Sailing Education Adventures

Ongoing

In the RTC Science Building

Interactive Research Displays:

• Marine Environmental Physiology
• Human Impacts on the Base of the Food Web
• A Closer Look at Phytoplankton
• Ocean Acidification and the Carbon Cycle
• Estuary Food Webs
• Biodiversity and Human Impacts
• Explore SF Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Research Posters

RTC History Display

Northern California Sea Lion Bowl at SF State

Outside

Outside the Science Building

• Science-themed Art Activities with local artist & RTC Advisory Board member Annelies Atchley
• RTC Student Association—snacks, merchandise and 2011 Discovery Day t-shirts to support RTC grad students!
• Guest Exhibitors—Bay Area Science Festival, Golden Gate Cetacean Research
• Food Vendors—Donna’s Tamales and Big Jim’s Barbeque
• Live Music—RTC’s own Romboid Five will play classic rock (and some ocean tunes)

 At the Waterfront

• Currents in San Francisco Bay—learn how our scientists measure and share real-time currents and other data
• Marine Operations—learn how our scientists conduct research on boats in the bay, and practice tying knots
• SF State Ceramics—play and create with clay and learn to throw pots on a wheel
• SF State Geography Department—learn aboutweather, climate and a local mapping project using special tools
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center/Touch Tanks—discover native and invasive species in the bay
• Studying Invasive Species in our Estuary—learn about our scientists’ wetland research
• Tiburon Salmon Institute/Tyee Club—learn about local wild salmon and efforts to restore populations
• Underwater Sounds—listen to sounds recorded in SF Bay and beyond by RTC scientist Dr. Roger Bland