Passport to Science
Explore the world of science with your Passport to Science at Cal! Pick up a passport booklet our table on the south lawn of the Valley Life Sciences Building, or at any activity location listed below, and begin your journey! At each of your destinations, get a fun stamp or sticker in your passport to show where your travels have taken you. Recommended for ages 6 to 12. Also be sure to check out the many other events for kids around campus on the Cal Day website!
- Ask a Linguist!
- Ask a Materials Scientist!
- Astronomy Demonstrations and Hands-On Activities
- Bones and Their Stories
- Cal’s Microgarden
- Cave and Rock Art Painting
- CNR and the National Parks: Point Reyes Seashore and Park Ranger
- Chemistry for Kids!
- Design Quest
- Dig Like An Archaeologist!
- Earthquakes!
- EECS Mechatronics
- Entomology Club Brings Out the Bugs!
- Explore the World Through Statistics and Probability
- Hands-on Physics
- Ice Nucleation Magic Show and Free Snow Cones
- Insects and Spiders from around the World
- Interactive Demo: Bioengineering Technology
- Kids, Build a Box City!
- LEaD Lights
- Live Kelp Forest Organisms With Touch Tank
- Materials Discovery
- Robot Learning Lab: Meet a Robot that Folds Laundry, High-Fives, and Hugs!
- Virtual Reality Tank Driving
- Math Games and Prizes for Kids of All Ages
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Open House
- Natural History Up Close!
- Nuclear Engineering Open House
- Origami, Lasers and Other Fun Math Games
- Paleoethnobotany: Ancient Plants and the People Who Used Them
- PiE Robotics Demonstration
- Play With Clay
- Putting the Pieces Back Together: Ceramic Reconstruction
- Rock Art Recording
- Science Bonanza!
- Shake it to the Core!
- Succulent Sounds – Interactive Electronics
- Super FUN: Science for a Safer World
- T. rex and Friends
- The Amazing Cave Art Site of Chauvet in France
- The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation: Exploring Hands-On Design
- UC Botanical Garden: Plants of the World and Garden Animals
- UC Natural Reserve System
- University & Jepson Herbaria Open House
- Virtual Reality Demos with VR@Berkeley
- Weaving, Spinning and Basketry
- Yeast Farts and Microscopes