
Peter Taylor's Tool Belt
by Steve Gennrich • January 7, 2017
Peter Taylor, Exploratorium Super-Technician, talks about his outdoor installation tools.
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An introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.
When you ride a bike in a straight line, you must make many minor corrections in order to stay upright.
Find out how proteins make muscles work in this original Exploratorium poster, illustrated by David Goodsell.
Take an animated tour of Antarctica's variety of ice formations, which give it a beauty unrivaled anywhere on Earth.
For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?
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?
From May 20 to June 5 1997, we presented a webcast series exploring the art and science of severe storm visualization.
Make a simple rocket and a rocket launcher, and watch a demonstration of how the finished rocket will fly.
by Steve Gennrich • January 7, 2017
Peter Taylor, Exploratorium Super-Technician, talks about his outdoor installation tools.
When you pick up a baseball, it immediately suggests its purpose: to be thrown fast and with considerable accuracy.
How do you stop and steer a bicycle? What forces keep the bicycle from falling over?
Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!
Cuatro exposiciones lo suficientemente pequeñas para caber en tarjetas postales.
Explore mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages to create your own moving sculpture.
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.
Saving seeds helps preserve the culture of Native American farmers in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.
What's the science behind a home run? Why do curveballs curve? Learn about the game from players from the S.F. Giants & Oakland A's.
Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!
Explore the ancient knowledge of the Maya, who built sophisticated monuments to the sun.
Learn how grafting, hybridizing, and transgenics have transformed cultivation.
See how well various materials conduct electricity and use Science Journal to explore your data.
Find out how a cochlear implant helped one man regain the ability to listen.
Got questions about electrolysis in the classroom? We've got answers.