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

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

Find links relevant to research at the poles.

A fish-eye view of the brain

Learn about the giants of the polar seas.

How do you stop and steer a bicycle? What forces keep the bicycle from falling over?

Find out what's inside a floppy disk.

Activities and workshops for playful invention, investigation, and collaboration

Learn how living things get energy from dead ones in this interactive exhibit.

Build cantilevers from bamboo garden poles and drinking straws and discover the importance of scale.

San Francisco was born in gold dust, and nearly died in rubble and ashes.

Kid-friendly explorations and experiments for curious minds.

Vsit a quirky kitchen where you can compose music with ordinary (and not-so-ordinary) objects.

In 2009, the ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Partners hosted a national symposium held at the Exploratorium to discuss the effects of climate change on the planet. You can watch archived webcasts of the symposium.

An introduction to spectra and to the space-based telescopes. The site includes a number of hands-on activities.

On Saturday, May 6th, 2000 we hosted a live panel discussion and webcast to explore the amazing phenomena of Star Trek.

Why is your shadow longer in winter than in summer? Grab a basketball and some paperclips and find out!

Make a spinning disc called a stroboscope, which lets you create your own animated cartoon.

Bring movie, TV, and cartoon images to life.

Remote sensing allows geologists to peek under the ice – and find a big surprise.

fat, proteins, collagen, and more

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

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

Close your eyes – and open your ears.

Exploring the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans

The Antarctic food web is the simplest on the planet, and krill are at its hub.

Why is the bicycle the most efficient way to travel? Explore bicycle science and culture.

Students become Internet researchers and learn about NASA satellites.

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

Four downloadable workshop guides for teaching introductory genetics in a museum or other informal education setting.

Find out why biodiversity benefits plants and people alike.

Scientific knowledge and a few chemical concoctions can get you through a Bad Hair Day.

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

Find out how your eyes work and watch a real dissection of a cow's eye.

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.

Pick one and guess the source

Make your own refracting telescope from a pair of reading glasses.

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

Learn about the inner workings of a cell through this interactive exhibit.

Introduce students to unique life science activities that let them work with our research-quality microscopic images and videos.

Recycle some cans to make after-dinner music!

Learn how living things get energy from dead ones in this interactive exhibit.

In 2009, the ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Partners hosted a national symposium held at the Exploratorium to discuss the effects of climate change on the planet. You can watch archived webcasts of the symposium.

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