Israel Space Week - Free Events!

Israel Space Week is going on now! From Jan 28 - Feb 6, 2018, the Israel Space Agency has lots of free events scheduled, but they didn't post them on their English language website.

So here's the rundown of what is going on:
(My apologies if an event or two was left off this list, and my apologies if any events that require advance registration are already closed.)

Jan 28 - Feb 1 (multi-day - choose a day to go!)

Israel Space Academy 2018 
for ages 7-14, and their families
16:00 - 20:30
"Eretz Israel" Museum, Ramat Aviv, 03-5114070
Advance Registration Required

Jan 28-30 (multi day event)

The 13th International Space Conference in Memory of Ilan Ramon
Advance Registration Required.
In English
Jan 28 is an introductory workshop offsite
The conference (Jan 29-30) will take place at Tel Aviv Univ.

Jan 28:

Looking Upwards - in Arabic
For the whole family
FREE
18:30 -22:00
Taibe
For more information, call 09-7996672

"An Out-of-this-World Evening" 
program for all, in Hebrew
16:00-22:00
The Meyerhoff Youth Science Center, Hebrew U. Givat Ram Campus
Free, no registration required

Jan 28-29

"Looking Upwards"
 program for the whole family 
IN ARABIC
17:00 - 22:00  on Jan 28
18:00 - 21:00 on Jan 29
AlkaSami College, Baka-al-Garbiyye
Free. 

Jan 29

"Science Between the Stars"
Davidson Institute, Rechovot
4pm-10pm

Lectures for the Charedi Community
for women and girls only 4-6pm
for men and boys only 7-9pm
in Jerusalem at the Minhal Kehilati Eshkolot
Magen HaElef 3, Jerusalem

Jan 30

"Journey to Another Planet"
for all
17:00 - 21:00
You-niversity, in Nahariya
(Zemenhoff 10)

"Journey to the Stars"
Family-friendly
16:00 -22:00
Blumfield Science Museum, Jerusalem

Free and open to the public

"Looking Upwards"
program for the whole family
19:00 - 22:00
Mitzpe Givatayim

Free. For more info: 03-5731152

In the Neighborhood of Our Solar System
Technoda, Hadera
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Ages 10+
Free

Jan 31

"Journey Between the Stars"
ages 4-14 yrs, and their parents
16:30 - 22:00
MadaTech in Haifa
Free and Open to the Public

The 7th Annual Ramon Conference for Space Education
For Educators
Advance Registration Required
2:30-7:30pm
Bar Ilan University

Workshops at Planetanya
ages 11+
18:30 - 22:00
Netanya. For more information and to register: 09-7485760
Registration Required

"Looking Upwards" - A Journey through the Heavens
Family-friendly
16:00 - 20:00

Ilan Ramon Youth Physics Center, Ben Gurion University

Annual Event Honoring Col. Ilan Ramon and the STS-107 Crew and Assaf Ramon

12:45pm

W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall, BGU Marcus Family Campus, Beer-Sheva

Following the conference, the public is invited to the Ilan Ramon Youth Physics Center

for further activities and telescopic observations, starting at 4:00 p.m.

Feb 1

Online Lecture for Students:
"How to Survive an Alien Attack"
12:30-1:15pm
More info from the Ministry of Education

"Who wants to go to Space?"
for ages 7+ 
17:00 - 22:00
Park Carasso
Be'er Sheva

Looking Upwards
The Ilan Ramon Druze Space Center
For the whole family
19:00 -22:00
Yarka

04-956-6220

To be [Space Explorers] - or not to Be
Ort Braude College in Carmiel
Snunit 51
Ages 7-14
17:00 - 22:00 

Free and Open to the Public

Online Lecture 
The Journey to Mars
12:30 - 13:15
In Arabic, for students in grades 9-12

Advance Registration Required

Online Lecture
Evolution of the universe and Star Formation
11:00 -11:45am
In Hebrew, for students in grades 4-6

Advance Registration Required


Happy Space Learning! Enjoy!

Scientists' Night 2017

Love Science? Want your kids to love Science?
Check out Scientists' Night 2017!

Every year, Science Museums and other organizations around the country host FREE science events for the public on Scientists' Night!

This year, the events will take place on September 19th, and will be about The Future of Humanity in 2050

Events will take place at 13 locations this year:

Haifa University, 5-10pm in several locations on campus. Details here

Tel Aviv University, 5-10pm. Enter thru Gate 7. Details here

Bar Ilan University, 5-10pm in several locations on campus. Details here

IDC Herzliya, 4:30-10pm. At least one event is in Engish. Events are in several locations on campus. Details here

Oranim College, 4-9pm in several locations on campus. Details here

Bloomfield Science Museum, 4-10pm, Details here

Weizmann Institute, 5-10pm. Details here

MadaTech, 5-10pm. Details here

SCE College of Engineering in Ashdod, 5-10pm. Details here

Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus. 4-10:15pm. Details here

Migal - Galilee Research Institute, 5-10pm. Details here

Eilat Oceanographic & Limnological Research Institute, 5:30-9pm. Details here

Al-Qasami College, 5-10pm. Some lectures in English (most are in Arabic). Details here

SCE College of Engineering in Be'er Sheva, 5-10pm. Details here

The Open University, Raanana, 4-10pm. Details here

Take advantage of these once-a-year events! Let me know where you end up going!

Israel Space Week - Free Events

Israel Space Week is Jan 29 - Feb 2, 2017 -- and the Israel Space Agency has lots of free events scheduled, but they didn't post them on their English language website.

So here's the rundown of what is going on:
(My apologies if an event or two was left off this list, the Space Week website may have been updated since I posted this)

Jan 29 - Feb 2 (multi-day)

Mars Mission 
16:00 - 21:00
"Eretz Israel" Museum, Ramat Aviv, 03-5114070
Advance Registration Required

Jan 29:

By Invitation Only: Final Round in the Space Research Competition
(10:30 - 15:30, Jerusalem Location)

Annual Event Honoring Col. Ilan Ramon and the STS-107 Crew and Assaf Ramon

Sunday, January 29, 2017, at 3:45 p.m.

W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall, BGU Marcus Family Campus, Beer-Sheva

Following the conference, the public is invited to the Ilan Ramon Youth Physics Center

for further activities and telescopic observations, starting at 5:00 p.m.

"Looking Upwards" - A Journey through the Heavens
(program for all, in Hebrew)
17:00 - 20:00
Ilan Ramon Youth Physics Center, Ben Gurion University


"Touch the Heavens" - program for 4-17 year olds IN ARABIC
17:00 - 22:00 (Explanations in Hebrew will be available from 21:00 -22:00)
AlkaSami College, Baka-al-Garbiyye
Free. Advance Registration required.

"An Out-of-this-World Evening" (program for all, in Hebrew)
16:30-22:00
The Meyerhoff Youth Science Center, Hebrew U. Givat Ram Campus
Free, no registration required

Jan 30:

"Looking Upwards"
program for all (probably in Arabic)
19:00 -22:00
AlkaSami College, Baka-al-Garbiyye
Free.

"Journey to the Stars"
ages 7-14 yrs
16:00 -22:00
Blumfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
Free and open to the public

"Journey to Another Planet"
for all
17:00 - 21:00
You-niversity, in Nahariya
(Zemenhoff 10)

Jan 31:

"Stars in Your Eyes"
for ages 4-14 
17:00 - 22:00
Park Carasso
Be'er Sheva

"Looking Upwards"
program for the whole family
19:00 - 22:00
Mitzpe Givatayim
Free. For more info: 03-5731152

"Super Activities from Space"
ages 7-14 yrs
16:30-22:00
Clore Garden of Science, Weizmann Institute
Free and open to the public

Online Lecture for Teachers only: Space Apps.
20:30 - 21:15
Advance Registration and Preparation REQUIRED

Feb 1:

"Journey Between the Stars"
ages 4-14 yrs, and their parents
16:30 - 22:00
MadaTech in Haifa
Free and Open to the Public

Workshops at Planetanya
ages 5+
16:30 - 21:30
Netanya. For more information and to register: 09-7485760
Registration Required

Looking Upwards - in Arabic
For the whole family
19:00 -22:00
Taibe
For more information, call 09-7996672

Feb 2: 
Space - or not to Be
Ort Braude College in Carmiel
Snunit 51
Ages 7-14
17:00 - 22:00 
Free and Open to the Public

Looking Upwards -  The Ilan Ramon Druze Space Center
For the whole family
19:00 -22:00
Yarka
04-956-6220

Online Lecture about Satellite Technology
11:30
In Arabic, for students in grades 9-12
Advance Registration Required

Online Lecture: Venus Mission
10:15
In Hebrew, for students in grades 9-12
Advance Registration Required

Lectures for the Charedi Community - for men and boys only, for women and girls only, will be held in Jerusalem at the Romema Matnas
For more information call 02-530-2727