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 ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost:
Saturday, 06/25/16
Documenting Wildlife on the MayacamasCome and spend the morning with ACR Volunteer, Docent and Wildlife Camera Specialist Ginny Fifield to learn about some of the wildlife that inhabits the Modini Mayacamas Preserves. We'll learn about identifying field signs of mountain lions, bobcat, coyotes and more. We will also visit two wildlife trail cameras, where ...
Fire has always been a valuable resource throughout the Bay Area and awareness of its practice has only increased throughout time. Historically burning by the Native Americans and later through a combination of burning and grazing by the Euro-American settlers has helped shaped the grasslands throughout Marin County. Awareness of ...
Where: Muir BeachCost: Free
Marshlands of DreamsJoin Paul Mueller on a 1-mile walk of the LaRiviere Marsh Trail to find traces of the past. Prior to marsh restoration, learn how Californians utilized the area for farming, quarrying, salt production, and transportation. There will opportunities for bird watching as well.F
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Fun in the Sun with Sungevity Explore solar science, chemistry, and art during a day of solar-powered experimentation. Enjoy hands-on solar viewing activities, a special SUNPRINT® Kit demonstration, and free snacks, and games, powered by Sungevity's solar van.Learn more about Fun in the Sun, part of Summer Fun Weeks at the Hall, here.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Transformation - Artist ReceptionBibby Gignilliat started painting after being inspired at a class offered by Nicholas Wilton. She then moved to collage/mixed media after studying with Michael Cutlip and Lorraine Lawson. She has a love of bold colors and geometric shapes which she brings alive with whimsy and joy on wood panels. Her ...
Where: SausalitoCost: 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.
Dr. Aaron Barth is on the faculty at the University of California, Irvine. He is an observational astronomer whose research interests are focused on the structure and dynamics of galaxies, the detection of supermassive black holes in Galaxy centers, and the properties of active galactic nuclei and quasars.Performers: Dave Rocha ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $45 General, $40 Under 16, over 65
Sunday, 06/26/16
Community Day @ The TechFor one day only, The Tech is swinging open its doors and offering free admission to all! Come get a taste of our hands-on exhibits and experiences, and enjoy a film at the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater for just $5. We'll also have special activities and goodies.
Our oceans contain some of the World's greatest superheroes. The World's largest animal, marine mammals that have learned to use tools, and dolphins that have learned how to hunt on land are just a few of the amazing creatures we have living off our very own California Coast. Come learn ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: FireworksCome ooooo and ahhhh at the science behind these big booms! Where do fireworks come from? Who invented them? What causes their beautiful colors, and how do the bursting shells create such different patterns? Join us for some real illumination, and learn the difference between a jerb and a lance.Programs ...
Take a guided walk on Tidelands Trail and discover which plants are edible or have medicinal uses. We'll taste some of these plants on the refuge, or in commercially made products. Led by Carmen Minch.
Your East Bay lecture-in-a-bar series powers into the summer! Mary Roach will discuss her new book, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. Then, J. Kenji López-Alt will share some myths about cooking steak and his James Beard-winning book The Food Lab. Finally, Simone Giertz will share the why ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 Advance, $10 at door
Tuesday, 06/28/16
The Evolution and Explosion of Massive StarsMassive stars (at least ~8 solar masses) play an essential role to the evolution of the universe. They lose energy in radiation and neutrinos as they evolve, to create elements necessary to life and to stir the interstellar medium. Upon their death, they experience a dynamical instability that often creates spectacular explosions, which are ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Does Strategic Ability Affect Productive Efficiency? Evidence from Electricity MarketsStandard oligopoly models of short-run price competition in oligopoly settings predict that large firms can exercise market power and generate inefficiencies. However, productive inefficiency can also arise from other sources as well, such as in the presence of heterogeneity is strategic sophistication. This paper studies such a setting in the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver at the Right Time?Electricity cannot be cost-effectively stored even for short periods of time. Consequently, wholesale electricity prices vary widely across hours of the day with peak prices frequently exceeding off-peak prices by a factor of ten or more. Most analyses of energy-efficiency policies ignore this variation, focusing on total energy savings without ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Binocular Workshop: Learn about your optics and how to maintain them!Learn about your binoculars, and how to maintain them! This 2.5 hour workshop will guide you through the basics of optics as well as the repair and maintenance of binoculars. Bring your own binoculars to tinker with, or if you don't have any binoculars (or any that you want to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 (ticketed in advance)
The Bay Model Wants You!!! Become part of Sausalito's very own attraction known around the world! We have a variety of volunteer positions that are suited for people just like you! Greet visitors, lead tours, work with school groups, and more! Come and be a part of one of the largest working hydraulic models in ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Volunteering
Edward F. Ricketts and Jack Calvin: The publishing of Between Pacific Tides, First Edition (1939)There is a story behind Edward F. Ricketts and Jack Calvin's effort to have their seminal work, Between Pacific Tides, published. Upon being presented an outline of the manuscript, it took 10 years for Stanford University Press to publish the book. Was the publication slowed by then Director of Hopkins ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Making Sense of Complex Real-World Memory Consistency ModelsIn the shared memory parallel programming model, data values in memory are made visible to the threads of a program following the rules of a memory consistency model. In the past, memory model definitions have relied on natural language descriptions, programmer intuition, and/or sets of examples to specify how memory ...
Murder. Ship wrecks. A plane crash. A war over eggs. Great White Sharks and hundreds of species on land, sea and air. Join ACS for presentation by Peter White, author of The Farallon Islands: Sentinels of the Golden Gate, long considered the seminal book on the islands' history. America's love ...
Where: PacificaCost: $5 donation
The future of agriculture - precise, or ecological?The setup is prime for a well-worn cliche: big data, machine learning, venture capital, accelerators. Silicon Valley is moving in to the Central Valley. As a "second wave" in agricultural development, "AgTech" and "precision agriculture" seek to transform how modern agricultural systems operate. This growing, tech-savvy field claims to offer ...
Do you have something that you love but it no longer works or is damaged and wish you could repair it?How do we fix broken things we use and love in our "disposable" world?Where can go to figure out if something is worth repairing?Our dumps are filling up with stuff ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
Designing for Longevity: The 10,000 Year Clock ProjectHuman civilization is about 10,000 years old. If you wanted to build something that would last the next 10,000 years, as an icon of long-term thinking, what materials would you use? How would you prototype and test the design? Alexander Rose is part of the team that's building a mechanical, ...
Celebrate World Asteroid Day with an evening of space talks, space rocks, and out-of-this-world science. Hear from Asteroid Day founders from the B612 Foundation about how they're working to promote asteroid awareness around the world.Then, catch the Academy's latest original planetarium show Incoming!, narrated by George Takei-an immersive, all-digital show ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
According to a 2015 North American study by McKinsey & Company, women are almost four times more likely than men to think they have fewer opportunities to advance because of their gender. How can we change this? During this candid discussion, you'll join three leading women in tech as they ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Wetlands are hotspots for mercury methylation and export of methylmercury to aquatic foodwebs.Rice is the most abundant wetland type in California and globally in temperate and tropical latitudes.Physical, chemical and biological Hg transformations are temporally pulsed in agricultural wetlands, due largely to seasonal water management practices.Monitoring methylmercury at the right ...
