Let family walks become a shared time of nature learning. We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Registration ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Hayward Fault 150th Anniversary of Great Quake tour Tule PondsFree tours of the Hayward Fault (registration required), with lecture, activities, and tour included. Children welcome, under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Wear comfortable shoes.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Shark DayMSI loves sharks! Our special Shark Day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures, from the great whites that swim just off our ocean shores, to the gentle Leopard sharks that are common in our Bay. We will be feeding and touching our local Leopard sharks in ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20
'Reuben Lasker' Ship TourClimb aboard a U.S. fisheries research vessel - the Reuben Lasker - to learn about its ongoing survey of deep-sea fish populations along the West Coast. Tour the sampling stations and laboratories where scientists collect their data; learn about the nets, winches, and cranes; and meet the ship’s Captain, Chief ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the 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
Sunday, 08/12/18
Marine Science Sunday: Under The Bridge: Marine Mammals of SF BayOur own backyard in the bay is full of amazing marine mammals! Free classroom programs will highlight our local sea lions, harbor porpoises, dolphins, and even the occasional whale that wanders under the Bridge! We recommend teaming our free classroom program with a Docent-led tour at 11am, 1pm or 3pm for a ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Carbon Buoy ActivitiesHave you ever wondered what’s inside a scientific buoy? Find out as we pull our NOAA CO2 buoy out of the water and host activities about carbon dioxide in the air and water. You’ll have a chance to learn about how we measure carbon with the buoy instruments and the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Robotic Hand ChallengeBe one of the first to experience the Hall's newest Ingenuity Challenge. Work together to design, build, and test a prosthetic hand capable of grasping items.
Hang out on our new observation deck and be dazzled as you watch the spectacular Perseid Meteor Shower makes it annual trip through our atmosphere and lights up the night sky. Our astronomers are on hand to answer questions and hot chocolate and other goodies will be available.See weblink for ...
In less than three decades, more than three thousand planets have been discovered orbiting other stars. This has sparked a post-Copernican revolution, as we realize our solar system is not alone. However, we still don't know if our solar system is rare or unique - the powerful techniques that detect extrasolar ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 08/14/18
Functional Target Discovery by Quantitative Chemical ProteomicsGenome sequencing projects have revolutionized our view of the complexity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteomes, however, we are also left with a daunting challenge of functionally annotating these large number of predicted proteins. Chemical proteomic methods, such as activity-based protein profiling (ABPP), have been developed aiming at systematically discovering new ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Farmers on the Frontlines in Our Fight Against Climate ChangeIt’s become increasingly and painfully obvious to farmers in California that climate change means more than just rising temperatures. Evermore erratic weather patterns fuel longer droughts, bigger floods and even more frequent wildfires. As we slowly come to terms with the consequences to our rural communities, food supply, local economy ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
The SETI Institute is known for its world-class, cutting edge scientific research but we also have a passion as science ambassadors to inspire young STEM learners and engage the general public. Education and public outreach are part of our mission and that’s why the Center for Education is one of ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: free preregistration is required
When we use robots to explore the ocean and its inhabitants, other planets, or our co-worker’s remote office spaces, we are blending our human perceptual systems and physical actuation capabilities with robotic systems. These systems can readily become an extension of ourselves, especially after years of practice. Coming from a ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Plankton Exhibit TourJoin Exploratorium biologist Jennifer Frazier for a tour of plankton and marine science exhibits.San Francisco Bay is teeming with microscopic life, called plankton, that change with the seasons, feed marine ecosystems, and collectively produce half the oxygen for the planet. Come explore interactive exhibits that explore plankton in San Francisco ...
Bring your lunch and hear from Exploratorium staff and collaborating scientists about the connections between San Francisco Bay and the ocean. Exploratorium staff scientist Heike Winterheld will discuss how social psychology can help you improve communication and lower psychological barriers to learning about the current state of the ocean and ...
There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that, with the hope that we will live longer and better, become thinner, and look younger. In Hype, Nina Shapiro distinguishes between falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. Shapiro has more than twenty ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Tomorrow’s Computers: More Moore?A single iPhone today has more power than the NASA computer that took astronauts to the moon. A smartwatch has more memory than computers that used to fill an entire room. So how did we get here? In 1965, Intel and Fairchild Semiconductor cofounder Gordon Moore predicted that the number ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
What is new on Software I.P. for startups, and how to detect I.P. TheftRelevant I.P. updates in 2018 to software start-upsEvery major and successful software company has a patent portfolio and strategy that has been a key factor in its success. This presentation will focus on the patentability of software as well as why and when an entity should consider pursuing patent protection. ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #99: Mars Colonization, Rational Economics, and Octopuses from Space!“Not So Fast, Elon: Challenges of Resurrecting the Martian Atmosphere†by Dr. Robert LillisMars’s atmosphere is dry, cold, and too thin to stop you from bursting like a balloon or getting cancer from cosmic rays. Eeeek, right? But billions of years ago it was thick, warm and (sometimes) wet. If ...
The distribution of galaxies in the universe is patchy. Galaxies are bound together in clusters made of stars, hot gas and invisible dark matter. These galaxy clusters are part of a cosmic web of filaments, nodes and empty voids that has been building up over 13 billion years. How do ...
San Francisco’s Embarcadero seawall was built over a century ago and thus was not constructed to meet modern seismic safety standards. However, the Port of San Francisco is leading the charge to shore it up in order to make it safer in the event of an earthquake while also better ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Digital 3D modeling of cities is undergoing a significant advance toward new levels of spatial precision and visual fidelity at street level. We will have immersive interaction with these virtual city models, and they will offer new ways to visualize the many data sets generated by the physical city. It ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
swissnex Demo DayJoin us for a speed-pitching battle from the 12 startups of the swissnex San Francisco Startup Camp. The startups - which are brought to you by EPFL XGrant and Innosuisse - will battle on-stage, with the audience picking their favorites in real-time. See weblink for agenda
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
Animal Behavior NightlifeJoin us and a few of our furry friends for a night all about animal behavior.-----> Looking for your own animal companion? Visit the San Francisco SPCA corral to meet some kittens and puppies available for adoption and learn more about the organization’s efforts to find homes for every stray.-----> ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Luigi is a magician who is also an educator at the Exploratorium and a former neuroscientist. His show focuses on smart, deceptive, sneaky fun while exploring human consciousness, attention, and storytelling.Performance @ 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
What bird uses its voice to echolocate inside dark caves? Which bird sings a duet with itself? Which bird sings over a thousand different songs? In this presentation, Nathan Pieplow shares some of his most remarkable audio from over a decade ofrecording birds in the field. You will see the sounds as well as hear them, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Friday, 08/17/18
Wildflower Photography Friday Join other wildflower photographers (amateur and professional) on a meandering monthly excursion around the Modini Mayacamas to document wildflowers of the season. After our field time, each of us will add a few of our best images to an album that Friends of the Modini Mayacamas and ACR will use ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 suggested donation
UC BERKELEY AGING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SUMMITPlease join us for a day of speakers, awards, poster sessions, and valuable networking focused on cutting-edge aging research and technologies. Our aim is no less than to reimagine aging and elder care . A percentage of the proceeds from this event will support scholarships for students interested in research ...
With beautiful images from our planetary probes, I will be introducing the most exciting places future tourists might go on the planets and moons that accompany the Sun.Speaker: Andrew FraknoiPart of the World Science Fiction Convention. See weblink for various pricing options, including single day membership. The Convention runs August ...
