This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Native Plant Sale and Open HouseThe Friends of Sausal Creek's annual native plant sale and nursery open house will include more than 80 species native to California available for purchase. Native plant experts will be available all day to help shoppers pick appropriate plants for their specific planting areas. This year's theme is native pollinators. Check out the ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
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
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
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Science Fiction Turned FactScience fiction has predicted many things. Some have come true (think touch screens, submarines, bionic limbs), others, not so muchâ€"or at least, not yet. If you’ve ever wondered where your flying car or rocket belt is, or why you don’t yet have a robot servant, find out at Full-Spectrum Science.Presentations ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
A History of Our Milky Way Galaxy, 14 Billion BCE to the Present Day
Humankind has an innate need to understand the universe and its origin. Prior to the development of science, myths were invented by all cultures to explain the universe. From the philosophers of ancient Greece and early scientists, such as Copernicus and Galileo, an understanding based on observation and the scientific ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $6.00
WWSS? -- What Would Steinbeck (and Ricketts) Say About Climate Change?Enjoy a challenging talk by Dr. Steve Webster. Steve helped to found the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and worked there as Senior Marine Biologist until his retirement n 2004. He is now active with the Citizens Climate Lobby, a group that lobbies for fee-and-dividend on fossil fuels.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $5 General, Free for members
Celebration of Mind 2016: Math, Magic, Puzzles & Games!Come celebrate math with puzzles, games, magic, stories, and more! Kids ages 8 and up, and grown-ups who are kids at heart, will enjoy this afternoon filled with hands-on math activities.The event honors the life and work of Martin Gardner, former Scientific American columnist who inspired a generation of mathematicians and recreational math enthusiasts. In the spirit ...
