The Lawrence Hall of Science

The public science center of the University of California, Berkeley.

Archives: Events

Sunstones at The Lawrence
11/08/2024
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

NGSS-Aligned Summative Classroom Assessments of Three-Dimensional Learning

What makes a good assessment? Learn what to look for (or include) in an effective assessment that tracks students’ 3D…

Children playing on the DNA sculpture at the Lawrence
11/09/2024
8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

SC04: Developing a Phenomenon-Driven Climate Change Unit: An Effective Process

Developing phenomenon-driven units is hard. Bay Area Science Project (BASP) leaders have worked with secondary science teachers to address common…

Two children and a staff member are working together during a science activity.
11/08/2024
2:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m.

Explanatory Models to Support Student Understanding of Climate/Earth Systems

In this workshop, participants will construct explanatory models and identify connections between a wide variety of real-world phenomena related to…

Visualization of Dark Matter
10/31/2024
11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Dark Matter Day

Come talk with scientists at Berkeley Lab to hear about their ongoing work to understand and discover this elusive matter.…

A view of the Lawrence Hall of Science from the plaza at dusk. The front door is illuminated in purple.
10/10/2024
5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

Champagne Supernova

Join us for Champagne Supernova, the brightest party in the galaxy, on October 10, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Delight in…

The Lawrence Hall of Science
10/24/2024
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

Amplifying the Personal and the Conditional in Evaluating Racial Equity Change at the Organizational Level

In this roundtable session, we will share what we have learned about understanding, documenting, and measuring transformation and translation in…