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Try this collection of prompts for tinkering at home.
Learning Toolbox: Engage in activities about the science of coronavirus and explore our online resources for learning at home.
Science of Water: Food Explore water's crucial role in food and cooking.
Browse our growing online collection of interactive exhibits.
Global Climate Change Explorer • Discover how researchers study climate change and examine the latest scientific data.
Low-cost, teacher-tested activities for the classroom and the curious.
Wired Pier Environmental Field Station • Explore weather, air quality, and water conditions from San Francisco Bay

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

Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.

Bulk up your understanding of the "muscles" that move Theo Jansen's strandbeests.

Exploring Paper

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

Exhibitizing Cooperation

“No way! I lost a lot of cows last year!” is not something you’d expect to hear on the floor of a science museum.

Illusion Songs

A collection of auditory illusions found in indigenous folk practices, popular music, and scientific research.

Naked Eggs

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

Comet Approach Maneuvers

Learn the details of NASA's 2014 Rosetta Mission.

Beyond Einstein: World Wide Webcast

In celebration of Albert Einstein's work in 1905, science laboratories and museum around the world (including the Exploratorium) participated in a twelve-hour webcast that explored Einstein's influence on current physics research.

Iron Science Teacher

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

Bird Call Quiz

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

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.

Why Save Seeds?

Find out why biodiversity benefits plants and people alike.

Muddy Waters

by Eileen Campbell • February 15, 2017

Winter rains muddy the waters in the Bay.

Antarctic Whales

Humpbacks, minkes, and orcas are often sighted in the nutrient-rich Antarctic waters.

Conversation with Ocean Explorer Robert Ballard

Learn about ocean exploration from a famous explorer, Dr. Robert Ballard.

Plate Tectonics

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

Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television

Soap Film Painting

Learn how to make beautiful "paintings" with soap and water.

Geology for Fossil Hunters

Search a geological map of Ethiopia for fossils.

In Silhouette

In Silhouette invites you to experience remarkably complex and inventive works of shadow play.

Exploring the Traits of Life

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

Fostering Active Prolonged Engagement

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.