Cal Day, U.C. Berkeley’s annual open house extravaganza is on Saturday, April 21st, 9am-5pm. Every year, the university opens its lecture halls, research labs, museums, sports fields, libraries, galleries and gardens FREE to the public. Students and faculty showcase the many departments and clubs with a wide range of AWESOME kid-friendly activities.

Helpful Tips:

With over 300 unique events scheduled and large crowds, Cal Day can be overwhelming. Advance planning will save your time and sanity and make the day really special. There are so many great options but do not expect to do it all. Think about your child’s interests, attention span and mobility; then check out the Cal Day website to plan your day.
Parking is free for the day at the lots on campus. Metered street parking is enforced and there are privately owned lots near campus.
U.C. Berkeley is a big campus so take advantage of the free transportation. There are free Cable Car Campus Tours (also available in Mandarin and Spanish), Campus Perimeter Buses and Hill Shuttles (to the Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Botanical Garden, Samuel L. Silver Space Sciences Laboratory, and Strawberry Canyon Recreation Area which leaves every 15 minutes from Evans Hall.) They are worth waiting in line for and a fun way to see the area.
Avoid the row of booths as you enter the university through Sather Gate. It is very crowded and geared for incoming and current students.
It can get quite hot so don’t forget the sunscreen and water.
Food trucks will be available on campus and serve delicious food.

On your mark, get set, Go Bears!
Follow the trail of little Bears to discover exciting events for kids and families.

8:00 AM

Cal Café
8:00 am-4:00 pm
Alumni House

9:00 AM

The Beauty and Joy of Binary Numbers
9:00-10:00 am
306 Soda Hall

Artist Books, Pop-Up Books and Coloring!
9:00 am-12:00 pm
210 Wurster Hall

Mega Mammals and their Mega Impact
9:00 am-12:00 pm
1101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Kids, Build a Box City!
9:00 am-2:00 pm
Wurster Hall, 1st floor lobby

Ask the Mathematician
9:00 am-3:00 pm
1015 Evans Hall

Doe Library $1 Book Sale
9:00 am-3:00 pm
303 Doe Library

LEaD Lights
9:00 am-3:00 pm
250 Sutardja Dai Hall

Rocks of the Greater Bay Area and the Stories They Tell
9:00 am-3:00 pm
McCone Hall, entrance & lobby

SuperFUN Research Program
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, south lawn

Portable Planetarium Shows
9:00 am-3:30 pm
131 Campbell Hall

Solar Viewing
9:00 am-3:30 pm
Hearst Mining Circle

T. rex and Friends
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Wallace Atrium, 1st floor Valley Life Sciences Building

AmphibiaWeb: Global Amphibian Conservation, Biology and Diversity
9:00 am-4:00 pm
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building (3rd floor atrium)

Ask a Linguist!
9:00 am-4:00 pm
52 Dwinelle Hall

Blake Garden Open House
9:00 am-4:00 pm
70 Rincon Rd. (Kensington) Blake Garden

Design a Tower
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, south lawn

Fiat Lux: Bright Ideas in Integrative Biology
9:00 am-4:00 pm
3083 Valley Life Sciences Building

Insects and Spiders from Around the World
9:00 am-4:00 pm
3003 Valley Life Sciences Building

McCone Hall Rocks!
9:00 am-4:00 pm
McCone Hall, 1st and 3rd floors

McConeHenge!
9:00 am-4:00 pm
McCone Hall, entrance & lobby

Natural History—Up Close!
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Passport to Science at Cal!
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, south lawn

Science Bonanza!
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, south lawn

Tour Doe and Moffitt Libraries and Gardner Stacks
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Doe Library, north entrance, or Moffitt Library, south entrance

UC Berkeley Library Passport Adventure!
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Doe Library, north entrance, or Moffitt Library, south entrance

UC Botanical Garden—On Campus!
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, south lawn

UC Natural Reserves and Field Stations
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

University & Jepson Herbaria Open House
9:00 am-4:00 pm
1001 Valley Life Sciences Building

Visit Morrison Library
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Doe Library, Morrison Reading Room

Berkeley Arts + Design Tour
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Various locations; begins at Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, 2530 Ridge Road

Open House: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
9:00 am-5:00 pm
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building

UC Botanical Garden: Plants of the World
9:00 am-5:00 pm
UC Botanical Garden (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

9:30 AM

Preparing for College: The Middle School Years
9:30-11:00 am
145 Dwinelle Hall

Nuclear Engineering Open House
9:30 am-3:00 pm
Etcheverry Hall-Soda Hall Breezeway

Bones and their Stories
9:30 am-4:00 pm
101 Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Cave and Rock Art Painting
9:30 am-4:00 pm
101 Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Dig like an Archaeologist!
9:30 am-4:00 pm
101 Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Paleoethnobotany: Ancient Plants and the People Who Used Them
9:30 am-4:00 pm
101 Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Play with Clay
9:30 am-4:00 pm
101 Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Putting the Pieces Back Together: Ceramic Reconstruction
9:30 am-4:00 pm
101 Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

10:00 AM

Deep Look with KQED Science
10:00-11:00 am
2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Fun with Physics
10:00-11:00 am
1 LeConte Hall

UCBUGG Animation Shorts: A Decade of Great Animation and Imagery
10:00-11:30 am
306 Soda Hall

Discover Moffitt Library! Makerspace Demos, Digital Scholarship, and Self-Guided Tours
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Moffitt Library, 4th Floor

EECS Mechatronics
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Cory Hall, 3rd floor

Fun with Fossils
10:00 am-12:00 pm
3007 Valley Life Sciences Building

Shake it to the Core!
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Structures Lab, 2nd floor Davis Hall

CITRIS High-Definition Time-Lapse Project
10:00 am-1:00 pm
345 The Tech Museum Sutardja Dai Hall

GamesCrafters
10:00 am-1:00 pm
341 Soda Hall

Robot Learning Lab: A Robot that High-Fives and Hugs!
10:00 am-1:00 pm
Kvamme Atrium, 3rd floor Sutardja Dai Hall

CITRIS Invention Lab: Makerspace Tours and Demos
10:00 am-2:00 pm
141 Sutardja Dai Hall

Explore the CITRIS Tech Museum
10:00 am-2:00 pm
345 Sutardja Dai Hall, The Tech Museum

Hands-On Ocean Science Fun!
10:00 am-2:00 pm
McCone Hall, entrance & lobby

Hands-On Physics Exhibits
10:00 am-2:00 pm
245 & 248 LeConte Hall

The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation: Designing the Future
10:00 am-2:00 pm
110 and 120 Jacobs Hall

CalSol X Supernode
10:00 am-3:00 pm
246 Cory Hall

HKN Workshop: Fun with Microcontrollers
10:00 am-3:00 pm
140 Cory Hall

Kids Zone Sponsored by ASUC and Alpha Phi Omega
10:00 am-3:00 pm
Lower Sproul Plaza

Live Kelp Forest Organisms with Touch Tank
10:00 am-3:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Mapping off the Plane: Bird's-Eye-View Maps and More
10:00 am-3:00 pm
50 McCone Hall

Mathematics Undergraduate Student Association
10:00 am-3:00 pm
1015 Evans Hall

Physics-Astronomy Library
10:00 am-3:00 pm
351 LeConte Hall

Science Gets Graphic: Cartoons, Comics and Graphic Novels in the Sciences
10:00 am-3:00 pm
100 Evans Hall, Mathematics Statistics Library

Showtime on Sproul Plaza
10:00 am-3:00 pm
Sproul Plaza

Student Organizations in Engineering
10:00 am-3:00 pm
Engineering Student Services Patio, 230 Bechtel Engineering Center

Supernode Tour
10:00 am-3:00 pm
246 Cory Hall

Welcome to Oskiland!
10:00 am-3:00 pm
Memorial Glade

Astronomy Demonstrations and Hands-On Activities
10:00 am-3:30 pm
121 Campbell Hall

"Sustaining Grandeur": The First 100 Years of Save the Redwoods League
10:00 am-4:00 pm
Bancroft Library Gallery

Celebrating Social Justice at the Ethnic Studies Library
10:00 am-4:00 pm
30 Stephens Hall

Earthquake!
10:00 am-4:00 pm
220 McCone Hall

The Ant Lab
10:00 am-4:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Virtual Reality at Kresge Engineering Library
10:00 am-4:00 pm
Kresge Engineering Library, 110 Bechtel Engineering Center

"B" is for Bear Pride
10:00 am-5:00 pm
Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

"Science as Art" Exhibition
10:00 am-5:00 pm
100 Hildebrand Hall

Design Quest
10:00 am-5:00 pm
Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

ICON Satellite Mission
10:00 am-5:00 pm
Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Science on a Sphere® Explorations
10:00 am-5:00 pm
Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

"Face to Face": Looking at Objects That Look at You
10:00 am-6:00 pm
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Exploring 3-D Collections and Immersive Visualization
10:00 am-6:00 pm
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

10:30 AM

University & Jepson Herbaria Tours
10:30-11:00 am
1001 Valley Life Sciences Building

Como Prepararse Para la Universidad
10:30 am-12:00 pm
102 Wheeler Hall

Critter Corner
10:30 am-12:00 pm
Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

11:00 AM

De Rompe y Raja Cultural Association Dance Performance
11:00-11:45 am
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Look Like a Viking: Make Your Own Chainmail!
11:00 am-12:00 pm
126 Dwinelle Annex

Medical Devices: A Hands-On Demo
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Stanley Hall Atrium, 1st floor

Predators and their Prey in Ancient Oceans
11:00 am-12:00 pm
2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Reptile Dissection at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
11:00 am-12:00 pm
3095 Valley Life Sciences Building

Preparing for College: The High School Years
11:00 am-12:30 pm
145 Dwinelle Hall

Data Science Open House
11:00 am-2:00 pm
190 Doe Library

Eco-Origami
11:00 am-2:00 pm
Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Explore the World through Statistics and Probability
11:00 am-2:00 pm
1011 Evans Hall

Beach Volleyball Big Spike Picnic
11:00 am-3:00 pm
Clark Kerr Sand Volleyball Courts

Garden Discovery Stations: Newts and Butterflies
11:00 am-3:00 pm
UC Botanical Garden (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Ingenuity Lab: Artbots
11:00 am-4:00 pm
Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

11:30 AM

Computer Animation: Short-Film Production from Start to Finish
11:30 am-12:00 pm
306 Soda Hall

Berkeley Food Institute
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

Explore Student Organizations in the College of Natural Resources
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

Fun Lab Experiments with Plant and Microbial Biology Faculty
11:30 am-1:30 pm
208 Koshland Hall

Ice Nucleation Magic Show and Free Snow Cones
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

The Bug Doctor and the Entomology Club Bring out the Bugs!
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

The Millet Project: Drought-Tolerant and Gluten-Free Grains
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

The Student Environmental Resource Center
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

Tour the Teaching Kitchen, and Snack with Us!
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

Washed Out in Mo'orea, French Polynesia
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

12:00 PM

Cal Spirit Rally
12:00-1:00 pm
Sproul Plaza, Mario Savio Steps

Make Your Own Heart Baskets
12:00-1:00 pm
126 Dwinelle Annex

Spotlight on the College of Natural Resources
12:00-1:00 pm
Information Marketplace

PiE Robotics Demonstration
12:00-2:00 pm
247 Cory Hall

Ask a Materials Scientist!
12:00-4:00 pm
Hearst Memorial Mining Building, lobby

Explore the Universe
12:00-4:00 pm
Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Materials Discovery
12:00-4:00 pm
Hearst Memorial Mining Building, lobby

12:30 PM

Fun with Physics
12:30-1:30 pm
1 LeConte Hall

The Music Connection: Instrument Petting Zoo
12:30-2:30 pm
128 Morrison Hall

1:00 PM

Financing a College Education
1:00-2:00 pm
145 Dwinelle Hall

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Is the College of Chemistry Right for You?
1:00-2:00 pm
1 Pimentel Hall

Guided Tour of Campus Tree Trail
1:00-2:00 pm
Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

Math Games and Prizes
1:00-2:00 pm
3119 Etcheverry Hall

Spotlight on the College of Natural Resources
1:00-2:00 pm
Information Marketplace

Fun with Fossils
1:00-3:00 pm
3007 Valley Life Sciences Building

Hands-On Exploration in 3-D Bioprinting
1:00-3:00 pm
Stanley Hall Atrium, 1st floor

Mega Mammals and their Mega Impact
1:00-4:00 pm
1101 Valley Life Sciences Building

1:30 PM

The Physics and Materials Science of Skateboarding
1:30-2:00 pm
390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

University & Jepson Herbaria Tours
1:30-2:00 pm
1001 Valley Life Sciences Building

Cellscope Hands-On Demo: Taking Imaging to New Places
1:30-3:00 pm
Stanley Hall Atrium, 1st floor

Make a New Friend in the Animal Discovery Room
1:30-4:00 pm
Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

2:00 PM

The Jigsaw Puzzle of the Earth's Tectonic Plates
2:00-2:30 pm
141 McCone Hall

Nimely Pan African Dance Company Performance
2:00-2:45 pm
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Cal History, Spirit and Traditions
2:00-3:00 pm
102 Wurster Hall

Nuclear Technology Innovation Laboratory Tour
2:00-3:00 pm
3107 Etcheverry Hall

Tour of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library and Chang-Lin Tien Center for East Asian Studies
2:00-3:00 pm
C.V. Starr East Asian Library

2:30 PM

Indigenous Voices and Petroglyph Rock Art at Lava Beds National Monument
2:30-3:15 pm
101 Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Building (next to Boalt Hall)

8:00 PM

Star Wars, Jaws, Harry Potter, E.T. and More: Boston Pops Plays the Music of John Williams
8:00-9:30 pm
Hearst Greek Theatre

Introduce your family to the wide world of Berkeley. Watch dancers move and groove, hear the boom of the Cal band, hug a robot and get some hands-on science experience. Cal Day will light up their minds. No advance registration is required to attend Cal Day – just show up!

Cal Day is on Saturday, April 21st, 9am-5pm, at the University of California at Berkeley and perfect for all ages. Get there early to take advantage to the wonderful kid-friendly opportunities to experience anything from archaeology to zoology. There is really something for everyone on Cal Day.