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

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

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

In 2009, the ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Partners hosted a national symposium held at the Exploratorium to discuss the effects of climate change on the planet. You can watch archived webcasts of the symposium.

Teeth are the most common fossils found. What can they tell us?

Si mira fijamente este punto por algunos momentos, éste desaparece.

Nobel Laureate Symposium

Buy discounted tickets online—hop-off at stop #3 to visit the Exploratorium.

Our collaboration with Public Radio International's The World. With Public Radio International, we're taking technology news beyond the headlines.

Find out why biodiversity benefits plants and people alike.

Demonstrations of electric Robo-Cars made by 22 Science Summer students.

You can measure your reaction time with just a yardstick and some help from a friend.

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

Learn about the search for life elsewhere in the universe.

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

Lisa Miller is a mechanic and teacher who shows her auto shop students how to use their listening skills to fix cars.

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

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

Try these low-cost, teacher-tested activities for the classroom and the curious.

Before there were clocks, people used shadows to tell time!

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

Discover the uncommon stories behind the most common fruits and vegetables.

Cuatro exposiciones lo suficientemente pequeñas para caber en tarjetas postales.

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

What can you do with a frozen water balloon? Plenty!

Sit down for compost tea with a visionary cultivator.

Explore the scientific, historical, and cultural context behind a new opera about the first atomic bomb test.

How are creative investigations sparked? What does a state of inspiration feel like? Can inspiration be transmitted from person to person? Join us for an audio slideshow series that explores the fascinating world of how we work creatively.

Learn about the giants of the polar seas.

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

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

Make a spinning disc called a stroboscope, which lets you create your own animated cartoon.

Tour a hydroponic greenhouse in frozen Antarctica.

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

Learn how to use physics to distinguish between raw eggs and hard-cooked eggs.

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

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

What happens to meat when you cook it?

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

Watch ancient text revealed and read for the first time in a thousand years!

Remote sensing allows geologists to peek under the ice – and find a big surprise.

Here are some activities that test your memory – and some things you can try to help you remember things better.

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Make your own refracting telescope from a pair of reading glasses.

Activities and workshops for playful invention, investigation, and collaboration