Students in an October 2011 file image react during a science experiment in first grade class at Alexander Science Center School in Los Angeles, learning about three states of matter: gas, liquid, and solid. New education guidelines in the state call for an increase in hands-on learning opportunities. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Thursday 2/23
Code From Scratch: Build a To-Do App
Learn coding and how to build an app for beginners. Prior knowledge about the subject is not required.
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Free
6060 Center Drive #950
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Friday 2/24
Monthly Marketing Morning: 23 (mostly) Inexpensive Ways to Market Your Business
Learn different ways to manage one’s own small business in a workshop led by Hank and Sharon Yuloff for free.
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free
Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce
40 W. Cochran St. Suite #100
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Saturday 2/25
Operation Resilient Trees- Data Collection
Join the Earthwatch Institute and help measure trees for the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center. Be sure to bring water, sunscreen and comfortable attire.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center
2551 Motor Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Sunday 2/26
Formation of tektites in thermal plumes: no craters required
A lecture by John Wasson, Emeritus professor of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry will speak about tektites and the way they are formed.
2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Free
UCLA Meteorite Gallery
595 Charles Young Drive East
Geology Room 3697
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Monday 2/27
The Science behind Pixar Exhibition
Visit the California Science Center temporary exhibit to learn about how STEM is used to make Pixar animations from now until April 17.
$14.95
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Tuesday 2/28
Black History Month: CSUN Faculty Showcase and Reception
CSUN feature five guests who will discuss their work on the theme “What is Black.” The faculty featured on the event will be: Marquita Gammage, Rachel Giraudo, Peri Klemm, Linda Alvarez and Yarma Velazquez-Vargas.
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Free
Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room Oviatt Library
18111 Nordhoff S.
Northridge, CA 91330