We invite people of all ages to a global celebration of birds and borderless migration rounts in the Americas. Migratory birds connect communities across continents, inspiring people to improve conditions for birds, all wildlife, and for ourselves. Activities include: Festival at Muir Wood's main entrance area; Bird walks from Muir ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Solar Energy Training: Free Workshops on How to Install Rooftop PV SystemsJoin others who are interested in helping save the environment one rooftop at a time! Two workshops are being offered by SunWork, a Bay Area nonprofit that installs rooftop PV systems on small-energy-footprint homes. You'll learn the basics of rooftop solar energy and gain insights on how to install rooftop ...
Where: MilpitasCost: free preregistration is required
Hayward Fault Walking TourOver the last million years, the natural beauty of Fremont has been shaped by the Hayward Fault. Instructors will be leading these 'ground breaking' tours and exposing the science and beauty of the Hayward Fault. This fault is one of several active faults in the world actually creeping at 5 ...
Where: FremontCost: $15
Peninsula Gem & Mineral ShowThere will be display cases of our club lapidary classes, field trips, jewelry and member interests. Dealers will be selling hand crafted jewelry, gemstones, fossils, mineral specimens, collectable rocks for home display and other items. Raffle and door prize drawings! All children get a free ticket for the Treasure Wheel ...
Where: Los AltosCost: $4/adult, $2/12-18, free under 12
Ship Operations in the BayJoin Captain Craig Thomas of Agile Marine as he provides a better understanding of commercial shipping operations and movements in the Bay. Program includes the types of ships, ship construction and layout, commercial considerations, types and locations of terminals in the Bay Area, manning requirements including careers and International, U.S. ...
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Where: MarinCost: Free
Crowds, Computation, and the Creation of a Globally-Networked MindWhat if the smartest minds of our generation could be brought together with a single click? What would you do with them? I will talk about how design and technology intertwine in crowdsourcing, and show how computer science research is enabling the crowdsourced creation of short animated movies, mobile apps, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Finding Oil to Volcano Hazards: Earth Sciences in Saudi ArabiaStanford’s involvement in Saudi Arabia includes the initial discovery of its massive oil fields to a collaborative study with the Saudi Geologic Survey of volcanic and earthquake hazards to the holy city of Al Madinah. Volcanologist Gail Mahood recounts this history and describes her experiences as a woman doing field ...
In 2009-2010, females made up less than 25% of participants in STEM career and technical school programs nationally. One study found that in-depth STEM programming correlates with positive changes in female students’ perception of their own abilities as well as their career interests. Women in Science was conceived to help girls ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10 per participant *See registration form
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.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Breaking Codes and Finding PatternsHow did the allies break the Enigma code during World War II? How do codes enable us to exchange money over the internet? What is Bitcoin? What is the difference between a meaningful patterns and simple coincidences? Learn how data science was created by wartime code breakers and the influence ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Shouts and Murmurs from the Gravitational UniverseGravity, the mysterious force the powers so much of our universe, is best described by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. But how confident should we be that this theory is correct? In this talk Professor Blandford will explain why astronomers and physicists now have high confidence in the theory, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Astrophotographer Tony RowellDigital slideshow of his new photography book, Sierra Starlight, which includes photos from EAS Barcroft High Altitude Star Parties. Join Tony as he shares and discusses images from a collection of iconic landscapes of the Sierra Nevada.
