Augmented Reality California Trail Scavenger Hunt @ the Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo has a new offering – interactive augmented reality care of tech/learning company Agents of Discovery. Through this partnership we look to provide another level of engagement and learning on site. Guests will be given exclusive early access to this Agents of Discovery “Mission” and its “Challenges” before it launches to the general public. […]

Midpen Bayside Family Festival

Celebrate 50 years of science-based public land preservation, restoration and public enjoyment with the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District at this free, family-friendly festival in Ravenswood Open Space Preserve and Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto. Explore the newest segment of the San Francisco Bay Trail, including boardwalks with interpretive signs along the bay wetlands. […]

StemFrenzy

At the StemFrenzy Festival, enjoy a day with the entire community exploring, learning, and discovering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This event will include hands-on activities, raffles, prizes, inspiring demonstrations from top STEM organizations and San Francisco summer programs, and more for your entire family!

NEW LOCATION: Youth Take Climate Action: Gilman Playground

This event has been consolidated with the Youth Take Climate Action event taking place at Louis Sutter Playground. Louis Sutter Playground 1150 Wayland St San Francisco,  CA 94134 Healing the Land and Our Communities, Youth Take Climate Action is part of a City-wide Youth Service Day. Join us for a youth & family STEM service […]

Youth Take Climate Action: Glen Park

Healing the land and our communities, Youth Take Climate Action is part of a citywide Youth Service Day. Join us for a youth & family STEM service day stewarding Glen Park. San Francisco Department of the Environment’s Education team and SF Rec and Park will host climate-focused service projects and lead STEM-focused activities including habitat […]

Virtual Tour of Recology San Francisco

Join us for an overview of Recology! Learn about our history, current programs, and what happens to the items placed in your curbside bins. While our facility is closed to the public, we still want to provide our community with the resources to continue recycling and composting properly and support individuals in making choices that […]

SOLD OUT: Presidio Archaeology: Behind the Scenes Tour

Explore the rich history of the Presidio of San Francisco as it is discovered every day through archaeology. Head to the active dig site to meet Presidio archaeologists, see the remnants of the Spanish Fort and learn about the archaeological process. Archaeologists will talk about their methods and the state-of-the-art lab and collections facility where […]

Protegiendo y rehabilitando Aves de rapiña locales

Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley le invitamos a un curso educativa en espanol donde estariamos hablando sobre aves de rapina locales tal como el halcon, aguilas y buhos. Hablaremos de como ellos pueden ayudar al medio ambiente y como rehabilitamos animales salvajes que se encuentran enfermos, lastimados o huerfanos en area de bahia. Nos pueden […]

如何保護和幫助附近的各種野禽恢復健康

大家好,歡迎你們來參加矽谷野生動物救護中心(簡稱WCSV)舉辦的教育講座。我們將會用國語介紹附近的各種野禽,和一些問題可能會影響它們的生存,一些簡單的方法我們在家可以幫忙它們。 我們還會介紹WCSV的職責-是一個中心負責照顧生病的, 受傷的或者是被遺棄的野生動物。歡迎大家提出任何問題有關於野禽或者是附近的野生動物。

What is a Radiologist?

Have you ever wondered what a Radiologist does? Do you know about the equipment Radiologists use? What do Radiologists do all day? Join us for a conversation with some of UCSF’s Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Team. We will touch on several topics like: What is Radiology? How do you become a Radiologist? What do we […]

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.

Thank You for Supporting BASF

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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Thank you for your generous support of the Bay Area Science Festival! As part of UCSF, SEP is a 501(c)3 non-profit. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Please let us know if your company participates in a matching gift program so that we can extend the benefit of your generosity.