Our Mission: To Inspire Enthusiasm for Science
and a Love of Learning
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Challenge Grant
 YSI has received a $125,000 Challenge Grant that will match every gift to YSI dollar for dollar.
DONATE today and DOUBLE your gift. *Click here for more information on the Challenge Grant.
 Thanks to the Cheeseman's Ecology Safaris for the donation of the Whale Watching Trip tickets.
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Science Education Programs
School Program Registration is Open for 2010-11 School Year
YSI hosts a wide variety of fun, Educational Programs for all grade levels.
Sign up your kids or students for any of our many engaging activities.
To register, call 408-356-4945 x12
Programs Complement the California State Science Standards
Bring your class or group to YSI's Science and Nature Centers for a hands-on nature based science program.
Can’t come to us? YSI will bring them to you with our At-School Program.
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Quick Links on YSI Home Page
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2010 Science of Golf Tournament
Thursday, September 30th
Cinnabar Hills Golf Club
Click here to
Register on-line
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 After School Science Programs at YSI start the week of September 20th!
Vasona Science and Nature Center hosts terrific After School Science Classes for Pre-K through 5th grade students weekly.
We are currently finalizing our schedule.
Check back soon for more information and to register!
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New Partners
We want to recognize these recent donors whose generosity supports our mission of teaching science to children:
Donation of architectural services for the YSI Thrift Store remodel.
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Click here or on above logo for more information.
 Science Safari: Animals of the Redwoods
• Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010
• Time: 10:00am-11:30am
• Location: YSI at Redwood Grove, Los Altos
• Fee: $10/adult; $5/child; $25/family
• FREE if redeeming a Member Pass --
call 408-356-4945 to register or
click here for Membership info
All ages welcome
Click here to register online for Safari.
The animals of the forests are excellent at hiding. Come take a short hike , meet some of the animals, learn about redwoods and the creatures that live there.
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Real Science On the High Seas
Former Summer Science Camp Manager aboard the R/V Point Sur doing oceanographic studies.
Read more . . .
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 Welcome to
Science by Nature!
Science By Nature is a non-profit initiative that provides "one-stop shopping" for science and environmental education programs and resources in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Request YSI School and Group Programs
Click on logo for more information.
Click here to download Brochure
YSI is a proud founding partner of Science by Nature.
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Click on link above for YSI Thrift & Gift Store page.
3151 Alum Rock Avenue
San Jose, California 95127
408-272-1301
Normal store hours:
Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Donations Needed!
Please bring your donations to the back door and ring the bell for assistants.
Donations can be made at any time during normal business hours.
Remember dumping is illegal!
If you are interested in VOLUNTEERING at the Thrift Store, please call 408-272-1301.
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Click on logo above for copy of
Alum Rock News & Views, featuring the
YSI Thrift and Gift Store.
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Click on link above for ARVBA website.
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Partners
We want to recognize these recent donors whose generosity made the Science of Wine a very successful event to support our mission of teaching science to children:
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Volunteers Needed!
Click on links below for more information.
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
California standardized science tests - click here to download.
Questions start on page 11.
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I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.
- Carl Sagan
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Our future depends on boosting interest in science
 By Anne Hardy - Special to the Mercury News
May 19, 2010
There is no shortage of raw talent out there. But Silicon Valley is not a typical community, and broader statistics suggest we may be headed for trouble. International patent filings from the United States declined by 11 percent last year, while China's increased nearly 30 percent . . .
Fewer college students in the developed world are opting to study science and engineering at an advanced level. And the clearest explanation is that fewer grade school students are given enough reason to take an interest in science from an early age. Read more . . .
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"I wanted to know how everything worked. It is a form of power to know how everything fits together," he said.
George Smoot III, Astrophysicist, Nobel Prize recipient, and winner of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"
Smoot said that he wants students today to have the same opportunities for a good education that he had, but too many U.S. science and math teachers do not have the experience or training needed to prepare the next generation of scientists. Read more . . .
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8/26/10 7:44 AM
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