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?

Imagine yourself in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. You've been sailing for weeks, and there's no land in sight. Do you know where you are? Do you know which way to go?

Imaginative Designs in Digital and Analog Clothing

A collection of auditory illusions found in indigenous folk practices, popular music, and scientific research.

Try your hand at explaining symbols both modern and ancient, and then make your own.

In 2009, the ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Partners hosted a national symposium held at the Exploratorium to discuss the effects of climate change on the planet. You can watch archived webcasts of the symposium.

Check out ColorFest, a two-month extravaganza celebrating color at the museum from July 1 to September 5.

Find out why people who love birthday parties should move to Mercury.

Use live data to make your own wave predictions, wherever you are.

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

Learn how some vibrant seniors exercise their minds, and find out what you can do to help your own memory.

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

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.

Design and build a musical instrument that responds to changing light.

Summertime in the Arctic is for the birds

An introduction to spectra and to the space-based telescopes. The site includes a number of hands-on activities.

Learn about the search for life elsewhere in the universe.

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

Find links relevant to Mars and space exploration.

The untold stories behind scientific discovery.

Downloadable media about earthquake science.

Join us as we investigate the sweet world of sugar.

Close your eyes and listen to tell where the paddle is when you play this all-listening version of the classic game Pong.

The fact and fiction behind some bizarre gardening remedies.

When you ride a bike in a straight line, you must make many minor corrections in order to stay upright.

From 1977 until 2003, the Exploratorium published a quarterly magazine. The Exploratorium Magazine Online is a companion to selected issues of the print magazine, providing key articles and activities and including multimedia features.

Learn about the body's vital defense force.

Professional development resources for teacher educators.

Learn about the most important piece of equipment-- your feet!

Explore light, shadow, and motion using a variety of simple materials and light sources.

See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.

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.

Exploring the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans

A series of talks celebrating both the historical and contemporary dimensions of the Eames design legacy.

Listen to bird songs and try to figure out which are songs, which are companion calls, and which are alarms.

Learn how living things get energy from dead ones in this interactive exhibit.

Make a spinning disc called a stroboscope, which lets you create your own animated cartoon.

What is a gear ratio? And how do gears help make the bicycle so efficient?

Make a crowd-pleasing noisemaker called a sound sandwich, which you can adjust to raise or lower its pitch.