Family Science Festival

Join the Academy for a day of family-friendly programming, including interactive demonstrations, chats with scientists, educational games, and more. Festival participants include:

The Academy's Animal Health Department Meet the team that keeps our 38,000 live animals healthy and happy-from African penguins and rainforest birds to tropical reef fishes and invertebrates.

National Park Service Office of Public Health Meet Lt. Tara Carolfi from the NPS Office of Public Health to learn more about public initiatives that encourage active lifestyles through exploration of our parks and protection of animal health.

Wildlife and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Join the Academy's Dr. Shannon Bennett and Maxine Zylberberg for "Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Viruses and Other Microbes!"-an informal talk.

Stanford School of Medicine Curious about the forms viruses take and the functions their structures serve? Join Dr. Robert Siegel, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and students to create three-dimensional models of viruses.

Cal STAPH Learn how this student-led group from UC Berkeley trains graduate students to provide support for state and local health departments during outbreaks and other public health emergencies.

Additional Participants: The Charles Chiu Lab, the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District, and The Skoll Global Threats Fund's Pandemics Team.