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

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

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

Most paper airplanes are flat, but these paper hoops can really fly!

Learn how grafting, hybridizing, and transgenics have transformed cultivation.

Vsit a quirky kitchen where you can compose music with ordinary (and not-so-ordinary) objects.

Share some secret sounds with a friend.

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.

Take an animated tour of Antarctica's variety of ice formations, which give it a beauty unrivaled anywhere on Earth.

The Maya were expert sky-watchers, careful observers of the motions of the celestial bodies...

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

Does the sun rise in the east? Not exactly.

What brings archeologists and astronomers alike to this ten-mile canyon in remote New Mexico?

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Get a behind-the-scenes look at activities and ideas we’re exploring.

What happens to sandy or fine-grained soils when an earthquake shakes them up? Try this simple activity to find out.

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

Discover the difference between taste and smell.

Explore the Traits of Life exhibition space using this 360˚ panorama.

Learn to count like the Maya by studying one of their ancient stone documents.

Decorate your desktop with some of the most intriguing pattern and perception images from the Exploratorium.

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

Specialized cells have a common origin. What sets them on separate paths?

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

Using a spectroscope, you may see that what appears to be a single color of light is really a combination of colors called a spectrum.

Build a stripped-down motor, a simple, easy-to-make version of the electric motors found in toys, tools, and appliances.

Learn about common techniques for peering inside the body in order to diagnose disease and injury.

Cells behaving badly

Build a stripped-down motor, a simple, easy-to-make version of the electric motors found in toys, tools, and appliances.

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

A model for heart development

Three auditory illusions created by students from the Center for Electronic Art.

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

Learn about the inner workings of a cell through this interactive exhibit.

How many objects can you follow at once?

Where do all the different languages in the world come from?

A physicist, a scientist, and a musician experiment with sound, music, and acoustics using instruments both real and found.

anatomy of a skateboard, skateboard tricks, types of skateboarding, physics glossary.

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