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Seismic Science: Damage Control

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Your Age on Other Worlds
Your Age on Other Worlds

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

A Cell's Fate
A Cell's Fate

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

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Discover music where you never expected to find it.

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Surf Forecast

Use live data to make your own wave predictions, wherever you are.

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Arctic Seals

These unique – and uniquely beautiful – seal species spend their lives amid the sea ice

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Look Inside a Tooth

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Seeing

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Neighbor's Stereo Blues

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One of the niftiest tricks up the pitcher's sleeve is the ability to make a ball curve.
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Science of Gardening

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ECHO Climate Change Symposium
ECHO Climate Change Symposium

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.

Revealing Bodies
Revealing Bodies

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

Bird Call Quiz
Bird Call Quiz

Listen to bird songs and try to figure out which are songs, which are companion calls, and which are alarms.

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Clothespin Workout

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

Paper Bridges
Paper Bridges

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

Origins
Origins

Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.

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Plant Hybrids

If you're a patient gardener, you can grow your own hybrid flowers.

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Self-Portrait Silhouettes

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Make Your Own Telescope
Make Your Own Telescope

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

Total Solar Eclipse: Live From Turkey
Total Solar Eclipse: Live From Turkey

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

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Exploratorium @ Piers 15/17

We Moved! Follow Us to San Francisco’s Historic Waterfront

Ocean Acidification in a Cup: Do the experiment

Model ocean acidification with this simple experiment.

About the Arctic
About the Arctic

A brief introduction to the land of the midnight sun.

Exhibit: Resonator

Shake it 'til you break it (or not).

Conductivity Explorer
Conductivity Explorer

See how well various materials conduct electricity and use Science Journal to explore your data.

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The Science of Surfing

A little physics can go a long way on that shortboard.

A Joint Effort

See how we cut the Exploratorium in two for seismic safety.

Step Re-Mix
Step Re-Mix

Experiment with rhythm through stepping, a musical dance form that uses the body as a percussion instrument.

 The Science of Cooking Meat
The Science of Cooking Meat

fat, proteins, collagen, and more

Visit the Fudge House
Visit the Fudge House

the Fudge House on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco!

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Hang Ten

By looking at satellite and climate data that's available on the Web, surfers can follow storms into shore and be there in time to catch the biggest waves.

Tidal Bulge

Make a paper model that helps explain the changing tides.

MER Tools of the Trade
MER Tools of the Trade

The Instruments Aboard the Mars Exploration Rover

An Artist Looks at Life on an Undersea Volcano
What's a painter doing on this scientific research ship?
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station

"Mac Town," the first stop for many scientists in Antarctica, is the same as any town–only different.

Building A Virtual Skull
Building A Virtual Skull

Explore the process of reconstructing a skull as a 3-D model.

Flat Lens
Flat Lens

A drop of water makes a fine magnifying lens.

How to Build a Spectroscope
How to Build a Spectroscope

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.

Camera Obscura

Step inside San Francisco's landmark camera obscura with operator Robert Tacchetto.

The Science of Sharing Forum with Athena Aktipis
How humans can pick up pointers on sharing—from cells.
Arctic Birds
Arctic Birds

Summertime in the Arctic is for the birds

. . . silence of things secret . . ., by Matthew Goodheart

Immerse yourself in Matthew Goodheart's performance for our Resonance series.

Exposición de tarjetas postales
Exposición de tarjetas postales

Cuatro exposiciones lo suficientemente pequeñas para caber en tarjetas postales.

Saving Seeds, Saving Culture
Saving Seeds, Saving Culture

Saving seeds helps preserve the culture of Native American farmers in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.

L'illusione del muro del caffé
L'illusione del muro del caffé

Sperimenta interattivamente l'illusione del muro del caffé.

Collecting soil for Winogradsky Column activity
Bacterial Terrarium

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

Geometry Scavenger Hunt
Geometry Scavenger Hunt

What geometric shapes can you find on the playground?

Exploring the Traits of Life
Exploring the Traits of Life

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

Constructivist Learning Theory
Constructivist Learning Theory
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.

Time on Mars

What time is it on Mars?

Geiger Counter
Geiger Counter

What does it take to block gamma radiation?

Total Solar Eclipse from Aruba: February 26, 1998
Total Solar Eclipse Aruba 1998
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.

Look Inside a Tooth
Look Inside a Tooth

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

Paul Clipson

Follow filmmaker Paul Clipson as he captures the Exploratorium's waterfront site.

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Drives & Gears

What is a gear ratio? And how do gears help make the bicycle so efficient?

Brain Explorer
Brain Explorer

Explore the unknown world inside your brain with these fun activities.

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