UC Berkeley Homecoming at the Lawrence Hall of ScienceShow your Bear pride the scientific way by spending your UC Berkeley Homecoming weekend at the Lawrence Hall of Science. All events are free with a Homecoming name tag, UC Berkeley ID, Berkeley Lab/Lawrence Livermore National Lab employee ID, or Hall admission.
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Wildlife Conservation Expo 2014The world's leading wildlife conservationists will come together in San Francisco to share their stories of saving wildlife around the world with you at the annual Wildlife Conservation Expo.See weblink for more details and speaker list.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $40 - $75
100th Anniversary Event at Saratoga LibraryThe celebration will include presentations and hands-on activities for all ages----- Magician Kim Silverman: Special Performance -- 3D Printing: Introduction and DemonstrationsHands-On Activities: -- Space and Science: Hands-on Chabot Activities -- Robotics with Toothbrushes-- Henna Body Art-- Lego Inspired Engineering -- Coffee-Ground Painting-- Rubber Band Knitting-- Postcard Creating-- Bath Salts Making-- Gardening-- Button Making-- ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
East Bay Global FrackdownOn October 11, people all over the world will be calling for an end to fracking and the dangers it poses to our environment, health, and communities. Here in Oakland, we'll be having a day of action at Lake Merritt, where our community can come together to learn about fracking and ...
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Meet the MakersAt the Lawrence Hall of Science, meet Xunfeng Zaoh, a noted woodworker, artist, designer, and inventor. Work alongside Xunfeng to learn new skills and get inspired by his work.
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Science Saturday: Butterflies 101 - Butterflies of Mountain Lake and Beyond!Join Liam O'Brien at Mountain Lake for a talk on the fascinating world of local butterflies. Liam will give a beginner's overview of these beautiful invertebrates, and discuss the rich history of Lepidoptera in San Francisco. He'll also discuss a number of butterfly restoration and conservation efforts he's been involved ...
3:30-3:40: Piero Scaruffi (Cultural Historian): Introduction to the national LASER program3:40-4:00: Robert Buelteman (Photographer) on "Photography Without the Camera"The application of high-voltage electrical currents and hand-delivered fiber optic light can create fine-art photographs of living plants through a creative process inspired by Japanese ink-brush painting and improvisational jazz4:00-4:20: ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallThe explosion of a small asteroid near Chelyabinsk in 2013, and numerous near-misses since then (such as the September 2014 close pass by asteroid 2014 RC) serve as reminders that we live in a cosmic shooting gallery. We'll look at the threats posed by Near Earth Objects (NEOs), the strategies ...
