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Geometry Scavenger Hunt What geometric shapes can you find on the playground? VIEW IT

Tiny Pants Photo Challenge Using a simple trick of perspective, you can dress your friends in tiny cutout clothing. VIEW IT

Playground Patterns of Cracks Are some angles more common than others? VIEW IT

Walk a Math Trail VIDEO Get outside and explore geometry (and other math) all around you. WATCH IT

Walking Polygons Investigate the interior angles of polygons with your feet. VIEW IT

Making a Sun Clock HANDS-ON Before there were clocks, people used shadows to tell time! MAKE IT

Kosher Dill Current HANDS-ON High energy prices got you down? Discover how pickles can ease your troubles. MAKE IT

Yeast-Air Balloons HANDS-ON How can a microscopic organism lift several pounds of dough? Find out with this activity.  MAKE IT

The Secret Lives of Flowers INTERACTIVE Take a peek at the colorful world of plant sex. TRY IT

Tired Weight HANDS-ON Calculate the weight of a car using just a ruler and a tire pressure gauge. MAKE IT

Salt Volcano HANDS-ON Make your own miniature "Lava Lite." MAKE IT

An Afternoon with Peter Whitehead VIDEO PETER WHITEHEAD is an instrument builder, performer, and composer. WATCH IT

Ice Balloons HANDS-ON What can you do with a frozen water balloon? Plenty! MAKE IT

Mathematics of Doubling HANDS-ON It’s easy to fold a sheet of paper in half. But can you fold a sheet of paper in half ten times? MAKE IT

Hand-Held Heat Engine HANDS-ON Boil liquid with just the heat of your hand. MAKE IT

Stripped-Down Motor HANDS-ON Build a stripped-down motor, a simple, easy-to-make version of the electric motors found in toys, tools, and appliances. MAKE IT

Lightning in Your Mouth HANDS-ON Why do wintergreen LifeSavers® spark in the dark? MAKE IT

Take It From the Top HANDS-ON Make a stack of blocks seem to defy gravity. MAKE IT

Mind Reader HANDS-ON Do a card trick that's guaranteed to make you look like a mind reader. MAKE IT

Water Sphere Lens HANDS-ON Make a lens and a magnifying glass by filling a bowl with water. MAKE IT

Pringles® Pinhole HANDS-ON Recycle a potato chip can into a simple camera. MAKE IT

A Space for the Blues VIDEO Music is more than meets the ears directly. Just as no sound exists in a vacuum, every space sculpts the sound within it. WATCH IT

Everybody Gets Lunch VIDEO Sit down for compost tea with a visionary cultivator. WATCH IT

Why does my singing sound so great in the shower? ARTICLE Everyone seems to love the sound of their own voice in the shower. That's because a simple shower stall produces some complex sound-altering effects. READ IT

Proprioception HANDS-ON Wiggle where you're at. MAKE IT

Cookie Subduction HANDS-ON Get a taste of how the earth's plates move. MAKE IT

Take the Beat Back INTERACTIVE Uncover the everyday origins of some extraordinary instruments. TRY IT

The Great American Pastime: BBQ VIDEO See video tips from a grilling guru on how to serve up the best barbeque. WATCH IT

Cultivating Competiton VIDEO An inside look at the striving communities of competetive orchid and pumpkin growers. WATCH IT

Take Me Out to the Besuboru Game ARTICLE Why is baseball so popular in Japan? READ IT

Getting the Feel of your Hand HANDS-ON This series of activities explores those handiest of appendages, your hands. MAKE IT

Experimenting with Naked Eggs HANDS-ON Use your naked egg to experiment with osmosis, the movement of water across a membrane. MAKE IT

Fermentation and Food ARTICLE The common ground between pickles, cheese, bread, wine, and many other foods. READ IT

Hands Up! ARTICLE A rock-climbing physicist explores the mechanics of his hands. READ IT

Any Little Patch of Dirt VIDEO A trash-filled median blossoms into a community oasis. WATCH IT

Pictures from Light HANDS-ON With a lens, you can bend light to make pictures of the world. MAKE IT

Find the Fat HANDS-ON Just how much fat is in ground beef? You may be surprised. MAKE IT

Seismic Slinky HANDS-ON What goes on under the ground during an earthquake? Use a Slinky to model the various seismic waves that make the earth tremble. MAKE IT

Marshmallow Puff Tube HANDS-ON How far can you blow a marshmallow? MAKE IT

Pinhole Magnifier HANDS-ON Who needs expensive optical equipment? MAKE IT

Making Waves: How Wind Whips Up the Perfect Swell ARTICLE Want to understand how to predict when the good waves are coming to your shore? It helps to start with the basics behind the formation of ocean waves. READ IT

Putting Something on the Ball ARTICLE When you pick up a baseball, it immediately suggests its purpose: to be thrown fast and with considerable accuracy. READ IT

Biological Baseball ARTICLE Baseball pushes the limits of human biology. READ IT

Earworms ARTICLE Why do some songs get stuck in your head? READ IT

Make a Salt Sculpture HANDS-ON Grow your own stalagmites in luscious colors. MAKE IT

Momentum Machine HANDS-ON How ice skaters, divers, and gymnasts get themselves spinning and twisting faster. MAKE IT

Monster Mallows HANDS-ON Grow marshmallows to monstrous proportions! MAKE IT

New Trees from Old: A Whip Graft for Apple Trees HANDS-ON This is an easy grafting project for beginners. MAKE IT

Artisan Cheese and Cheesy Facts ARTICLE Have you ever wondered what makes blue cheese blue, or why some cheeses are hard and others soft? READ IT

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut AUDIO Listen to the story of Ladle Rat Rotten Hut. HEAR IT

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Science in the City The Exploratorium is "taking it outside" to explore natural and human-made phenomena in and around San Francisco. Look for new episodes twice each month.

Geometry Playground Geometry Playground will change the way you think about geometry. This exhibition engages your hands, brain, and body in playful investigations of this most visible branch of math.

Science Explorer Get messy with ExploraGoo and Outrageous Ooze! Get airborne with the Fabulous Foam Flyer! Get loud with the Water Gong or Straw Oboe!

Science of Music Explore the science of music with us, through these online exhibits, movies, and questions.

Brain Explorer Explore the unknown world inside your brain with these fun activities.

Science of Cooking Discover how a pinch of curiosity can improve your cooking! Explore recipes, activities, and Webcasts that will enhance your understanding of the science behind food and cooking.

Exploring Paper Learn about origami, make your own paper, and find out the best way to fold a paper airplane.

Exploring Hair Scientific knowledge and a few chemical concoctions can get you through a Bad Hair Day.

Iron Science Teacher Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!

AfterSchool Activities Watch how-to videos for fun after school or at-home activities from the Digital Library.

Science of Hockey The Science of Hockey takes you inside the sport and explains the science behind the world's fastest game. The site contains RealVideo interviews with scientists and NHL players and coaches.

Skateboard Science Find out how this extreme sport is governed by the principles of momentum, gravity, friction, and centripetal force. Learn skateboarding history, technology, and more!

Math Explorer Looking for a way to get middle-schoolers interested in math? The Math Explorer will do just that.

Science of Gardening Dig into the succulent science of making things grow.

Science of Baseball What's the science behind a home run? Why do curveballs curve? Learn about the game from players from the S.F. Giants & Oakland A's.

Exploratopia

Robo-Car Derby Demonstrations of electric Robo-Cars made by 22 Science Summer students.

Learning Studio Blog

Reconsidered Materials Ordinary materials used in extraordinary ways.

Science of Cycling Check out top mountain biker, Ruthie Matthes. Learn about frames and materials from a custom bike maker. Try interactive javascripts that calculate braking distances and energy consumption.