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Activities and History

Learn about common techniques for peering inside the body in order to diagnose disease and injury.

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

Use live data to make your own wave predictions, wherever you are.

The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.

What brings archeologists and astronomers alike to this ten-mile canyon in remote New Mexico?

Make a simple rocket and a rocket launcher, and watch a demonstration of how the finished rocket will fly.

See how well various materials conduct electricity and use Science Journal to explore your data.

Demonstrations of electric Robo-Cars made by 22 Science Summer students.

Why is baseball so popular in Japan?

In Observance of the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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

Activités pour la classe élémentaire.

Come with us to Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico, which is rich with thousand-year-old artifacts of the ancient Pueblo culture and contains sites that appear to have been astronomical observatories.

Learn about the most important piece of equipment-- your feet!

Create your own fish mummy using common baking soda!

Activities and History

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

APE was a four-year Exploratorium project to explore strategies and tactics to shift the role of visitors from passive recipient of information to active participant in the exhibit experience.

Find out why people who love birthday parties should move to Mercury.

Learn how some vibrant seniors exercise their minds, and find out what you can do to help your own memory.

A downloadable series of graphics from our Faultline website gives a snapshot of seismic science.

Have you ever wondered what makes blue cheese blue, or why some cheeses are hard and others soft?

A brief introduction to the land of the midnight sun.

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

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

This 2011 conference, hosted at the Exploratorium, explored the role aesthetic inquiry in public interdisciplinary environments.

You can measure your reaction time with just a yardstick and some help from a friend.

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

Meteor, meteorite, meteoroid – what's the difference?

Seasoned gardeners depend on a community of bacteria, worms, and insects to get the most out of their plantings. Find out why.

Make your own refracting telescope from a pair of reading glasses.

Music, fear, sadness all can cause goosebumps. But why?

Want to understand how to predict when the good waves are coming to your shore? It helps to start with the basics behind the formation of ocean waves.

Play a memory concentration game: Listen closely then match pairs of sounds.

What is a gear ratio? And how do gears help make the bicycle so efficient?

Learn how to bridge the digital generation gap

Get a taste of how the earth's plates move.

A model for heart development