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

Explore the science of music with us, through these online exhibits, movies, and questions.

Skilled listeners share their secrets.

What kinds of candy are made and enjoyed in where you live?

Make yourself giant or tiny with a snip of the scissors.

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

What can you do with a frozen water balloon? Plenty!

Discover the difference between taste and smell.

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

The earth moves in mysterious ways

Make it grow . . . bigger, lusher, juicier.

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

Put on a mask and see how we communicate with our bodies as well as with our faces and words.

Join the Exploratorium on the playa in Black Rock Desert and explore the science of pyrotechnics, flight, dust devils, rainbows, and more.

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

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

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

Recycle some cans to make after-dinner music!

Download a PDF file with step-by-step instructions for doing your own cow's eye dissection.

What's at fault?

Visit the Outdoor Exploratorium at Fort Mason to explore the science behind wind, waves, and more.

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

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

Make it grow . . . bigger, lusher, juicier.

Check out our coverage of NASA’s rover, Curiosity, from 2012.

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.

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

Crabeaters have extraordinary teeth, Weddells are downright cute, and leopards are as fierce as their namesake

A downloadable series of graphics from our Faultline website gives a snapshot of seismic science.

Learn about the body's vital defense force.

A do-it-yourself cartoon kit. It's easy to make pictures move!

Explore the unknown world inside your brain with these fun activities.

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

Take a microscopic tour of the staff of life.

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