California Travel Tips
See Science at California Festivals
Published on: July 28, 2017
Look up at the sky at night. What a glorious sight! And, on August 21, 2017, 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. PDT sky-gazers in North America can look up and see one of the most stellar celestial events visible from Earth: a total eclipse of the sun! California’s own Jet Propulsion Lab (jpl.nasa.gov) offers tips about viewing, including the warning not to look at the sun directly. There’s science behind the event and enjoyment of it so you don’t ruin your eyes and vision. Festivals allow us to see science with whole new eyes as we explore everything from space and the sky to electricity and dinosaurs. As Shakespeare wrote: There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
California Science Festivals
- NOVATO: The Space Station Museum Space Festival August 6, 2017
- LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK: Lassen Dark Sky Festival August 11-13
- DOWNEY: Rocket Fever Festival August 19
- FOLSOM: Folsom Powerhouse Electricity Fair September 9
- LOS ANGELES: Natural History Museum Dino Fest! September 23-24
- RIDGECREST: Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival November 4-5
- SAN FRANCISCO: Bay Area Science Festival October 26-November 11
- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK: Night Sky Festival November 10-12
- SAN DIEGO: Biocom Institute Festival of Science and Engineering March 3-11, 2018
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