Every year from mid-June to mid-August the Garden's Education Program offers Green Stuff, a fun hands-on science day camp for children ages 5 to 10. Examples of activities campers might do include:
Caltopia is recognized as the largest College Lifestyle Festival in the nation. Held at the award winning Recreational Sports complex, the two-day festival attracts over 35,000 students, campus and community supporters from across the Bay Area.
Free Admission to the event has helped make Caltopia an annual rite of passage for students on the UC Berkeley campus.
Explore the lore of the stars and other treasures of the sky at the Lawrence Hall of Science planetarium. Learn to identify the most prominent constellations of the season in the planetarium sky with a simple star map. Keep your map to help you find the constellations in the real nighttime sky.
Recommended for ages 8 and up. $4
Tickets are sold at the Front Information Desk on a first-come, first-served basis. Everyone must have their own ticket. Planetarium Passes must be exchanged at the Front Information Desk for tickets.
Scream Machines is a head-spinning, stomach-churning exhibition for thrill-seekers of all ages. Interactive exhibits, artifacts, and images invite visitors to explore the physics of roller coasters and the physiology and psychology of thrill-seeking.
Tickets required: $12 Adults, $9.00 Students, Seniors, Disabled, $6.00 Children 3-6, Free Children 3 and Under
This exhibit is included with admission to the Lawrence Hall of Science.
Exhibit - Artifacts | October 3, 2009 – September 30, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Hearst Museum of Anthropology
(No event on these dates: March 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 2010)
