Showing 1 - 23 of 23 Things to Make and Do

Opera singers ARTICLE Opera singers carry notes that seem to last forever. How do they do it? READ IT

Hand Battery HANDS-ON Make a battery with plates made of two different metals and your own two hands. MAKE IT | WATCH THE VIDEO

Self-Portrait Silhouettes Make a photographic image without a camera! VIEW IT

Body Language HANDS-ON Put on a mask and see how we communicate with our bodies as well as with our faces and words. MAKE IT

Look Inside a Tooth PHOTO ESSAY Teeth are the most common fossils found. What can they tell us? VIEW IT

Step Re-Mix INTERACTIVE Experiment with rhythm through stepping, a musical dance form that uses the body as a percussion instrument. TRY IT

Muscle Poster PDF Find out how proteins make muscles work in this original Exploratorium poster, illustrated by David Goodsell. DOWNLOAD PDF

Human Power ARTICLE Why is the bicycle the most efficient way to travel? Explore bicycle science and culture. READ IT

Building A Virtual Skull PHOTO ESSAY Explore the process of reconstructing a skull as a 3-D model. VIEW IT

The Nose Knows HANDS-ON Discover the difference between taste and smell. MAKE IT

The Body Farm ARTICLE Human corpses decay alfresco, all in the name of forensic science. READ IT

Visible Human INTERACTIVE See a human body in digitized, millimeter-thin slices. TRY IT

Vocal Vowels INTERACTIVE Hear vocal tract models transform the squawk of a duck call into vowel sounds. TRY IT

Meat is Muscle INTERACTIVE What's the difference between white meat and dark meat? Which animals have which and why? TRY IT

Which Embryo is Human? INTERACTIVE Can you tell the difference between human and nonhuman embryos? TRY IT

Extracting DNA from Neanderthal Bones PHOTO ESSAY Explore the process of extracting DNA from Neanderthal bones. VIEW IT

Fruitful DNA Extraction HANDS-ON Think you have a lot in common with a kiwi fruit? Genetically speaking, you do. MAKE IT

Stepping VIDEO Stepping is rhythmic movement that uses the body as an instrument. WATCH IT

Better Hair through Chemistry HANDS-ON Learn the science behind bad hair days, and learn how hair increases its length when humidity increases, making curly hair frizz and straight hair go limp. MAKE IT

Your Sense of Taste HANDS-ON Sometimes what you taste has more to do with your eyes than your tongue: a "Science Snack" from the Exploratorium Teacher Institute. MAKE IT

Everyone Is You and Me HANDS-ON See yourself become someone else. MAKE IT

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

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

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Revealing Bodies How has imagery changed the way we look at our bodies—over time and in different cultures?

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

Human Body Explorations Get hooked on life science with the Exploratorium's Human Body Explorations book.

Picturing the Body Learn about common techniques for peering inside the body in order to diagnose disease and injury.