Explore, Play, Discover: Websites, Activities, and More

An artist paints his childhood home from memory.

An introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.

See why these beautiful flowers have attracted generations of admirers.

A do-it-yourself cartoon kit. It's easy to make pictures move!

Insight into genes, reproduction, and cancer

It's easy to fold a sheet of paper in half. But can you fold a sheet of paper in half ten times?

Design and build a musical instrument that responds to changing light.

A little physics can go a long way on that shortboard.

Watch old pennies turn bright and shiny right before your eyes!

A drop of water makes a fine magnifying lens.

Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires?

Los movimientos del ojo hacen parecer que el dise�o brilla.

Experiment with water, temperature, and light to see what makes a seed come out of its shell.

What's really going on when you bake? Find out.

In this activity, students make bridges using an oil-based modeling clay (plasticene).

Watch old pennies turn bright and shiny right before your eyes!

Recycle a potato chip can into a simple camera.

Do hot water and cold water mix?

The lure of Terra Australis Incognita begins with the Ancient Greeks and ends with modern cruise ships.

These unique – and uniquely beautiful – seal species spend their lives amid the sea ice

Experiment with rhythm through stepping, a musical dance form that uses the body as a percussion instrument.

A model for heart development

Using a simple trick of perspective, you can dress your friends in tiny cutout clothing.

Check out ColorFest, a two-month extravaganza celebrating color at the museum from July 1 to September 5.

Darkening polar skies often bring beautiful light displays.

Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.

High energy prices got you down? Discover how pickles can ease your troubles.

anatomy of a skateboard, skateboard tricks, types of skateboarding, physics glossary.

See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.

With just mud, paper and an egg, you can grow colonies of multi-hued microbes!

Learn about the body's vital defense force.

Is it just a glorified plank with roller skate wheels on it? Or is it a highly engineered device through which kids have reclaimed the urban landscape, bringing creativity and style back to the sterile asphalt spaces of sprawl?

Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!

Build a stripped-down motor, a simple, easy-to-make version of the electric motors found in toys, tools, and appliances.

See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.

Explore the unknown world inside your brain with these fun activities.

One man's journey into blindness

Tour a hydroponic greenhouse in frozen Antarctica.

Watch tiny blue, green, and white molds grow on leftover food.

Play. Invent. Explore. PIE is a group of educators who share a playful and inventive approach to teaching with technology.

How do you stop and steer a bicycle? What forces keep the bicycle from falling over?

Four times over 100-plus years, major initiatives have brought together scientists from around the globe to collaboratively study the poles.

Grow your own stalagmites in luscious colors.

Visit the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, which studies what the universe is made of and how the universe works.

The nearly ice-free Dry Valleys are an Antarctic anomaly, and Earth's closest equivalent to Mars.

What happens when two hockey players collide? Try our hockey collision calculator!

View the night sky from any latitude on earth, and take a guided tour of the Hawaiian star families.

Use your naked egg to experiment with osmosis, the movement of water across a membrane.