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The Tinkering Afterschool program was invited by the organizers of the recent virtual State of the Exploratorium gala event (shoutout to the wonderful folks of the Institutional Advancement team) to share some insights and information about the program, its values, and how our practices have shifted to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we continue to build around equity and inclusion. Our aim in collaborating with them to bring more visibility to our work and the program partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco was to share our reflections and successes of these last couple years with shelter-in-place, and to provide a view into our program formats that we hope resonate and connect with the field’s increasing efforts to think around identity and the role it plays in learning and creativity.
Encourage people to make their own observations and experiment. And never give them all the answers.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Exploratorium will be open to the public on Tuesday, December 21, 2021.
Monday, January 17, 2022 • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Exploratorium will be open to the public on Monday, January 17, 2022.
Saturday, January 1, 2022 • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Exploratorium will be open to the public on Saturday, January 1, 2022.
Friday, December 31, 2021 • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Exploratorium will be open to the public on Friday, December 31, 2021.
Monday, February 21, 2022 • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Exploratorium will be open to the public on Monday, February 21, 2022.
Observing and exploring our shifting planet.
Cells aren’t just the basis of life; they’re the basis of biology learning.
Humans haven’t yet figured out how to turn energy from the sun into chemical energy, or how to use that energy to support life—but producers have.
The hunt for life in other parts of the universe is on—but how are scientists going about it, and what does it mean to discover life, anyway?
This Digital Teaching Box contains resources for teaching introductory genetics.
For the past couple of months we've been lucky enough to have the amazing Iris Gottlieb working with us in the Learning Studio as our first illustrator-in-residence. She has lent her beautiful drawings and quirky humor to several signs, guides, and clocks during her time here (which deserve and will get their own blog post in the near future).
Saturday, January 8, 2022 • 1:00 and 2:00 p.m.
Celebrate OUT OF SIGHT with the dance crew Oakland Originalz.
Monday, December 27 • 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Play and co-create while investigating scientific phenomena such as electricity and motion and tinkering with engineering.
Every Sunday
10:00 a.m.–noon Daytime Members and Donors Only
Noon–2:00 p.m. Open to the Public
Play and co-create while investigating scientific phenomena such as electricity and motion and tinkering with engineering.
Friday, December 31, 2021 • 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Play and co-create while investigating scientific phenomena such as electricity and motion and tinkering with engineering.
Tuesday, December 28, 2021 • 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Play and co-create while investigating scientific phenomena such as electricity and motion and tinkering with engineering.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021 • 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Play and co-create while investigating scientific phenomena such as electricity and motion and tinkering with engineering.
Investigate some of the more colorful ways to make things glow.
Welcome to Aperture Lucida, the latest creation of the young Southern California artist and inventor Tristan Duke, product of over two years’ work as artist in residence alongside fellow materials wizards at the Exploratorium. The piece veritably brims with surprising implications, which Lawrence Weschler, the author of Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder, will assist Mr. Duke in teasing out.
Meghan Kroning provides a wide range of administrative and project support to the Visitor Research & Evaluation department. She received an MA in 2014 in Museum Studies, Management at San Francisco State University, where she explored the ways that internal culture and values impact the quality of services in museums.