The NASA Lunar Science Institute is pleased to announce the 5th annual NASA Lunar Science Forum, to be held July 17-19, 2012. This year's forum will feature sessions on in-depth scientific results from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Acceleration Reconnection Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
9th Annual Healthy Living FestivalThis event is presented by United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County (USOAC). USOAC is a grassroots intergenerational organization dedicated to empowering older adults to address the issues that affect their quality of life. As a community based organization United Seniors has an established track record of fighting for the ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with zoo admission
Intel Museum - Free Binary Beading Class Engages KidsWhat are all those 1s and 0s that make up binary code? And for that matter, what's binary code? Students ages 7 and up learn how computers use this 'digital' language to send, process, and receive information. By using beads to represent a switch's on and off states (1 and ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free.
Mad Science : pHantastic pHun* Mad Science : pHantastic pHun*Be blown away by awesome chemical reactions! You've seen a rainbow in the sky, now watch as we make one in a tube. Learn all about gravity, balance and centripetal force and be dazzled by some amazing optical illusions. You won't believe your eyes! This program was ...
Where: San JoseCost:
Birds and Their 'Bugs,' Milne Bay Province, Papua New GuineaThe oceanic islands off the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea are biologically interesting and yet poorly known. Most of the significant ornithological expeditions took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and these visited only the largest islands. In 2009 and 2011, a team from California Academy of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 General, Free members
Burning bones: A Forensic Case study on FireChelsey Juarez, Ph.D. from U.C.Santa Cruz will give a presentation on the types of trauma that human bones undergo during burning. She will discuss color changes, burn patterns and fire related fractures. We will then apply our knowledge to an actual forensic anthropological case and attempt to determine who done ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
San Francisco's Thriving Ravens Adrian Cotter started observing ravens after unexpectedly coming across a nest on a federal courthouse. Since then, he's observed them in great roosts from San Bruno mtn. to the Golden Gate. He's come to understand some of the challenges that they face, and that they create for us. Come learn ...
