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

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

Download desktop wallpaper for your computer.

Learn about origami, make your own paper, and find out the best way to fold a paper airplane.

Your guide to the Northern and Southern Lights (also in 'Observatory')

Take an animated tour of Antarctica's variety of ice formations, which give it a beauty unrivaled anywhere on Earth.

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

How do scientists establish the age of artifacts, rocks, and settlements?

Most paper airplanes are flat, but these paper hoops can really fly!

How many pennies will your bridge hold?

How do scientists establish the age of artifacts, rocks, and settlements?

In an earthquake, some older structures collapse and others stand tall. The difference is usually retrofitting.

The Maya were expert sky-watchers, careful observers of the motions of the celestial bodies...

Stepping is rhythmic movement that uses the body as an instrument.

Join the Exploratorium on the playa in Black Rock Desert and explore the science of pyrotechnics, flight, dust devils, rainbows, and more.

When you ride a bike in a straight line, you must make many minor corrections in order to stay upright.

Explore the surprising side of sound

Learn about origami, make your own paper, and find out the best way to fold a paper airplane.

Make a simple musical instrument that sounds like a swarm of buzzing bees when you spin it around.

Explore Saturn, its rings and moons, and see the latest images.

Learn about the giants of the polar seas.

Tinker with electricity using common objects: batteries, lights, buzzers, motors, switches, etc.

The three most densely populated cities on the planet where seismologists expect major earthquakes are San Francisco, Tokyo, and Istanbul. Find out why the effects in each city will be very different.

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

Teeth are the most common fossils found. What can they tell us?

Discover the difference between taste and smell.

Explore the surprising side of color.

Think you have a lot in common with a kiwi fruit? Genetically speaking, you do.

Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.

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

Can a gum wrapper have a story? Discover just how important and meaningful an object can be.

Explore graphing, angles, and storytelling by building a seesaw for your smartphone.

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

Use a sheet of liquid crystal to learn about how infrared cameras work.

Looking at the night sky can help you see how your eyes and brain make sense out of moonlight.

How are creative investigations sparked? What does a state of inspiration feel like? Can inspiration be transmitted from person to person? Join us for an audio slideshow series that explores the fascinating world of how we work creatively.

How do different sounds combine to make the unique audio environments of specific places? Build the soundscapes of a beach and a train station.

Visit Las Cuevas Research Station in Belize and the Natural History Museum in London to learn about the study of biodiversity.

Sometimes things are not as they appear.

What goes on under the ground during an earthquake? Use a Slinky to model the various seismic waves that make the earth tremble.

Explore our app and measure the time of your life.

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