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A Very Spine-Tingling Spider Screening with KQED’s Deep Look

KQED’s DEEP LOOK science video series team presents a special 10th Anniversary Bay Area Science Festival virtual screening and discussion! Join us for a screening of three of DEEP LOOK’s most spine-tingling spider episodes: Secrets o…
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Atlas Robotics VEX Robot Demonstration

In this video Robotics students will be giving a demonstration of mechanism design and testing. They will be demonstrating their competition robot for the VEX Robotics Change Up game using various physics concepts and will be explaining the…
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Author: Libby Copeland in conversation with Alicia Zhou

The Lost Family explores the rapidly evolving phenomenon of home DNA testing, its implications for how we think about family and ourselves, and its ramifications for American culture broadly. Libby Copeland will be in conversation with Alic…
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Build a Fiber Optic Flashlight

Learn basic circuitry and optical fibers with San Francisco Public Library To Go Science Kit. Use the kit materials to build a fun fiber optic flashlight. In partnership with the San Francisco Public Library and Bay Area Science Festival…
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Coding Club with the Raspberry Pi Foundation

From the Bay Area Science Festival 2020: Thursday, October 22, 2020, 4:00 pm We’re excited to run a virtual coding club this year where young people ages 7-17 can code and explore technology in a fun and social environment. Thi…
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Cultural Tax: The Cost of Being the Only or the Few

What’s the price you pay when you walk into a room? For Black STEM students and professionals – as well as individuals from other underrepresented groups – there’s a cost to entering the classroom, lab, conference, and more. Tyrone …
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Developing COVID-19 Solutions from the Ground Up!

For this event, swissnex San Francisco brings together a Swiss and American organization that collaborate with Universities and citizens to find solutions for locally specific problems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. This event connects…
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Gardening for Biodiversity in San Francisco

San Francisco plants and wildlife, including beautiful butterflies, co-evolved together in a variety of plant communities on our varied soils and in our variable weather. These wildlife and plants are our biodiversity, the foundation of our…
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Gladstone Institutes: Behind the Scenes of a Covid-19 Lab

In response to the pandemic, many Gladstone scientists have rapidly pivoted the focus of their research labs to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. They are leveraging their established tools, unique infrastructure, and diverse exp…
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Hungry For Science

Let’s get cooking—Hungry for Science is a video series that explores the science behind tips and tricks in the kitchen. Learn the hows and whys of making bread, butter, popcorn, and more, and discover how a pinch of curiosity can improv…
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Learning in the Making: Stop Motion Animation

Looking for something fun to make at home? Maker Ed’s “Learning in the Making: Live!” is a series of collected and curated resources around a topic for educators, families, and youth. We’re excited to share an episode about stop mot…
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Lunch Break Science

Have you ever wondered why humans need to be social? How science can help us become healthier? What is it like to study primates in the wild? Grab your lunch and join The Leakey Foundation for Lunch Break Science. We will explore these and …
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N ~ 1: Alone in the Milky Way and the Q&A session

The Drake equation, proposed by American astronomer Frank Drake and considered to be one of the famous equations in the world, offers a way to estimate the number N of advanced civilizations present in our Milky Way galaxy. Large numbers fo…
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Points of Invasion

Very few places in the world have not been touched by invasive species. Biological invasions are a major force of change, affecting many dimensions of life on Earth. Invasions result when species colonize new geographic regions, which are d…
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Share the Night Sky: listen to an audio recording of this event below (radio only)

San Francisco’s “Urban Astronomer” Paul Salazar will join DJ Marilynn at radio station KPOO to broadcast and stream a guided tour of the glorious night sky. With Paul’s radio and live-stream Internet audio guidance, Bay Area residen…
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COVID Safety

The Bay Area Science Festival will manage all in-person events with the health, safety and well-being of our staff, volunteers, hosts, exhibitors, and guests in mind. In response to COVID-19, we will be implementing public health requirements for all event hosts and attendees in accordance with local and state guidelines in order to celebrate science safely throughout the Bay Area. 

The Bay Area Science Festival encourages you to get vaccinated, wear a mask and practice social distancing. Be sure to check back for updated and more detailed COVID safety information prior to attending.

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We strive to make all Bay Area Science Festival events free, when possible. To produce the Festival, we must annually raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. Every donation helps us make this important work possible.

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