
Using the Wired Pier Web App
by Mary Miller • April 19, 2017
Launch our new web app to explore environmental data.
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Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.
Introduce students to unique life science activities that let them work with our research-quality microscopic images and videos.
by Mary Miller • April 19, 2017
Launch our new web app to explore environmental data.
For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?
Try your hand at explaining symbols both modern and ancient, and then make your own.
Visit the Outdoor Exploratorium at Fort Mason to explore the science behind wind, waves, and more.
Your worn shoe soles reveal whether your feet roll excessively from side to side as you walk.
Learn about origami, make your own paper, and find out the best way to fold a paper airplane.
Stand outside on a sunny day with a watch in your hand, and you can tell which way is north.
Download a PDF file with step-by-step instructions for doing your own cow's eye dissection.
Discover the secret colors hidden in black ink. With a paper towel, a black marker, and a cup of water, create a rainbow of colors while exploring capillary action and chromatography.
Learn how sparkling wine is made, what makes it different from still wine, and where all those little bubbles come from!
What's in that cup of coffee anyway? Find out about the history and chemistry of coffee.
Touch supercooled water drops with an ice crystal and trigger them to freeze instantly.
Consider decision-making for an aging population and its implications.
Four downloadable workshop guides for teaching introductory genetics in a museum or other informal education setting.
Playing games is a great way to exercise your brain. Even a simple game like Tic-Tac-Toe can teach you about strategy.
Meet David Goodsell, a molecular biologist and artist who finds beauty in the molecules of cells.
Three auditory illusions created by students from the Center for Electronic Art.
Vsit a quirky kitchen where you can compose music with ordinary (and not-so-ordinary) objects.
Scratch Film, also known as Direct Animation, is the process of drawing and scratching designs directly onto film.
Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.
Think you have a lot in common with a kiwi fruit? Genetically speaking, you do.
Explore the idiosyncrasies of strandbeest motion as one traverses the beach.
If you want to dig a ditch in the Arctic, you'd better bring more than a shovel.
Discover the secret colors hidden in black ink. With a paper towel, a black marker, and a cup of water, create a rainbow of colors while exploring capillary action and chromatography.