Celebrating Elephants DayFamily friendly activities include exciting elephant stations such as touching gigantic pachyderm bones, holding an eleven-pound tooth, and stepping into an elephant-sized footprint. Grab binoculars and participate in a mock research camp, where observers are invited to watch and record behaviors, and learn how to tell Oakland Zoo's four elephants ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
iGEM 2015 Bay Area Biohackers team onboarding meetingThis is our inaugural team onboarding meeting for the upcoming 2015 iGEM synthetic biology competition. Last year, we won a Gold Medal and the prize for Best Community Labs Project with our Real Vegan Cheese project.iGEM is the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition, which is in its 11th year. iGEM ...
Where: OaklandCost: free
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
Planets of our Solar SystemHere's your chance to explore THREE planets PLUS our Moon through the telescopes. Make a Pocket Solar System and imagine what it would be like to live on other worlds.Excitement for the whole family! Participate in hands-on astronomy activities followed by supervised observing through the many different telescopes of MDAS ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free ($10 park entrance fee)
What Wonderful Worlds: Exploring our Solar SystemOur knowledge about our own Solar System has increased by leaps and bounds over the past few decades due to a combination of spacecraft missions and technical advancements on ground based telescopes. Why do we explore our Solar System? Review the numerous bodies now known to orbit the Sun, now ...
