Free public events at the 2007 AAAS Annu...( SAN FRANCISCO -- Families with childre...)

SAN FRANCISCO -- Families with children, teachers, early-career scientists and all others with a curious mind are invited to check out the free public events at the AAAS (Triple-A-S) Annual Meeting, 15-19 February in San Francisco, Calif.

With cutting-edge lectures on topics such as robotics and science-based efforts to create better forms of energy as well as hands-on science activities for children, the AAAS Annual Meeting promises something for people of all ages and interests. A summary of free AAAS events is provided below. Look for further details online at http://www.aaasmeeting.org.

FAMILY SCIENCE DAYS
Saturday Sunday, 17-18 February, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hilton San Francisco, Ballroom Level, Yosemite
(See http://www.aaasmeeting.org)→ Program and Events → Family Science Days)

AAAS is partnering with Bay Area museums, universities and others to host Family Science Days, a free event with hands-on activities and stage shows for children and families. The program features Adam and Jamie from the popular television show Mythbusters (Discovery Channel); Billinda the Robot Dog; how to make robots at home; authors of science books for children; and demonstrations such as how vegetable oil used to make French fries can be transformed into biodiesel fuel.

PLENARY LECTURES
Thursday Sunday, 15-18 February, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, 19 February, 8:00 a.m.
Hilton Fan Francisco, Ballroom Level
Continental Ballroom 4-6
(See http://www.aaasmeeting.org → Program and Events → Full Program → Browse )

AAAS President John P. Holdren, Ph.D., President's Address, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Holdren, director, The Woods Hole Research Center and Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Univer
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Contact: Earl Lane
elane@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
12-Feb-2007