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

Insight into genes, reproduction, and cancer

Will the "real" South Pole please stand up?

Build a mirrored tube that lets you see around corners and over walls.

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

Scientists dig under the surface for clues to past climate

Join us as we crunch our way through everything from our San Francisco sourdough to Injera and Pugliese.

Tinker with electricity using common objects: batteries, lights, buzzers, motors, switches, etc.

A comprehensive tour through the weird and wonderful world of frogs.

How are emotional expressions built?

Technological developments have changed how we view Earth. See LandSat images and learn more about our home planet.

Can you take a sip of water from a cup with your eyes closed?

What happens when two hockey players collide? Try our hockey collision calculator!

Are there meat by-products in makeup? Can you guess where you might find them?

Looking at the night sky can help you see how your eyes and brain make sense out of moonlight.

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

Learn about the most important piece of equipment-- your feet!

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.

Scientists dig under the surface for clues to past climate

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

APE was a four-year Exploratorium project to explore strategies and tactics to shift the role of visitors from passive recipient of information to active participant in the exhibit experience.

See why these beautiful flowers have attracted generations of admirers.

I movimenti dei tuoi occhi faranno brillare questo disegno.

Explore the ancient knowledge of the Maya, who built sophisticated monuments to the sun.

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

What does it take to block gamma radiation?

Search a geological map of Ethiopia for fossils.

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

Summertime in the Arctic is for the birds

The majority of Barrow residents are indigenous people who live both traditional and modern lives

Learn more about the process of making Champagne.

Pick one and guess the source

Scientists dig under the surface for clues to past climate

What's the quietest sound you can find – and how can you find it? Download listening tips.

It's easy to fold a sheet of paper in half. But can you fold a sheet of paper in half ten times?

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

Activities and workshops for playful invention, investigation, and collaboration

Bubbles are round when they float free through air. But what happens when you pack bubbles together?

Where is the Center of the Universe? Here, there, and everywhere.

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

Learn about the body's vital defense force.

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

Find out why biodiversity benefits plants and people alike.

An incubator for innovative public space ideas, projects and news

Is there life on Mars? Our best evidence so far is a baked-potato-sized chunk of rock found in Antarctica.

Watch Venus travel in front of the sun. 

Watch tiny blue, green, and white molds grow on leftover food.

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