipmunk- The Road ChipPut on your jammies and enjoy an evening of Zoovie magic with the whole family. Bring your pillows, blankets, and chairs and snuggle up in our auditorium for a specially selected animal-or nature-themed movie. Meet some of our movie themed education animals and Roosevelt, Oakland Zoo's costumed alligator mascot. Hot ...
