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

Recycle some cans to make after-dinner music!

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

Four times over 100-plus years, major initiatives have brought together scientists from around the globe to collaboratively study the poles.

A fish-eye view of the brain

See links relevant to the themes presented in the Traits of Life exhibition.

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.

Explore new social science exhibits at San Francisco’s Civic Center.

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

They're a menace to ships, but life thrives in these frozen oases.

Want to see where the biggest quakes have been this week? Follow a few of the links below to see what's shaking in your neighborhood and around the world.

An inside look at a chicken's egg.

Find links relevant to Mars and space exploration.

Watch ancient text revealed and read for the first time in a thousand years!

Investigate the interior angles of polygons with your feet.

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Activities and History

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

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

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

Use this handy conversion calculator to convert between the many units found in recipes.

Here's how you can model the use of X rays for medical examinations with some sand and a piece of screen.

Take a peek at the colorful world of plant sex.

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

What do you really know about what you see?

The Instruments Aboard the Mars Exploration Rover

Can't decide if you're sandy or silty? Try this simple test.

What do you really know about what you see?

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

A brief introduction to the land of the midnight sun.

If you want to dig a ditch in the Arctic, you'd better bring more than a shovel.

Explore the process of extracting DNA from Neanderthal bones.

Use printable images from our time-lapse movies to make flipbooks–handheld animations that you can make at home.

Build a tool that lets you do estimates using your own feet.

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.

Explore the surrounding sounds that everyday objects make. Build a noise contraption from these objects, then add a PicoCricket to automate your contraption. Finally, add a light sensor and program your sound automata to "play" when triggered by light.

Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.

Learn about the body's vital defense force.

In February 2009, the Exploratorium hosted Darwin Days, a series of presentations, debates, and discussions exploring the ways scientists continue to learn from and apply their knowledge of evolutionary biology to a broad range of pursuits.

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

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The nearly ice-free Dry Valleys are an Antarctic anomaly, and Earth's closest equivalent to Mars.

Kid-friendly explorations and experiments for curious minds.

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

Find out how this extreme sport is governed by the principles of momentum, gravity, friction, and centripetal force. Learn skateboarding history, technology, and more!

Dig into the succulent science of making things grow.

Make an observatory to see the amazing colors in bubbles!