Explore Activities

Polarized light reveals stress patterns in clear plastic.

Determine the field diameter of a compound microscope.

So close, yet so far away.

Get a lesson in listening from Doniga Markegard, an expert wildlife tracker.

Etch patterns on metal using saltwater and electricity.

Gelatin can do much more than just wiggle and jiggle.

Prove to yourself that Galileo was right.

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

Control the breakup of Pangaea and explore evidence of the former supercontinent.

Make a bright spot brighter.

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

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.

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