Explore, Play, Discover: Websites, Activities, and More

For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?

Visit Las Cuevas Research Station in Belize and the Natural History Museum in London to learn about the study of biodiversity.

See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.

Dig into the succulent science of making things grow.

Your worn shoe soles reveal whether your feet roll excessively from side to side as you walk.

A do-it-yourself cartoon kit. It's easy to make pictures move!

What do you really know about what you see?

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.

What makes Antarctica inhospitable to life also makes it ideal for astronomy.

See why these beautiful flowers have attracted generations of admirers.

With just mud, paper and an egg, you can grow colonies of multi-hued microbes!

The brightest buds get all the glory – but they're not just for show.

Read stories and see footage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Your CRT screen may appear to wiggle when you give it the raspberry, but the only thing wiggling is you.

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

This new version of an old game will bend your brain.

Most paper airplanes are flat, but these paper hoops can really fly!

What happens to sandy or fine-grained soils when an earthquake shakes them up? Try this simple activity to find out.

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

Explore our 2000 guide to the solar max, the period in the solar cycle during which the number of sunspots is greatest.

An introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.

The Antarctic food web is the simplest on the planet, and krill are at its hub.

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

An introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.

An artist paints his childhood home from memory.

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

Can your eyes fool your nose? Find out with this experiment.

Leonardo's famous painting is used in an interesting perceptual experiment.

Lisa Miller is a mechanic and teacher who shows her auto shop students how to use their listening skills to fix cars.

Ever wonder what you might weigh on Mars or the moon? Here's your chance to find out.

A multifaceted exhibition that explored genetics and the Human Genome Project from a variety of perspectives from April 8 to September 4, 1995.

Use dominoes to model a nerve cell's transmission of a signal

Bone conduction is another pathway to listening.

With just mud, paper and an egg, you can grow colonies of multi-hued microbes!

Specialized cells have a common origin. What sets them on separate paths?

Sometimes we can learn about outer space when space objects come to us.

Touch supercooled water drops with an ice crystal and trigger them to freeze instantly.

A profile of frog researcher Dr. Tyrone Hayes.

What happens to sandy or fine-grained soils when an earthquake shakes them up? Try this simple activity to find out.

Build a bridge from a piece of paper and explore ways of making it stronger.

The Instruments Aboard the Mars Exploration Rover

A multifaceted exhibition that explored genetics and the Human Genome Project from a variety of perspectives from April 8 to September 4, 1995.

Have you ever wondered what makes blue cheese blue, or why some cheeses are hard and others soft?

Have you ever wondered what makes blue cheese blue, or why some cheeses are hard and others soft?