TECHNOLOGY: Amazon Street View

2011 TRAVEL PREDICTIONS

Lonely Planet’s travel technology predictions for 2011

H A L L O W E E N : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

5 Activities for Science and Technology Enthusiasts on Halloween

+ 10000: Things that Go Bump in the Night
+ Sinister Science Halloween Party and Space Missions

0 1 S J

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A R T E C H I T I N E R A R I E S : 0 1 S J

A long title for a great event: 2010 01SJ Biennial!

Here are a few of the things we’ve enjoyed this weekend:

• P L A Y T I N E R A R I E S

Imagination Playground and street pianos were a lot of fun!

• …the Garden Grows : Park Plaza by Karrie Hovey

A surprisingly beautiful garden

• Green Prix | RELATED ARTWORKS

Discovered it by happy accident, won’t miss it if it happens again!

Still happening:

• GIFT HORSE 2010
• Floating World

M O R E : ABSOLUTE ZERO VIDEO

Maker Faire Bay Area 2010

W H A T : Maker Faire
W H E N : May 22-23, 2010 (Saturday 10am-8 pm, Sunday 10am-6pm)
W H E R E : San Mateo County Event Center

M O R E : Make Magazine

• Kid-Friendly Attractions and Activities
• How-to Activities
• Do-it-Yourself Science: The Maker Faire: KQED QUEST Television Story

BLUE ITINERARY: Tahoe Environmental Research Center

 
From the usual winter break ski trip, a great finding in Incline Village that looks into the deep blue of LAKE TAHOE:

UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center

MAYA ITINERARY: TALES OF THE MAYA SKIES

The OPENING DAY of the MAYA SKIES was a fun day with lots of crafts and activities, hence less pics. Great videos of Chabot & MAYA SKIES here:

• EYE ON THE BAY: Chabot Observatory – Maya Skies video
• MAYA ITINERARY
  

MAYA ITINERARY

W H A T : TALES OF THE MAYA SKIES
W H E N : Opening Day Celebration: November 21, 2009 (10am – 10pm)
W H E R E : Chabot Space & Science Center

M O R E : Facebook VIDEOS by Chabot Space & Science Center
KQED QUEST: Maya Skies

MAYA SKIES

• MAYA MATH
• MAYA CALENDAR
• MAYA LANGUAGE
• MAYA RESOURCES

MAYA SKIES.NET

Show Schedule Planetarium
Tales of the Maya Skies	11am
El Universo Maya	12pm
Tales of the Maya Skies	1pm
Tales of the Maya Skies (Mayan Language)	2pm
Tales of the Maya Skies	3pm
Q&A with the Director	3:45pm
Tales of the Maya Skies	5pm
El Universo Maya	6pm
Tales of the Maya Skies	7pm
Q&A with the Director	7:45pm
SonicVision	9:15pm

 

Show Schedule Theater
Mysteries of Egypt	11am
Dinosaurs Alive!	12pm
SolarMax	1pm
Mysteries of Egypt	2pm
Dinosaurs Alive!	3pm
SolarMax	4pm
Mysteries of Egypt	6pm
Dinosaurs Alive!	7pm
SolarMax	8pm

Activity Schedule
BLESSINGS/INVOCATION
Don Pascual Yaxon Out of respect for this cultural invocation, still & video photography is prohibited	10am
PERFORMANCES
Grupo Maya	10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm
Chan Kahal	12:30pm, 2:30pm
Grupo Jaranaero Mayab	3:30pm, 5pm
DEMONSTRATIONS
Includes: Constellations/Pyramid Show, Craft Room, Maya Math, Chocolate, Maya Calendar/ Glyphs, Lego Temple Building & Embroidery	11am – 6pm
STARLAB SHOW
For Ages 5 & Up LIMITED SEATING	11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:30pm

 

Tales of the Maya Skies is a bilingual (English/Spanish) 33 minute digital full-dome show that immerses the audience into the Maya astronomy, art and culture through a custom score and visuals. Produced by Chabot Space & Science Center, Tales of the Maya Skies inspires and educates through its description of the Maya’s accurate astronomical achievements and how astronomy connected them to the Universe. This dynamic digital full-dome show, narrated by Grammy award winner and Oscar nominee Lila Downs, will hold its world premiere in Mexico City in October and its U.S. premiere on November 12, 2009, with a public opening on November 21, 2009 at Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, California.

T H E G E E K T O U R

While in Silicon Valley you can’t miss the zeppelin that just celebrated 1 year of flying Bay Area, so here are more details on the tours offered:

W H A T : Airship Ventures :
Zeppelin Tours of San Francisco Bay, Moffett Field, and the Monterey Coast
W H E N : Calendar
W H E R E : Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Monterey, Los Angeles:

• Current Position
• Taste of Zeppelin
• Geek Tour
• More Tours
• This Holiday Season…
• Anniversary Fare Promotion: Buy One, Get Another for Half Price

M O R E : KRON4 Takes the Geek Tour

• NASA scientists use zeppelin to study Bay Area environmental conditions
• Moffett Field Museum
• NASA Ames Exploration Center