
Beaming It Home
by Eileen Campbell • February 22, 2016
What does it take to broadcast a live eclipse from remote locations?
Learn with us online while the Exploratorium is temporarily closed. You can help us reopen—donate today.
Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.
How do different sounds combine to make the unique audio environments of specific places? Build the soundscapes of a beach and a train station.
Stand outside on a sunny day with a watch in your hand, and you can tell which way is north.
Wind tubes are a playful and inventive way to explore the effect that moving air has on objects.
Four downloadable workshop guides for teaching introductory genetics in a museum or other informal education setting.
The Okeanos Explorer is the newest vessel in NOAA's fleet and the first to be dedicated solely to exploration and discovery missions. Follow along with the scientists and crew on their discovery voyages.
An introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.
Check out ColorFest, a two-month extravaganza celebrating color at the museum from July 1 to September 5.
How are creative investigations sparked? What does a state of inspiration feel like? Can inspiration be transmitted from person to person? Join us for an audio slideshow series that explores the fascinating world of how we work creatively.
See links relevant to the themes presented in the Traits of Life exhibition.
by Eileen Campbell • February 22, 2016
What does it take to broadcast a live eclipse from remote locations?
An introduction to spectra and to the space-based telescopes. The site includes a number of hands-on activities.
The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.
Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!
The Antarctic food web is the simplest on the planet, and krill are at its hub.
Introduce students to unique life science activities that let them work with our research-quality microscopic images and videos.
Watch this timelapse video to see a zebrafish develop from a single cell into an embryo
by • June 19, 2015
Start your weekend with some of the top science news of the week.
The three most densely populated cities on the planet where seismologists expect major earthquakes are San Francisco, Tokyo, and Istanbul. Find out why the effects in each city will be very different.
Complete an electrical circuit with your body and explore ways to control the flow of electricity.
How good is your friend's driving? You be the seismometer, and find out whether your pal is a smooth sailor or a mover and shaker.
The untold stories behind scientific discovery.
Discover how researchers study climate change and examine the latest scientific data.
An incubator for innovative public space ideas, projects and news
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.
by • June 19, 2015
Start your weekend with some of the top science news of the week.
by Mary Miller • August 20, 2016
Join a Live Deep Sea Exploration of our Coastal Sanctuary
Split light into its different wavelengths using simple materials.
Explore the ideas behind Science of Sharing with these Activities.
How do different sounds combine to make the unique audio environments of specific places? Build the soundscapes of a beach and a train station.
Experiment with rhythm through stepping, a musical dance form that uses the body as a percussion instrument.
What goes on under the ground during an earthquake? Use a Slinky to model the various seismic waves that make the earth tremble.
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.
Use the numbers on four cards to make up equations that equal the number on a fifth card.