Exploratorium Articles

In June 2024, we said goodbye to the current format of the Tinkering Afterschool program, whichhas been an insightful partnership between the Boys & Girls Clubs of SF and the DCYF with us in the

When our Tinkering Studio team is engaged in R&D to develop new activities, some unspoken principles guide us. One of them, I’d like to call "Ideas are between us...

Since last year, we've been doing some interesting R&Ds on light and shadow using the CPX, and I wanted to share some project examples here...

Hello readers! Jake here. I am the Manager of Youth Tinkering Programs at the Exploratorium, the bread and butter of which is Tinkering Afterschool - a long-running partnership...

Mixing a classic Exploratorium activity with OctoStudio under the Brazilian sun! Recently, I had the opportunity to connect once more with Brazil's educational community...

As part of the Making and Tinkering Space at this year's conference, we're excited to invite you to an open Show & Connect session to share half-baked ideas...

We're part of the LEGO Playful Learning Museum Network, a community of practice that invites us to work together to confront shared challenges and develop best practices...

Take a moment to look around your space. Can you spot any heart-shaped objects? These everyday items can spark an exciting project in OctoStudio...

Last month, we hosted a workshop using the newly launched creative coding app OctoStudio at the FabLearn conference...

Steph and I recently got to visit Charlotte, North Carolina for the annual Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Conference. While we were there...

How do you build a place of wonder? We dive in with community collaborators, the Global Alliance of Community Science Workshops, to help people get a start.

We’re both excited about a straightforward idea that can be approached with a variety of tools: turning lights on and off to make shadow animations...