Sandia Green-house Gas Monitoring System (GGMS) PrototypeSandia will demonstrate its GGMS Prototype which is used to explore methods toanalyze and monitor green-house grass data in the anticipation of a potentialglobal climate treaty. The prototype, developed by team of summer interns andfull-time staff, explores how information from various fixed and remotesensors can be combined and analyzed in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Why we're so smart: Analogical Processes and Relational Language in Learning and DevelopmentAnalogy is a powerful learning process by which abstract knowledge can arise from experience. Carrying out a comparison entails a structure-mapping process (Gentner, 1983, 2003) that fosters learning in at least three ways: first, it highlights common relational systems; second, it promotes inferences; and, third, it reveals potentially important differences ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The role of demand response in renewables integrationThis talk addresses the challenge of integrating variable and uncertain renewable electricity sources into the grid, and focuses on what demand-side resources and energy storage can do to address these challenges. After discussing some of the technical barriers to grid integration of renewables, I will talk generally about several ways ...
'Inherit the Wind' in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of its premiereThe National Center for Science Education and the Bay Area Skeptics present: "Inherit the Wind"The month of November 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the screening of the award-winning Stanley Kramer film Inherit the Wind, and BAS and NCSE are proud to present a free showing of this timeless movie to ...
