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

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.

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

Get outside and explore geometry (and other math) all around you.

Learn how to bridge the digital generation gap

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

Grow spikes of crystals in the sun.

The Science Information Infrastructure (SII) is a collaboration among teachers and scientists. The SII at the Exploratorium is developing educational resources using NASA images and datasets.

What happens to meat when you cook it?

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

Share some secret sounds with a friend.

On March 29, 2006, a total solar eclipse occurred when the new moon moved directly between the sun and the earth. The moon’s shadow fell on the eastern tip of Brazil, sped eastward across the Atlantic, through northern Africa, across the Mediterranean, an

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

Study ultraviolet radiation from the sun and other sources using UV beads.

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.

Use your naked egg to experiment with osmosis, the movement of water across a membrane.

Activities and History

Make a fantastic toy that shimmers when you shake it.

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

Does the sun rise in the east? Not exactly.

How can something as light as air slow down a hit?

What's really going on when you bake? Find out.

High energy prices got you down? Discover how pickles can ease your troubles.

Show yourself how a pinch of salt can take the bitter taste away.

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

Modelos plásticos huecos del aparato vocal humano convierten el graznido de un pato en sonidos de vocales.

An incubator for innovative public space ideas, projects and news

Produce some pretty mixed-up music with this online interactive.

Darkening polar skies often bring beautiful light displays.

A brief history of Chichen Itza.

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

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

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

Darkening polar skies often bring beautiful light displays.

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

Richter and beyond

Cells behaving badly

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

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

Create your own fish mummy using common baking soda!