Teacher Workshop: Collecting Data on Diverse organisms and their Life CyclesMonarchs and Silkworms - Learn how to bring living life cycles displays into your classroom. Teacher can get the option of getting milkweed plants and silkworm eggs. Monarch eggs and catepillars (if available can also be collected). Collecting data on arthropod and other small organisms in the environment; butterflies and ...
Conversations About Landscape: Reading the CityAs we wander through the city, we encounter a wilderness of symbolic markings. Traffic and transit symbols, industrial markings, and historical, cultural, and wayfinding signage all connect us with the dynamic forces shaping urban life. Join a discussion of current projects exploring how urban symbols deepen our interactions with the city, ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5 General/Members, $1 Students & Teachers
The Future of Women in STEMThis engaging panel discussion will focus on how to empower the next generation of women in STEM and how to build a thriving leadership pipeline for women. Our panel will also address the role that Chabot Space & Science Center and other community organizations play in fostering opportunities for Oakland’s ...
Where: OaklandCost: $30
Igneous Rocks and the USGS at Kilauea - RESCHEDULEDPeninsula Gem & Geology Society Monthly MeetingSpeaker: Leslie Gordon, USGSEditor's Note: This event was rescheduled to January 23. See additional listing for substitute talk by Johanna Fenton.
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Skeptics in the Pub: MillbraeScience and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub West Bay, Fiddlers Green, Millbrae sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer’s art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
taste of science: Sleep and space explorationSpace the Final FrontierInterplanetary exploration will be humankind’s most ambitious expedition and the journey required to do so, is as intimidating as it is intrepid. One major obstacle for successful deep space travel is the possible negative effects of galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) exposure. We investigate the long-term effects GCR ...
The Social and Ecological Impacts of Light Pollution in Santa Cruz Join Santa Cruz IDA chapter members Lisa Heschong and Andy Kreyche for a discussion of how light pollution in Santa Cruz impacts our local environment. We will review recent research on circadian disruption of plants, animals and humans by exposure to artificial light at night. Plants and animals depend on ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Astronomy on Tap San JoseA Riddle Wrapped in Shadows: The Story of Water on the Moonwith guest speaker Parvathy PremJohn Hopkins University Applied Physics LabMeteorites: Free Samples from Worlds Beyond Earthwith guest speaker Monika KressProfessor & Chair of SJSU Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Where: San JoseCost:
Sea Level Rise: Pacific Ocean and the Bay AreaChristina Gerhardt, author of The Atlas of (Remote) Islands and Sea Level Rise, explores the effects and responses to climate-warming on low-lying Pacific Ocean islands. Scientist Kristina Hill and urbanist Laura Tam address sea level rise on vulnerable shorelines around the Bay Area. Learn about indigenous inhabitants’ adaptive solutions in ...
