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

Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.

Creating the Campus
Creating the Campus

Explore an interactive map.

Listening Guides
Listening Guides

Skilled listeners share their secrets.

The Tinkering Studio
The Tinkering Studio

Activities and workshops for playful invention, investigation, and collaboration

Iron Science Teacher
Iron Science Teacher

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

It's Alive
It's Alive

Bring movie, TV, and cartoon images to life.
Science of Cocktails 2015

Take a hands-on look at the science of cocktails.

Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television
Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television
The Joshua Light Show and Moon Duo (Part 2 of 2)

Experience the psychedelic visuals of the legendary Joshua Light Show.

Paper Bridges
Paper Bridges

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

Can You Find the Highest Note?
Can You Find the Highest Note?

Three auditory illusions created by students from the Center for Electronic Art.

Sport! Science Q&A
Sport! Science Q&A

Find the answers to common Sport! Science questions.

Bubbularium
Bubbularium

Make an observatory to see the amazing colors in bubbles!

Go With The Flow
Go With The Flow

Spin the bottle to see beautiful swirling shapes
Compound Eyes Trailer
Paul Clipson gets personal with dragonflies, spiders, ants, butterflies, and slugs.
Whip Graft
Whip Graft

This is an easy grafting project for beginners.

Copper Caper
Copper Caper

Watch old pennies turn bright and shiny right before your eyes!

Pi Day
Pi Day

Activities and History

Balloon Blow-Up
Balloon Blow-Up

Not all bubbles are made with soap!

The Amazing Water Trick
The Amazing Water Trick

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Do Your Own Dissection
Do Your Own Dissection

Download a PDF file with step-by-step instructions for doing your own cow's eye dissection.
Reggie Watts performing at the Exploratorium

Enjoy Reggie Watt's take on exploration of Mars.

Light Painting
Light Painting

You can make a light painting with a light source, a darkened room, and a digital camera.

Gear Exploration
Gear Exploration

A bicycle, masking tape, paper, pencil, and a little curiosity are all you need to find out how the gears of a bicycle work.
Fear
See the psychology and biology of fear up close.
Earliest Memories
Earliest Memories

Enjoy the early memories of some of the visitors to this website.
Kronos Quartet: Performance

Watch selections from the Kronos Quartet's performance at Resonance.

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