Perseids Meteor ShowerHang out on the hill and watch one of the best annual astronomical events unfold before your very eyes. The Perseid Meteor Shower will make its annual trip through our atmosphere and light up the night sky. Our astronomy experts will be on hand to answer your questions and help ...
MMWD and San Francisco State University have begun inventorying pollinators, primarily bees, on the mountain this spring. This will be the first time this part of Marin has ever been surveyed for pollinators. Researchers will also generate a historical species list and review plant species currently known to be extirpated ...
Where: Corte MaderaCost: Free
Fish DaysLearn about fresh water fish that are found in local ponds and rivers. Games show native and non native fish and how they arrived at Tule Ponds. Compare fishing ponds for people versus fishing ponds for wildlife.  Explore how the early peoples of area went fishing as well as the ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
CuriOdyssey Bugs DayVisit CuriOdyssey to see, touch and learn about captivating bugs from Beetlelady. Play with serious science exhibits in new The Nature of Patterns exhibition. See and learn about native wildlife.
Where: San MateoCost: Free with admission
Marshlands of DreamsJoin Paul Mueller on a 1-mile walk of the LaRiviere Marsh Trail to find traces of the past. Prior to marsh restoration, learn how Californians utilized the area for farming, quarrying, salt production, and transportation.  There will opportunities for bird watching as well.
What’s a Geo PDF map? How do you use it? A Geo PDF map is a map you download and store on your smart phone. Use the free app called PDFMaps to view and navigate from the stored map in your phone. Use it on hikes or bike rides to log your distance, start time, ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Why Tides MatterDocent Laurel Stell will talk and walk you through all things tides. What are they? How do they affect wildlife? How have humans reshaped the Bay’s tidal lands? Program starts indoors but will move outside for an easy 0.5-mile walk. All are welcome. Register at https://tidesmatter.eventbrite.com.
In this hands-on workshop, learn how to create your own stop-motion collage animation using a range of found images and materials that are assembled in creative ways to become entirely new and often unexpected moving compositions. Media artist Kathleen Quillian will share examples of collage animations and discuss the different ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 ticketed program, w/o museum admission
Play around with paper in three activities inspired by our new Wildcard exhibition.Paper CircuitsUsing copper tape and surface-mount LEDs allows you to make fully functional simple or complex electrical circuits on a flat surface, such as a piece of paper. You can make light-up greeting cards, origami animals come to life, or ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Included with museum admission.
The Sky Event of the Decade: August’s Eclipse of the SunOn Aug. 21, there will be an eclipse of the Sun visible throughout North America. People in a narrow path from Oregon to South Carolina will see a spectacular total eclipse, with the Moon briefly covering the Sun, and day turning into night. Everyone else, including those in the Bay ...
Where: MilpitasCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the 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
Astronomy: Are red dwarf planets habitable?Professor Gibor Basri will talk about the "habitable zone" of "red dwarf" stars, and concentrate on the current thinking about whether a planet around a red dwarf could, in fact, actually harbor life.Â
Where: OaklandCost: Free
City Star Party @ Point LobosCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWERThe program starts at 7:30 (enter the park at least 45 minutes earlier) at the lower summit parking lot. Although there is no fee for this program there is a $10 park entrance fee. Meteor showers, comets and asteroids: how are they different, how are they related? Count meteors until the ...
Where: ClaytonCost: Free
Music of the Spheres: Katherine deKleer - SOLD OUTKatherine de Kleer's research focuses on dynamic processes in the planets and moons of the outer Solar System, which she studies using world-class telescopes at optical, infrared, and radio wavelengths. Her work covers topics including the atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter, and the surfaces of Jupiter's four Galilean satellites, ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $45-$210
Owl on the Prowl: Critters at Night (6 - Adult)California Nursery Historical Park has many old trees that are ideal for Owls and other Raptors to roost, nest and hunt in search of food. Bring your flashlight and walk through the grounds at dusk, this is a good time to spot an owl in the trees or hunting for ...
