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

Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.

Body Language
Body Language

Put on a mask and see how we communicate with our bodies as well as with our faces and words.

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.

Nautilus
Nautilus

Follow along with expedition leader Bob Ballard and his crew on the exploration vessel Nautilus as they search for hydrothermal vents, underwater volcanoes, and ancient shipwrecks.

Styro Curveball
Styro Curveball

Learn to throw a curveball, a slider, or even a screwball by throwing a Styrofoam ball.
2016 Total Solar Eclipse Sonification

Listen to music created from data from the 2016 eclipse.

Exploratorium Magazine
Exploratorium Magazine

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.

Science activity that explores the carbon cycle
Follow the Carbon
Model the carbon cycle and its principal reservoirs and flow rates using rice.
Mold Terrarium
Mold Terrarium

Watch tiny blue, green, and white molds grow on leftover food.
What is a Solar Eclipse?

See how the sun, moon, and Earth cause total solar eclipses.

Science activity demonstrating how changes in atmospheric pressure feel
Feeling Pressured
Feel atmospheric pressure changes by stepping into a garbage bag.
Science and art activity on visual perception
Jacques Cousteau in Seashells
There’s more to seeing than meets the eye.
Your Stuff, Your Stories
Your Stuff, Your Stories

Can a gum wrapper have a story? Discover just how important and meaningful an object can be.

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