Geology of the Golden Gate HeadlandsExplore 200 million years of geologic history and learn the fascinating story told by the rocks at the Golden Gate.Bring a lunch and wear comfortable walking shoes and a coat.Trip includes a short but strenuous walk down and up a 200-foot bluff.Meet Ranger Will Elder in front of Fort Point. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Take FLight for KidsJoin us for the third annual community festival for Silicon Valley youth interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Take Flight for Kids believes that the sky is literally the limit to reaching out and overriding perceived limitations. Join us, and see how high you can reach!Foight schools and ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Guided Nature WalkExperience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our half-day guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral. Guided Nature Walks range ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
Bay Area X-PlanesA child stopped in front of a house in his neighborhood and asked the woman working out front why she had such a strange looking canoe in her driveway. "It's not a canoe, it's an airplane!" said the woman. Mystified, the boy asked where the wings were if the odd ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
Celebrate National Chemistry WeekThe theme of this years' interactive chemistry show is: "Energy Now & Forever", and is free for kids of all ages! Join us for experiments, prizes and fun for all!
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Intel Museum - Free Class Lets Kids Explore the World Inside of a FabKeeping it Clean (ages 7 and up)Explore what it's like inside an ultra-clean, highly automated silicon chip fabrication facility (fab) - from particles of contamination to bunnysuits - and get an inside glimpse into a Class 1 Fab from the museum. Space is limited and reservations are required. Email museum@intel.com ...
Just as San Francisco's late-in-the-year summertime comes to a close, and cool autumn nights begin, the Exploratorium will celebrate its final Market Days open-air festival of the season. Market Days: Heirlooms will look at the great experiments, cultural practices and traditions that make human culture rich. The free, family-friendly event is on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The Mighty Single-Celled Yeast: Brewing, Medicine and BiotechnologyHumans have taken advantage of the metabolism of the tiny fungus called baker's or brewer's yeast to generate beer and wine from grains and fruits and to bake bread and other confections for millennia. Less appreciated is the fact that this organism has provided a living test tube in which ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Hawk Talk and Banding DemoCome to Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands and get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO), a cooperative program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and National Park Service.A GGRO docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Feeding Our Future: Contemporary Family Nutrition and the Obesity EpidemicHere in the US, we are facing an epidemic of a disease that threatens to leave our children with a shorter life expectancy than their parents. One in three American children is either overweight or obese and while the origins of the problem are complex, the solution doesn't have to ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Science Saturday: Frog in the Fog, Part 2David Blackburn is a curator of amphibians and reptiles in the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability at the California Academy of Sciences. He specializes in studying the diversity, evolution, and conservation of amphibians, especially frogs. Working with colleagues and students around the world, Dave's current work focuses on the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Do Lake Lagunita Salamanders Hold the Chemical Clues for Treating Pain?Natural poisons, such as the one found in the skin, reproductive glands, and eggs of Taricha torosa (California newt), can be used as 'tools' to study the complex biochemical mechanisms associated with nerve cell conduction. In this talk, Professor Du Bois discusses the potential for creating next-generation pain medicines modeled ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Lessons from Early Development: Stem Cell Reprogramming and Human Development AgingThe excitement over stem cell research is generated by the many potential applications in medicine. But how close are we to seeing the first uses of this promising breakthrough in treating humans? What are the safety concerns, and when we will know its real value? Dr. Reijo Pera provides background ...
Saturn V CountdownTake a closer look at this magnificent flying machine that took man farther and faster than ever before. The story of the complex and powerful Saturn V moon rocket is anything by short and sweet. Nearly half a million dedicated people toiled for the better part of a decade to ...
