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

Find links relevant to Mars and space exploration.

Most paper airplanes are flat, but these paper hoops can really fly!

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

Sometimes we can learn about outer space when space objects come to us.

Turn your phone into a pocket science laboratory with tools to measure light, motion, sound, and more.

Did you know the Maya used two calendars? How did they know when to plan their big New Year's parties?

A model for heart development

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

In the 1870s, an American woman could not vote. She could not own property in her own name after marriage. But she could play ball. . .

How do scientists establish the age of artifacts, rocks, and settlements?

Use the Science Journal mobile app to investigate the sound around you.

Activités pour la classe élémentaire.

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

Discover the uncommon stories behind the most common fruits and vegetables.

Not all bubbles are made with soap!

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

For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?

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

Listen to the sound of a rainstorm – anytime, anywhere.

Try your hand at explaining symbols both modern and ancient, and then make your own.

Find out why biodiversity benefits plants and people alike.

Staff member Vivian Altmann presents the "Snack" Water-Bottle Membranophone." Make some noise with simple materials.

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

This clay building activity shows that when you make things bigger, weight increases faster than strength.

Recycle a potato chip can into a simple camera.

Rube Goldberg-inspired cause and effect contraptions using everyday materials and found objects.

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

An evening of wine, food, and talk.

Meet a kinetic sculptor.

“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.

Find the answers to common Sport! Science questions.

Discover secret colors hidden in a black marker!

Learn how sparkling wine is made, what makes it different from still wine, and where all those little bubbles come from!

Learn the science behind bad hair days, and learn how hair increases its length when humidity increases, making curly hair frizz and straight hair go limp.

Make a simple rocket and a rocket launcher, and watch a demonstration of how the finished rocket will fly.

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

Artist Bob Miller's Light Walk at the Exploratorium will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images.

Scratch Film, also known as Direct Animation, is the process of drawing and scratching designs directly onto film.

The lure of Terra Australis Incognita begins with the Ancient Greeks and ends with modern cruise ships.

Activities and History

Imagine yourself in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. You've been sailing for weeks, and there's no land in sight. Do you know where you are? Do you know which way to go?

A trash-filled median blossoms into a community oasis.

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

Watch Venus travel in front of the sun. 

See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.

A trash-filled median blossoms into a community oasis.