Explore Activities

Your experience of the world influences what you see.

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

$Science activity that demonstrates diffraction using a candle or flashlight bulb and two pencils$

Demonstrate diffraction using a candle and two pencils.

Use this desktop widget to view current science news feeds on your computer.

Tiny shrimplike crustaceans, krill play a critical roll in many marine food webs, even feeding huge baleen whales.

Play songs by banging a PVC pipe against your palm.

Demonstrate how different objects vibrate at different frequencies.

Build a rubber-band-powered rolling plastic water bottle.

Gravity turns soap film into an ever-shifting, colorful masterpiece.

Learn how to fly with this neat mirror trick.

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

See how images appear in a curved mirror.

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