
Fireworks in a Bottle
by • July 3, 2015
Make your own liquid “fireworks” with this simple and safe activity.
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Learn about scale and structure with eight great activities designed for the elementary classroom.
Explore the ideas behind Science of Sharing with these Activities.
Explore systems over extremes of time and space with Jem Finer.
An introduction to spectra and to the space-based telescopes. The site includes a number of hands-on activities.
Immerse yourself in Matthew Goodheart's performance for our Resonance series.
Hear from artist and multi-instrumentalist Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.
In 2009, the ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Partners hosted a national symposium held at the Exploratorium to discuss the effects of climate change on the planet. You can watch archived webcasts of the symposium.
What brings archeologists and astronomers alike to this ten-mile canyon in remote New Mexico?
Experience Guillermo Galindo's thoughts on his boundary-breaking musical works.
Your CRT screen may appear to wiggle when you give it the raspberry, but the only thing wiggling is you.
A series of talks celebrating both the historical and contemporary dimensions of the Eames design legacy.
by • July 3, 2015
Make your own liquid “fireworks” with this simple and safe activity.
Tiny shrimplike crustaceans, krill play a critical roll in many marine food webs, even feeding huge baleen whales.
This year marks 50 years since the first human set foot on the moon. Relive the memories with NASA scientist Brian H. Day—take a look back at each of the Apollo landing sites, examine why NASA chose each one, and reflect on what they learned at each site.
See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.
On March 29, 2006, a total solar eclipse occurred when the new moon moved directly between the sun and the earth. The moon’s shadow fell on the eastern tip of Brazil, sped eastward across the Atlantic, through northern Africa, across the Mediterranean, an
Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.
When you pick up a baseball, it immediately suggests its purpose: to be thrown fast and with considerable accuracy.
The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.
Explore the idiosyncrasies of strandbeest motion as one traverses the beach.
by Mary Miller • April 19, 2017
Launch our new web app to explore environmental data.