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

What do you really know about what you see?

What happens to a cylinder when you scale it up?

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

Kid-friendly explorations and experiments for curious minds.

Your thumb and index finger can help you test a steak's degree of doneness.

Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.

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

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

Explore the ideas behind Science of Sharing with these Activities.

Explore the ideas behind Science of Sharing with these Activities.

Meet a kinetic sculptor.

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

Follow our crew as they visit the Dry Valleys and hike the slopes of volcanic Mt. Erebus.

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

Here are some activities that test your memory – and some things you can try to help you remember things better.

Search a geological map of Ethiopia for fossils.

A fish-eye view of the brain

Not all bubbles are made with soap!

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

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

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.

One man's journey into blindness

Have you ever wondered what makes blue cheese blue, or why some cheeses are hard and others soft?

Search a geological map of Ethiopia for fossils.

Sometimes things are not as they appear.

Living along the continental coastline of Antarctica are the emperors and the Adélies.

The Maya were expert sky-watchers, careful observers of the motions of the celestial bodies...

With just mud, paper and an egg, you can grow colonies of multi-hued microbes!

Downloadable media about earthquake science.

Follow along with expedition leader Bob Ballard and his crew on the exploration vessel Nautilus as they search for hydrothermal vents, underwater volcanoes, and ancient shipwrecks.

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.

Take a virtual journey to the frog capital of the world, Rayne, Louisiana.

Think you have a lot in common with a kiwi fruit? Genetically speaking, you do.

With a lens, you can bend light to make pictures of the world.