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SCIENCE
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
• The B.F.I./Allied Waste Recyclery – 1601 Dixon Landing Rd. (off I-880), Milpitas; 408-432-1234; www.disposal.com. Public education center with interactive electronic displays.
• The Computer History Museum – 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View; 650-810-1010; www.computerhistory.org. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 1-4pm, and Saturday, 11am-5pm. More than 600 artifacts from the early days of computing. Free.
• De Anza Planetarium– De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino; 408-864-8814; www.planetarium.deanza.edu. Newly renovated facility features family astronomy shows.
• Foothill Observatory – Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills; 650-949-7334; www.foothill.fhda.edu/ast/fhobs.htm. Open on clear Friday nights, 9-11pm. Solar viewing on Saturdays, 10am-noon. View the wonders of the universe through a new 16-inch computerized telescope. Free admission.
• Intel Museum – 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara; 408-765-0503; www.intel.com/museum. Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm and Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free admission. More than 30 hands-on exhibits that explore how computer chips are developed and manufactured, and how they change the way we work, play, learn and communicate.
• NASA-Ames Exploration Center – Moffett Field (off Hwy. 101); 650-604-6274; www.arc.nasa.gov. Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm and weekends, noon-4pm. Interactive displays and exhibits focused on Mars, the Exploration Rover mission and Ames’ scientific and engineering roles in Mars missions both past and present. Free.
• San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) – 408-559-1221; www.sjaa.net. This group conducts regular sky-viewing sessions. Call or visit site for information and calendar of events.
• The Tech Museum of Innovation – 201 S. Market St., San Jose; 408-294-TECH (8324); www.thetech.org. Open daily, 9am-9pm, including New Year’s Day. Four major theme galleries with hands-on and interactive exhibits.
• UCO/Lick Observatory – Take Alum Rock east to 7299 Mount Hamilton Rd., San Jose; 408-274-5061; www.ucolick.org. Monday-Friday, 12:30-5pm and Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm. Enjoy a brief guided tour, view through telescopes and enjoy a summer concert series. Free.
• Youth Science Institute – www.ysi-ca.org. Natural science museum serving Santa Clara County with three sites: Alum Rock Park, 16260 Penitencia Rd., San Jose, 408-258-4322; Sanborn Park, 16055 Sanborn Rd., Saratoga, 408-867-6940; and Vasona Park, 296 Garden Hill Dr., Los Gatos, 408-356-4945. .
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
• Agricultural History Project Museum – 2601 E. Lake Ave., Watsonville; 831-724-5898; www.aghistoryproject.org. Thursday-Sunday, noon-4pm. Exhibits on the history of agriculture of the Central Coast, from the Ohlones to today. Free.
• Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History – 1305 E. Cliff Dr., Santa Cruz; 831-420-6115; www.santacruzmuseums.org. Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm. Explore a living beehive, excavate fossils and dip your hands into a tidepool full of living animals.
• Seymour Marine Discovery Center – Long Marine Lab, end of Delaware Ave., Santa Cruz; 831-459-3800; http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and Sunday, noon-5pm. Working marine laboratory that features exhibit halls, an aquarium and touch tanks.
MONTEREY COUNTY
• Fremont Peak State Park Observatory – Off Hwy. 156 (11 miles south of San Juan Bautista) on San Juan Canyon Rd.; 831-623-2465; www.parks.ca.gov. Programs on moonless Saturday evenings, 8pm (Apr.-Oct.). Astronomical observatory has a 30-inch telescope that is open for public programs on select evenings.
• Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary – Ridge Rd., Pacific Grove; 831-648-5716; www.pgmuseum.org. Each winter, thousands of monarch butterflies cluster together on the pines and eucalyptus of the sanctuary and stay from October to February until they join the spring Monarch migration. Free.
• Monterey Bay Whale Watch – 84 Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey; 831-375-4658; www.montereybaywhalewatch.com. Year-round whale watching trips to view the diversity and abundance of dolphins and whales that inhabit the Bay.
• Monterey Whale Watching – 96 Old Fisherman’s Wharf No. 1, Monterey; 831-372-2203; www.montereywhalewatching.com. Two-and-a-half to three-hour whale watching tours year-round narrated by marine biologists/naturalists.
• Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History – 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove; 831-648-5716; www.pgmuseum.org. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Natural history of Monterey County through permanent and special temporary exhibits.
• Point Pinos Lighthouse – Asilomar and Lighthouse Aves., Pacific Grove; 831-648-5716, ext. 13; www.pgmuseum.org. Thursday-Monday, 1-4pm (daily, 11:30am-5pm during the summer). The oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast. Free.
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