Turtle Observer Program on Mt. Tam Marin Water is enlisting the help of community scientists to protect the western pond turtle by monitoring habitat conditions, recording their behavior, and educating the public during the spring when they are most visible. The Turtle Observer program is great for individuals, small groups or whole families. Kids typically make ...
Where: Cost: Free
#NoToPlastic Community Clean-UpsBe part of the solution! Join other wildlife enthusiasts to help our local wildlife by cleaning up important habitats in Oakland.Meet at the Lower Entrance to Oakland Zoo (in front of the Zimmer Auditorium) at 9:45am; shuttle departs at 10:00am sharp for cleanup site.Location of cleanup will be a different ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Mars Rover Landing Anniversary Party!Join us in celebrating the first anniversary of NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars! Since landing on February 18, 2021, Perseverance has been hunting for signs of ancient microbial life in order to collect and store samples of Martian rock and sediment to be retrieved by planned future missions for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Investigating Space: Space TourismLook at the next big mission in private space travel and discuss the industry’s next steps with Space.com senior writer, Mike Wall.2021 was a big year for space tourism, as Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin both launched their billionaire owners to suborbital space and SpaceX flew the first-ever all-private crewed ...
In this talk, Don Macholz will introduce Charles Messier and the comets that he discovered. He will then move on to the Messier Catalogue and the previously missing objects. We will see where the Messier Objects are distributed throughout the sky. We recognize 110 Messier Objects but two major astronomy ...
