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First Fridays Climate Series: Atmospheric Extremes
June 2, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Friday, June 2
6-10 pm
All ages, family friendly. Adults $15, Kids/Seniors $10 and Members $5.
Evidence for the extreme weather conditions we are experiencing in North America is becoming more frequent and highlighting the real effects of climate change. Throughout the Bay Area and California, we have experienced extreme heat, atmospheric rivers, sea level rise, low water reservoirs, massive lighting strikes, high winds, severe air conditions due to wildfires, depleted mountain snowpacks and other conditions that have impacted people, animals, land, waterways and agriculture. Join us for a night of ideas and solutions as we explore our changing climate.
Mobile Climate Science Lab
6pm – 9pm, Classroom 2
Join educator Jim Callahan for hands-on climate activities for all ages.
Cloud in a Jar and PH of Dry Ice
With Galaxy Explorers
6pm – 9pm, Mezzanine
Ph of Dry Ice: Watch the pH and color of water change as dry ice sublimates and dissolves. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves into our oceans just like the solid carbon dioxide that makes up dry ice. How does the pH of our oceans change because of this extra CO2?
Cloud in a Jar: What are clouds made of and how do they form? Learn about nucleation, an important process in cloud formation, and the ingredients necessary to make a cloud!
Mutual Air
6pm – 10pm, Observatory
What’s that sound? An Oakland-wide Art Installation to make visible the ubiquitous yet invisible public commons: the air. Mutual Air is a network of bells that reflect the composition of our air. Thirty chimes work together in Oakland, and across the Bay, to provide a detailed picture of real-time pollutant concentrations; Mutual Air is a series of sensor-activated chimes that sonify carbon fluctuations.
Mutual Air is a project by Rosten Woo and the Exploratorium with key partnerships and cooperation from the Oakland Museum of California, Chabot Space and Science Center, City of Oakland Public Art Program and Cultural Affairs Division, and the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project.
Climate Music Project – Short Film
6:30pm, Theatre
Live Science Show: Beat the Heat
With Chabot Educator Erin Yellin
6:30pm, Lab 1
Who wants to be a climate activist? Come on down and get creative as a contestant on Beat the Heat, the climate solutions gameshow! As contestants compete through questions and challenges, test your own knowledge of northern California climate change and local opportunities to be a part of the solutions!
Nature Hikes
With Chabot Educator Eric Havel
7pm, 8pm, Rotunda
Join us for a short walk through the redwoods and have a climate focused conservation with Chabot Educator Eric Havel.
Galaxy Explorer Astro Team Presentations
7pm, Studio 3
Planet Weather with Olivia Woo, Ananya Balakrishnan, and Chris Seo.
What’s the weather like on different planets? Is it safe for humans to live?
Tales from the Periodic Table: Lithium
With Ron Hipschman
7:30pm, Lab 1
Tales From the Periodic Table explores the history, discovery, properties, and applications of elements in the periodic table of the elements. Host Ron Hipschman has explored almost 70 elements and hopes to finish the periodic table, which currently extends to element 118. This month he will explore the element Lithium.
Telescope Makers Workshop
With Eastbay Astronomical Society
7:30pm, Lab 2
Open to all ages, the Telescope Makers’ Workshop is an all-volunteer group committed to helping people build their own telescopes. Drop in to see what they are up to.
The Eastbay Astronomical Society serves Bay Area residents and astronomy enthusiasts with events, classes, and Oakland’s premier views of the universe.
Science Communication Lab – Short Film
8pm, Theatre
Did humans domesticate plants, or did they domesticate us? Archaeologists at Çatalhöyük, a 9,000-year-old site in Turkey, offer lessons on how agriculture and other major innovations can yield unexpected long-term consequences for human society and the world around us.
The Science Communication Lab is an innovative non-profit organization dedicated to using multimedia storytelling to engage the public, including educational and scientific communities, in the journey and wonder of science.
Cidney Hue is an award-winning writer-director with a focus on building inclusive futures through science films. She leads Audience Development and Marketing at the Science Communication Lab.
Space in Your Face – Extreme Climates of the Solar System
With Julia De Marines
8:30pm, Studio 3
Climate change will continue to create more extreme weather on Earth. Even so, we don’t have it too bad compared to other worlds in our solar system. Join Julia DeMarines on a planetary tour from the ‘too cool for school’ to the ‘too hot to handle’ climates.
Beatles Lazer Show
9pm, Theatre
Enjoy some of the Beatles’ greatest hits, set to an exciting Lazer light show!
