Our education system is facing rapid, dramatic changes at both state and federal levels. Pressure to implement the Common Core standards, and the mystery surrounding the Next Generation Science Standards, makes your participation in this year's conference more important than ever. Get what you need to know about Common Core and NGSS ...
Explore 200 million years of geologic history and learn the fascinating story told by the rocks at the Golden Gate.Bring a lunch and wear comfortable walking shoes and a coat.Trip includes a short but strenuous down and up 200-foot bluff.Meet Ranger Will Elder in front of Fort Point. We will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
A Few Sure Ways to Lose Your MoneyI will discuss a few games, some involving dice, some involving cards, some even simpler than these ones. The point is to test your intuition. In most cases it is "obvious" that you should win..... and yet life can be more complicated. F. Alberto Grunbaum is a Professor of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Dive! Film Screening Join us for a screening of the documentary "Dive" followed by a discussion lead by Food Shift team member, Caleb Phillips, who helped to launch a bicycle food recovery program in Colorado, called Boulder Food Rescue. The 53 minute film will be followed by a discussion. We hope you will join us!
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk Talk and Banding DemoCome to Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands and get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO), a cooperative program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and National Park Service.A GGRO docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
A Fox's TaleJoin the Environmental Volunteers at the EcoCenter to find out more about the gray fox from specialist Bill Leikam. Participants will enjoy a short presentation and Q&A session with Mr. Leikam, see research equipment that helps scientists observe and better understand gray foxes, and we'll finish with a short guided ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Lasers: The Light FantasticJoin Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for colorful explorations of the physical world.In 1960, the laser was known as "a solution looking for a problem." Now we can hardly imagine life without them. Learn what's special about laser light, how it's made, and how it's used in everything from DVD players ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Trekking the ModelJoin a ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5 acre hydraulic model of 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
Fish Feeding FrenzyHelp Ranger Bill feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of rock cod, sea stars, and steelhead trout.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
The ComBots Cup VII: Lucky Number 7!The Robots are Back!
Ameliorate your need for exciting robot combat at ComBots Cup: Lucky Number 7! From the science-loving techno gnomes that brought you nine straight RoboGames as well as ComBots Cup I-VI, the big bots return!
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The Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge is gathering scientists and naturalists on the refuge for a 24-hour BioBlitz! Meet the experts and see what they do first-hand. Become a field scientist and help the refuge document plants and wildlife, big and small at Refuge Headquarters in Fremont. ...
Muir Woods marks the southern front in a battle for survival between two competing owl species. On this strenuous five-mile dusk hike, we will look and listen for the owls that call Muir Woods home, learn more about their history and ecology, and receive the latest research updates on our ...
How do telescopes work? Take an inside look and learn about 400-year-old technology still in use today!Then as it gets dark, enjoy views of the universe through many telescopes!
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
San Mateo County Astronomical Society Star PartyThe City of San Carlos Department of Parks and Recreation and the San Mateo County Astronomical Society have open Star Parties twice a month.Reasons to AttendIf you have kids interested in space or planets bring them here for a real life view of planets, nebula, star clusters and galaxies.If you ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
Jazz Under the StarsVisit our roof top observatory and see the moon and Saturn thru our telescopes, while listening to KCSM Jazz 91 FM. Dress warmly.No food or drinks in the observatory. Children are welcome and need to be attended at all times. Parking is free in lot 5, Marie Curie
Where: San MateoCost: Free
MSL and the search for organics on MarsNASA's Mars Science Laboratory will arrive on the red planet in August. How can the mission's rover, Curiosity, with unprecedented research tools to study the early environmental history of Mars, contribute to the search for evidence of life on MarsSpeaker: Dr. Chris McKay NASA-Ames Research Center
