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 workshop is offered by SunWork, a nonprofit that installs rooftop PV systems on small-energy-footprint homes. You'll learn the basics of rooftop solar energy and gain insights on how to install rooftop photovoltaic (PV) energy ...
Where: MilpitasCost:
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
Breakthrough Listen-Expanding the Search for Life Beyond EarthFor millennia humans have gazed at the stars and asked, "Are we alone in the Universe?". In the past few decades, we have discovered that many of the pinpoints of light scattered across our night sky are suns that host worlds similar to our own. Still, though, the question remains ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
bay.org and the Bay Modelbay.org 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 the Bay Model ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
SCIENCE: Tangled Web: Plankton, Plastics, and UsWhy is our Bay so deliciously green? Discover all the microscopic life of the Bay and how they affect our dinner! We'll delve into how the oceans are changing with a tide of plastics that have weaved themselves into our food web. Make your own plastic free artwork and discover ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
The History of Climate Change We hear a lot about climate change but how did it go viral? How was it discovered and why is it so political? Why is the subject so confusing? Is the term climate change just a politically correct way of saying global warming? Are people really instrumental in changing the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Hunting for Black Holes in High-Mass X-ray BinariesNot only are black holes fascinating objects in and of themselves because of their extreme gravitational fields, but they are also important pieces in the puzzles of how massive stars and whole galaxies evolve. A better understanding of the stellar black hole population can shed light on key outstanding questions ...
Did you know that over half of all California sea lions are born on June 15 each year? Come celebrate one of California's most iconic marine mammals and learn about what makes this animals so special. Docent-led tours will take you around the hospital showcasing some of the patients we are caring ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Bug Day!A festival of family fun that also kicks of "Pollinator Week."The UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley presents "Bug Day", a family-friendly interactive event that explores the world of insects. From plant-eating bugs to bug-eating plants, "good bugs" and "bad bugs," insects that travel through water, soil or air, the beautiful ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Sonic Sea: Documentary Film and PresentationSound is essential for the survival of marine species. However, the addition of man-made sound is threatening many species. Sonic Sea is a film about the impacts of industrial and military noise on whales and other marine life. Human activity has transformed the oceanʼs delicate acoustic habitat, challenging the ability ...
Join park staff and docents for a tour down the Point Bonita Trail, through the hand carved tunnel and out to the Lighthouse. We will walk along a half-mile trail which is steep in places. Arrive early as parking is limited. Meet at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead. Dress warmly ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Tuesday, 06/21/16
End Childhood Hunger: What You Can Do to Help - CANCELEDChildhood hunger is a problem that threatens an entire generation of future leaders, innovators and problem-solvers. Share Our Strength's primary mission is "to end hunger and poverty in the United States and abroad by mobilizing industries and individuals, and creating community wealth to promote lasting change.Educators, parents, and anyone involved ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Member, $7 Student
QUEST! The Search for Life Beyond Earth and Science of the SETI InstituteThe SETI Institute is a 32 year-old non-profit research institute whose mission is to explore, understand and explain the nature of life in the universe. Most famous for its use of radio astronomy for the search for extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) the Institute is actually a multidisciplinary research organization where more ...
What is the secret of Mona Lisa's smile? Why do Claude Monet's fields of flowers seem to wave in the breeze? Join neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone for "Being Human: Your Brain on Art" and learn about the inner workings of human vision.For centuries artists have understood visual perception and learned how to ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, IEEE members $5, CE members free
Astronomy Observing Basics@Presidio Observation PostCome and learn about telescopes, binoculars and astronomy observing basics!This short session starting at 7:00 PM until the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) club member meeting and lecture begins at 7:45 PM is targeted primarily to those new to astronomy and who want to start observing the evening sky.Different types ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
Mary Roach, author of Packing for Mars & Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at WarMillions of people serve in our armed forces, but what does it take get them prepared and keep them alive? Roach tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries – panic, exhaustion, heat and noise. She shares some of her bizarre experiences dodging hostile fire as part ...
The 160 spherical oceans of stars we call globular clusters (GCs) need aperture, good seeing and dark skies to resolve detail. But once observed to their core CG's can reveal an exquisitely rich sea of red giant and fuel spent stars that do not take us back to the big ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Wednesday, 06/22/16
Wellness in the Schools - CANCELEDWellness in the Schools inspires healthy eating, environmental awareness and fitness as a way of life for kids in public schools. Through meaningful public/private partnerships with school leadership, teachers, chefs, coaches, parents and kids, WITS develops and implements programs that provide healthy foods, healthy environments and opportunities for regular play ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Member, $7 Student
Summer Open House @ Manylabs!California Center for Natural History is very excited to be a new resident at Manylabs, and in celebration of the National Week of Making, Manylabs is opening their doors for a Summer Open House!Manylabs is a diverse community space focused on accessible open science projects. Our residents are educators, scientists, makers, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer SpaceIf black holes collide in outer space and no one can see it, does it make a sound? A black hole collision is an event more powerful than any since the origin of the universe. But when black holes collide, they will do so unilluminated – emanating only gravitational ...
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)
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
Thursday, 06/23/16
Senior Safari Walkabout: Exclusively for ages 50 and over!!!Happy Hollow is not just a place for kids!Animal Meet & Greets, highlighted routes for the 10,000 Step Program, and see the Zoo wake-up. Healthy breakfasts will be available for purchase.Introducing our early morning Senior Safari Walkabout. Get some exercise while enjoying the beautiful sights and sounds of Happy Hollow Park & ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Student
TIPPING POINT FOR PLANET EARTH: HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE EDGE?Zika virus. The migrant crisis. Climate change. ISIS. Food scarcity. Drinking water contamination. What we read in the news almost every day now seems like a string of unrelated crises, but they're not. In fact they are intimately intertwined and feed back on one other. We are poised on the ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
After DarkReinvent your Thursday nights at After Dark. Experience a fascinating array of unique, adult-only programs and events that change each week. Grab dinner by the Bay, play with hundreds of hands-on exhibits, crawl through our pitch-black Tactile Dome, sip cocktails, and explore.Tonight's Featured Program:Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Fireworks8:00 p.m.Come ooooo ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Member
Point Reyes, Ranching, and the Fate of Our Public LandsPoint Reyes National Seashore is symbolic of the state of our national parklands in 2016, the centennial of the National Park Service. On one hand, the seashore is a triumph of preservationist effort, and on the other, Point Reyes is beset by all the problems facing national parks as they ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 Advance, $5 Teachers and students
Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher." Parodying the cult Japanese TV program, Iron Chef, the Exploratorium's Iron Science Teacher competition showcases science teachers as they devise classroom activities using a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
The Challenges of VHF Power ConversionHow much could power supply density increase if operating frequency was substantially increased? Not just by a factor of 5 or 10, but into the 10's of MHz, the frequency band known as Very High Frequency (VHF) in the radio world. Making very high density, high frequency power supplies with ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Non- IEEE $10, IEEE members $5, CE members free
Grounds for Science: Extinction! Grounds for Science: Extinction! What Really Killed the Dinosaurs? Ammonites, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and most famously, dinosaurs, are just a small percentage of the 75% of species that went extinct at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. What caused this mass extinction? Was it a giant meteor impact? Massive outpourings of lava and gas? Or something ...
Dr. Tesla Jeltema is an assistant professor at UC-Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics. Her research focuses on what the formation and evolution of structure can tell us about the fundamental nature of our universe. Dr. Jeltema's interests fall into a few broad categories: Large-scale structure (clusters ...
