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

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

Want to see where the biggest quakes have been this week? Follow a few of the links below to see what's shaking in your neighborhood and around the world.

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

Get up close and personal with a sucrose molecule.

Pickling is the art of manipulating the microbial garden in foods.

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

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

Build cantilevers from bamboo garden poles and drinking straws and discover the importance of scale.

By looking at satellite and climate data that's available on the Web, surfers can follow storms into shore and be there in time to catch the biggest waves.

Learn how living things get energy from dead ones in this interactive exhibit.

Human corpses decay alfresco, all in the name of forensic science.

In the 1870s, an American woman could not vote. She could not own property in her own name after marriage. But she could play ball. . .

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

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

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

From 1977 until 2003, the Exploratorium published a quarterly magazine. The Exploratorium Magazine Online is a companion to selected issues of the print magazine, providing key articles and activities and including multimedia features.

What's the difference between white meat and dark meat? Which animals have which and why?

How can something as light as air slow down a hit?

These tricky pictures shift and change as you look at them.

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

Find out why wind resistance is a big drag for bicyclists, and use our calculator to estimate drag for yourself.

Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.

Explore the surprising side of sound

A Scribbling Machine is a motorized contraption that moves in unusual ways and leaves a mark to trace it's path.

What happens to meat when you cook it?

Humpbacks, minkes, and orcas are often sighted in the nutrient-rich Antarctic waters.

This stuff can't make up its mind -- is it a liquid or a solid?

The 1906 earthquake jolted geologists into focusing on how and why faults break loose.

Explore gluten, the substance that gives bread its structure.

Kid-friendly explorations and experiments for curious minds.

Design and build a musical instrument that responds to changing light.

Explore the process of extracting DNA from Neanderthal bones.

Los movimientos del ojo hacen parecer que el dise�o brilla.

Meet David Goodsell, a molecular biologist and artist who finds beauty in the molecules of cells.

Crabeaters have extraordinary teeth, Weddells are downright cute, and leopards are as fierce as their namesake

Make a crowd-pleasing noisemaker called a sound sandwich, which you can adjust to raise or lower its pitch.

From 1977 until 2003, the Exploratorium published a quarterly magazine. The Exploratorium Magazine Online is a companion to selected issues of the print magazine, providing key articles and activities and including multimedia features.

Summertime in the Arctic is for the birds

Learn about the rovers that have been exploring Mars since 2004, and view the amazing images they've taken.

Test your memory and compare it with your friends'.

Try your hand at explaining symbols both modern and ancient, and then make your own.

Listen to the story of Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.

Our reactions may be trained, but the devices that make music sound "sad" are real enough.