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The lure of Terra Australis Incognita begins with the Ancient Greeks and ends with modern cruise ships.

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Paper Bridges

Build a bridge from a piece of paper and explore ways of making it stronger.

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Welcome to the Third Dimension

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

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Fostering Active Prolonged Engagement

APE was a four-year Exploratorium project to explore strategies and tactics to shift the role of visitors from passive recipient of information to active participant in the exhibit experience.

Tying the Knot
Tying the Knot

Learn how to tie the six knots most useful on a voyaging canoe.

Greenland
Greenland

Land of ice and people

Okkyung Lee Interview

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Tuning

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The Domino Effect
The Domino Effect (pdf)

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

Crystal Creations
Crystal Creations

Grow spikes of crystals in the sun.

Collecting soil for Winogradsky Column activity
Bacterial Terrarium

With just mud, paper and an egg, you can grow colonies of multi-hued microbes!

The Wheel
The Wheel

Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires?

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.

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Height Site
Height Site

Make a tool that lets you measure how tall a building is or how high a rocket flies.

Exploring Paper
Exploring Paper

Learn about origami, make your own paper, and find out the best way to fold a paper airplane.

Active Zone: Graphics
Active Zone: Graphics

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

Outrageous Ooze
Outrageous Ooze

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

Stem Cells
Stem Cells

See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.

Illusion Songs
Illusion Songs

A collection of auditory illusions found in indigenous folk practices, popular music, and scientific research.

Self-Portrait Silhouettes
Self-Portrait Silhouettes

Make a photographic image without a camera!

Iron Science Teacher
Iron Science Teacher

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

Remembering Loma Prieta
Remembering Loma Prieta

Read stories and see footage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

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Copper Caper
Copper Caper

Watch old pennies turn bright and shiny right before your eyes!

Astrobiology: The Search for Life
Astrobiology: The Search for Life

Learn about the search for life elsewhere in the universe.

Bottle Blast-Off!
Bottle Blast-Off!

Launch a rocket with a plastic pop bottle and use Height Site to figure out how high it flies.

Exposición de tarjetas postales
Exposición de tarjetas postales

Cuatro exposiciones lo suficientemente pequeñas para caber en tarjetas postales.

Neurons
Neurons

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Clothespin Workout
Clothespin Workout

You may be surprised at the results of this "wimpy" workout.

Frog City USA
Frog City USA

Take a virtual journey to the frog capital of the world, Rayne, Louisiana.

Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System
Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System

Explore Saturn, its rings and moons, and see the latest images.

The Mayan Calendar Round
The Mayan Calendar Round

Did you know the Maya used two calendars? How did they know when to plan their big New Year's parties?

Light Painting
Light Painting

You can make a light painting with a light source, a darkened room, and a digital camera.

Long Now Rosetta Project
Discover how we shot 1,500 languages into space.
Revealing Bodies
Revealing Bodies

How has imagery changed the way we look at our bodies—over time and in different cultures?

Transit of Venus: Sonification

Experience Wayne Grim's sonification of the transit of Venus.

Straws and Pins
Straws and Pins

What can you build with 50 straws and 50 pins?

Scratch Film (pdf)
Scratch Film (pdf)

Scratch Film, also known as Direct Animation, is the process of drawing and scratching designs directly onto film.

Build a Light Island
Light Island
How to build a shop version of an Exploratorium exhibit for investigating light
Cantilevers

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

Mapping Sunspots
Mapping Sunspots

Gather and compare real data about sunspots and solar x-ray activity.

Polar Geography
Polar Geography

The frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctica

The Lighter Side of Wonder: A Conversation with Lena Herzog

Join curator Marina McDougall for a conversation with photographer Lena Herzog.

Creating the Campus
Creating the Campus

Explore an interactive map.

Cookie Subduction
Cookie Subduction

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

Bird in a Cage: Do the experiment

Do you have a staring problem?

Knuckleballs
Knuckleballs
Oil Spot Photometer

Measure the brightness of the sun using cooking oil and a white card.

Memory Party Game
Memory Party Game

Test your memory and compare it with your friends'.

Since 1906
Since 1906

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

Hominid Timeline
Hominid Timeline

Explore a timeline of homind fossils.

Knowing North

Stand outside on a sunny day with a watch in your hand, and you can tell which way is north.

Alonzo King and Bernie Krause: Interview

Explore the evolution of music and dance with Alonzo King and Bernie Krause.

Magic Wand: Exhibit Demo

Can you see pictures in the air?

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.

Invisible Dynamics
Invisible Dynamics

Art/science teams explore the underlying systems that give the San Francisco Bay Area its unique character.

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.

The Cold Water Candy Test
The Cold Water Candy Test

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