4th Annual SF Bay Area STEAM ColloquiumFull STEAM Ahead: At the Corner of Common Core and STEAMThe STEAM Colloquium will:Address critical issues in implementing STEAM educationShowcase best practices in STEAM educationBuild leadership capacity for educatorsProvide opportunities to develop learning communities throughout the regionThe STEAM Colloquium is open to all who want to impact students with STEAM, ...
Where: San RamonCost: $50-$60
Field Botany FridaysCome hike with ACR staff. While we hike, we may identify plants, survey for rare plants, photograph wildflowers, discuss ethnobotany or other trailside botany. Takes place the first Friday of every month.Please dress for the weather and bring at least one quart of drinking water. You may also wish to ...
Metamaterials and Plasmonics to Tailor and Enhance Wave-Matter InteractionsMetamaterials and plasmonics offer unprecedented opportunities to tailor and enhance the interaction of waves with materials. In this talk, I discuss our recent progress and research in these research areas, showing how suitably tailored meta-atoms and combinations of them can open new venues to manipulate and control radio-waves, light and/or sound in unprecedented ways. I will discuss our most recent experimental results involving lithographically-printed and AFM-assembled ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
History of the DeltaLearn about the history of the delta - from the early 1800s up to 2012 - from framing, discovery of gold, railroad building, and levee building till the present time with Ranger Bill. 1,000 miles in scope, 60-80 man made islands, and a population that exceeds 500,000! Historical. Educational. Informative.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
The Modern Origins Story: From the Big Bang to Habitable PlanetsIn this talk Dr. Quataert will provide an overview of the modern understanding of origins in astrophysics, from the big bang to the discovery of planets around other stars. The story begins in the infant universe, which we now know was remarkably smooth compared to what we see around us ...
