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Environmental Science

Science activity that models sea level rise.
Melting Ice and Rising Seas

Investigate sea level rise with this model of continents and oceans.

Science Activity to investigate microorganisms
Bacteriopolis

Make a home for a colorful community of microorganisms.

Science activity to see how water levels change with temperature.
Swelling Seas

How does water volume change with temperature?

Photo: San Francisco Bay shoreline from the air (Photo: Mary Miller/Exploratorium)
World Ocean Day Resources

by Mary Miller • June 8, 2020

Explore more ocean and Bay resources and activities. 

Share Your Shore

by Mary Miller • June 8, 2020

The Exploratorium is inviting people to upload their shoreline photos. 

The Climate Music Project

Climate is an original composition by Erik Ian Walker, created in collaboration with TheClimateMusicProject.

Building Toward Resilience

How do artists approach the problem of sea level rise?

This Snack models ground failure in a phenomenon called liquefaction. See what happens when you shake up structures,...
Shaky Sediments - Science Snack Activity

This Snack models ground failure in a phenomenon called liquefaction. See what happens when you shake up structures, loose sediments, and water in a simulated earthquake.

Throwback: Monitoring Climate Change

Find out what it takes to monitor climate change.

Bridging Time

Learn about the Keeling curve, a graph of the rise of CO2 accumulated in our atmosphere.

Scale

Meet some Bay Area scientists shedding light on how economics and politics adversely impact air quality.

Monitoring the World

Huge amounts of data are needed to globally track air quality and climate change.

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