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

Study ultraviolet radiation from the sun and other sources using UV beads.

If you're a patient gardener, you can grow your own hybrid flowers.

Do hot water and cold water mix?

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

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

Cuatro exposiciones lo suficientemente pequeñas para caber en tarjetas postales.

Listen to internationally recognized authorities on human thought and behavior, including Temple Grandin and Paul Ekman.

A profile of frog researcher Dr. Tyrone Hayes.

What happens to a cylinder when you scale it up?

Build a simple motorized toy made of a recycled CD and a DC motor.

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

Using a spectroscope, you may see that what appears to be a single color of light is really a combination of colors called a spectrum.

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

What do snowflakes look like on Mars?

Explore mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages to create your own moving sculpture.

Take a microscopic tour of the staff of life.

A trash-filled median blossoms into a community oasis.

Learn how to bridge the digital generation gap

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

Amino acids and corn syrup combine to create new aromas.

How can a microscopic organism lift several pounds of dough? Find out with this activity.

White-coated Arctic icons, these supreme hunters are under threat

Decorate your desktop with some of the most intriguing pattern and perception images from the Exploratorium.

Watch Venus travel in front of the Sun. 

Find out about bicycle brakes and balance, and calculate your stopping distance on a bicycle.

Discover the difference between taste and smell.

See how TV screens create images from many tiny colored dots of light.

What does it take to block gamma radiation?

There are about 500 dispatches from scientists working in the Arctic and Antarctica, along with original videos, photos, webcasts, and articles.

Do hot water and cold water mix?

An ordinary metal spoon can make some astounding sounds!

Four downloadable workshop guides for teaching introductory genetics in a museum or other informal education setting.

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

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

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

Watch this timelapse video to see a zebrafish develop from a single cell into an embryo

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

Discover the difference between taste and smell.

What happens to meat when you cook it?

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