Bay Area Science Festival 2012 | Oct. 27 Free Events

Bay Area Science Festival | 2013

Created by the Bay Area’s scientific, cultural, and educational institutions, the Bay Area Science Festival returns with a 10-day festival, scheduled October 24 – November 2, 2013.

The festival provides a wide range of science & technology activities – lectures, debates, exhibitions, concerts, plays, workshops and more at a locations throughout the Bay Area.

Expect similar events in 2013, including the return of Discovery Days in Santa Rosa, Hayward, and San Francisco.

Bay Area Science Festival 2013
October 24 – November 2, 2013
All over San Francisco Bay  Area
FREE

Saturday, October 27, 2012
Free events on Saturday, October 27, 2012 | Bay Area Science Festival | 2013

Free events on October 27, 2012

Hands-on Science at the Farmer’s Market

Ever wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers’ markets during the Bay Area Science Festival.
Start: 10/27 10:00 am
End: 10/27 3:00 pm
Cost: Free

Educator Giveaway
Calling all Educators! Thanks to donations from labs and companies across the Bay Area, educators will have access to high quality materials and equipment for their classrooms. Everything at the event is free, but please only take what you need for your classroom.
Start: 10/27 10:00 am
End: 10/27 12:00 pm
Venue: Bio-Link Depot
Cost: Free

Flash Mob Science
Come experience “Flash Mob Science” at the Chabot Space & Science Center! Participate in guided hands-on experiments dealing with energy, light, sound, gravity forces and motion, fun activities for children of all ages.
Start: 10/27 10:00 am
End: 10/27 10:00 pm
Venue: Chabot Space & Science Center
Cost: Free

Asteroids Rock!
Come learn about The Tech Challenge 2013, as teams of students collaborate to design innovative launching solutions to land sensitive research equipment at various locations on an asteroid.
Start: 10/27 10:30 am
End: 10/27 12:00 pm
Venue: The Tech Museum of Innovation
Cost: Free

Discovery Days: North Bay
See the work of North Bay Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics organizations. Enjoy over 50 hands-on experiments, demos, and exhibits. Save a droid ICU patient, create a pulsar, extract DNA, drive robots, eat liquid nitrogen, and more.
Start: 10/27 11:00 am
End: 10/27 4:00 pm
Venue: Sonoma County Fairgrounds

Big Picture Science Live
Will the world end in fire, in ice or at the hands of our computer overlords? Join us for a live production of the Big Picture Science podcast and radio show as scientists separate fact from fiction in end-of-world scenarios.
Start: 10/27 1:00 pm
End: 10/27 3:00 pm
Venue: Computer History Museum
Cost: Free

SLAC Presents: Unveiling the Universe Day
In celebration of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s 50th Anniversary, the laboratory, in cooperation with the Bay Area Science Festival, will open its doors for “Unveiling the Universe Day.” Participants will learn about the cutting-edge science underway at SLAC in fields ranging from physics and chemistry to astrophysics and materials science that is revealing the universe at its smallest and largest scales, at its fastest and most extreme.
Start: 10/27 1:00 pm
End: 10/27 6:00 pm
Venue: SLAC National Accelerator Center
Cost: Free

Spooky Slough
What types of creatures lurk about and fly around at night at the Refuge? Find out at Spooky Slough! Kids are encouraged to come in costume, and will learn all about nocturnal wildlife in the Slough.
Start: 10/27 6:00 pm
End: 10/27 8:30 pm
Venue: Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center
Cost: Free

Does a Scientific Approach to Cooking Kill the Joy?
Author Harold McGee and chemistry professor Richard Zare contend that science intensifies the joy of cooking. Come join McGee and Zare in spirited conversation about the joy of a scientific approach to cooking.
Start: 10/27 7:30 pm
End: 10/27 9:30 pm
Venue: Braun Auditorium, Mudd Building, Stanford University
Cost: Free

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Cost: FREE
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