Engineer's Week, Grades 3 - 8Launch a journey in innovation and prepare for National Engineers Week!This year’s exploration into the Engineering Design Process will explore the challenge of spaceflight as participants study a full scale replica of the Spaceship One spaceplane, complete a realistic spaceflight landing simulation, and work in teams to design, build and test ...
Circuit BenchSonoma Country Day School elementary students, led by Network Administrator and Maker Extraordinaire Sean Marshall, built a musical/light up bench as part of their science curriculum and donated the finished product to the CMOSC. Join them on this special evening to hear more about the inspiration that lit up students ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
SF Beer Week NightlifeIt’s the most refreshing event of the year, SF Beer Week is here! Taste your way through the Bay Area's master brewers to learn all you can about the tastiest microbrews around!Celebrate SF Beer Week with a froth-filled evening of brews. Sip your way through a pop-up beer garden with dozens ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
The Brower Center is excited to present Polar Obsession, the first National Geographic show in the Bay Area since 2009. This exhibition will feature nearly 40 striking images of the world’s polar regions from photographer Paul Nicklen, delivering a unique close-up of wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic. Nicklen grew ...
In the Balance: Bringing Science to Justice with David FaigmanI sit in my chairAnd filled with despairThere's no one could be so sadWith gloom everywhereI sit and I stareI know that I'll soon go madIn my solitudeI'm afraidBillie Holiday, "(In My) Solitude"Ashker v. Governor of California was a federal class action ...
Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call “parenting†is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, “parenting†has transformed child care into an obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented effort to create a particular kind of child. Drawing on the ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $22 General, $12 Member, $5 Student
When a small vial arrives in her mailbox from “Lewis Carroll,†Ayelet Waldman is at a low point. Her mood storms have become intolerably severe; she has tried nearly every medication possible; her husband and children are suffering with her. So she opens the vial, places two drops on her ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $29
Everything Matters: PotassiumCome be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman. Follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and our collective human experience.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission to After Dark
