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Light Walk
Light Walk

Artist Bob Miller's Light Walk at the Exploratorium will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images.

Baseketball
"Baseketball" A Physicist Party Trick
About the Arctic
About the Arctic

A brief introduction to the land of the midnight sun.

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The Domino Effect (pdf)

Use dominoes to model a nerve cell's transmission of a signal

Smoky air creates vivid sunrise in the Bay Area.
Historic Fires Brings Bad Air All Over the Bay Area.

by Mary Miller • October 18, 2017

Fall is fire season in California, worse this year than ever before. 

Baseketball
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Microscope Imaging Station
Microscope Imaging Station

What do stem cells, fruit flies, and zebrafish look like under a microscope?

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Science of Baseball

What's the science behind a home run? Why do curveballs curve? Learn about the game from players from the S.F. Giants & Oakland A's.

Bernie Lubell
Bernie Lubell

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Flipsticks
Flipsticks

A do-it-yourself cartoon kit. It's easy to make pictures move!

Which Embryo is Human?
Which Embryo Is Human?

Can you tell the difference between human and nonhuman embryos?

I M O K. U R O K.
I M O K. U R O K.

You can make sentences without words!

An Artist Looks at Life on an Undersea Volcano
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Active Zone: Graphics
Active Zone: Graphics

A downloadable series of graphics from our Faultline website gives a snapshot of seismic science.

Overview of the Rosetta Mission
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Your Age on Other Worlds
Your Age on Other Worlds

Find out why people who love birthday parties should move to Mercury.

Strutture nel Mondo
Strutture nel Mondo

Attivita per le classi Elementari e Medie.

The Tinkering Studio
The Tinkering Studio

Activities and workshops for playful invention, investigation, and collaboration

Astronomy in Antarctica
Astronomy in Antarctica

What makes Antarctica inhospitable to life also makes it ideal for astronomy.

Sound Automata (pdf)

Explore the surrounding sounds that everyday objects make. Build a noise contraption from these objects, then add a PicoCricket to automate your contraption. Finally, add a light sensor and program your sound automata to "play" when triggered by light.

Young in Mind
Young in Mind

Learn how some vibrant seniors exercise their minds, and find out what you can do to help your own memory.

Long Now Rosetta Project
Discover how we shot 1,500 languages into space.
Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space
Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space

Join us as we visit the Hubble Space Telescope, and see what's happening at Mission Control.

Better Hair through Chemistry
Better Hair through Chemistry

Learn the science behind bad hair days, and learn how hair increases its length when humidity increases, making curly hair frizz and straight hair go limp.

Seismic Slinky
Seismic Slinky

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

Diving into the Gene Pool
Diving into the Gene Pool

A multifaceted exhibition that explored genetics and the Human Genome Project from a variety of perspectives from April 8 to September 4, 1995.

Turning Light into Sound with Wayne Grim and the Kronos Quartet

by Liz Ball • July 13, 2017

Join the Kronos Quartet for a performance like no other.

Cassini Mission Flames Out, Right on Schedule

by Liz Ball • September 14, 2017

Cassini prepares for the end of an era.

The Science of Wine
The Science of Wine

An evening of wine, food, and talk.

I M O K. U R O K.
I M O K. U R O K.

You can make sentences without words!

X-Ray Simulation
X-Ray Simulation

Here's how you can model the use of X rays for medical examinations with some sand and a piece of screen.

Cookie Subduction
Cookie Subduction

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

Do Your Own Dissection
Do Your Own Dissection

Download a PDF file with step-by-step instructions for doing your own cow's eye dissection.

Middle Ground
Middle Ground

Explore new social science exhibits at San Francisco’s Civic Center.

Which Embryo is Human?
Which Embryo Is Human?

Can you tell the difference between human and nonhuman embryos?

El Niño: Early Warning
El Niño: Early Warning

In September 2004, the Exploratorium covered a conference in the Galapagos Islands, organized by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, that considered the implications of El Niño forecasting.

The Domino Effect
The Domino Effect (pdf)

Use dominoes to model a nerve cell's transmission of a signal

Tuning
Tuning

Find out what all that fiddling around before a concert is really about.

Up Periscope!
Up Periscope!

Build a mirrored tube that lets you see around corners and over walls.

Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics

See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.

Origins
Origins

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

Chain Drive
Chain Drive

Learn about bike gears using thread spools and a rubber band.

Bastoncini da giardinaggio
Bastoncini da giardinaggio
Indicating Electrolysis: What's going on

Learn about oxygen and hydrogen after water has been separated.

Altamont Wind Farms

Learn how wind energy is generated and stored at Altamont Pass.

Diving into the Gene Pool
Diving into the Gene Pool

A multifaceted exhibition that explored genetics and the Human Genome Project from a variety of perspectives from April 8 to September 4, 1995.

Electric Guitar

Shred like Jimi or twang like Johnny? Find out how.

Frontside Forces and Fakie Flight
Frontside Forces and Fakie Flight

The Physics of Skateboarding Tricks

The Great Satellite Search!
The Great Satellite Search!

Students become Internet researchers and learn about NASA satellites.

Science of Music
Science of Music

Explore the science of music with us, through these online exhibits, movies, and questions.

The Dirt on Dirt
The Dirt on Dirt

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.

Infinity Room: A Temporary Immersive Environment Experiment by Refik Anadol

Where are you in infinity? Try the Infinity Room.

Audio Pong
Audio Pong

Close your eyes and listen to tell where the paddle is when you play this all-listening version of the classic game Pong.

Beyond Einstein: World Wide Webcast
Beyond Einstein: World Wide Webcast

In celebration of Albert Einstein's work in 1905, science laboratories and museum around the world (including the Exploratorium) participated in a twelve-hour webcast that explored Einstein's influence on current physics research.

Solar Images
Solar Images

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

Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space
Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space

Join us as we visit the Hubble Space Telescope, and see what's happening at Mission Control.

Ocean Acidification in a Cup: Introduction

Learn about ocean acidification with this simple experiment.

Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four

Use the numbers on four cards to make up equations that equal the number on a fifth card.

Cheryl E. Leonard Performance

Discover music where you never expected to find it.

Structures Around the World
Structures Around the World

Learn about scale and structure with eight great activities designed for the elementary classroom.

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