Category Archives: Research and Science

Hiller Aviation Museum

Hiller Aviation Museum

The Hiller Aviation Institute, a non-profit organization, brings together historical, educational and technological resources to create programs which increase public understanding of science and aviation and inspire new opportunities. The Hiller Aviation Institute is dedicated to the dreams of flight …
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Girls Scouts of Santa Clara County

Girls Scouts of Santa Clara County

Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. is the largest voluntary organization of girls in the world. In our council, the Girl Scouts of Northern California over 47,000 girls and 32,000 adults take part in Girl Scout programs each year. We tailor …
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The Tech Interactive

The Tech Museum of Innovation

The Tech Interactive is a family-friendly science and technology center in the heart of downtown San Jose. Our hands-on activities, experimental labs and design challenge experiences empower people to innovate with creativity, curiosity and compassion. We believe that everyone is …
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Rosetta Project

Rosetta Project

The Rosetta Project is The Long Now Foundation’s first exploration into very long-term archiving. It serves as a means to focus attention on the problem of digital obsolescence, and ways we might address that problem through creative archival storage methods. …
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Research Services and Volunteer Program

Research Services and Volunteer Program

Join the RSVP and YOU can be a volunteer research participant in exciting On-Site Studies taking place on campuses in the Berkeley-San Francisco bay area. In addition, you can take part in On-Line Studies being conducted by researchers from around …
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Family Resource Library

Family Resource Library

Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford 725 Welch Road Palo Alto, California 94304 (415) 497-8102 What is the Family Resource Library? The Family Resource Library is dedicated to helping patients and families become active participants in their own health …
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The Exploratorium

The Exploratorium

The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception located in San Francisco, California. We believe that following your curiosity and asking questions can lead to amazing moments of discovery, learning, and awareness, and can increase confidence in …
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Environmental Volunteers

  The mission of the Environmental Volunteers is to promote the understanding of and responsibility for the environment through hands-on science education. We do this through programs that take place in classrooms, on field trips and at our EcoCenter in …
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Oakland Museum of California

Oakland Museum of California

The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) brings together collections of art, history and natural science under one roof to tell the extraordinary stories of California and its people. OMCA connects collections and programs across disciplines, advancing an integrated, multilayered understanding …
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Nursing Home Monitors

Nursing Home Monitors

Nursing Home Monitors was formed in 1995 by family members of nursing home residents who witnessed, first hand, the pervasive substandard care and dangerous conditions in the nation’s nursing homes. The group set out to find the causes for the …
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