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El arte de experimentar
Diviértete jugueteando con obras de arte, artilugios, exhibiciones y experiencias para todas las edades.
Total Solar Eclipse 2017 | Telescope Sonification with the Kronos Quartet
Experience the eclipse with musical sonification and accompaniment by the Kronos Quartet.
Ryan's Exploratorium Residency Week Two
Guest post written by Ryan Jenkins, co-founder and managing director of Wonderful Idea Co, an experimental studio that explores art, science and technology through making and tinkering. Ryan was a core member of the Tinkering Studio from 2009 to 2017 and is excited to return for a new project with the team to develop open-ended, unfacilitated (or lightly facilitated) tinkerable experiences using a wide range of tools and materials.
Introducing Tinkering Together
We are excited to share Tinkering Together! A virtual early childhood ideas festival! We hope you enjoy the on-demand digital programming by listening to the podcast series hosted by author and NPR correspondent Anya Kamentz and watching a miniseries featuring visual stories of educators practicing tinkering and making in the real world. We also showcase a series of "advisories" (stories and resources) from our outstanding group of project collaborators, and offer an invitation to live online tinkering sessions (Balance and Spinning Tops) and a fireside chat with leading practitioners in early learning, making, and tinkering.
4 Reasons to Take Your Date to After Dark in San Francisco
Looking for science, art, music, film, drinks, and food? We’ve got it.
Exploratorium Closing Early on May 20
Friday, May 20, 2022 • 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. PT
The Exploratorium will be closing at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2022, for a private event.
Magnetic Construction Set
I was so inspired by Casey's experiments with combining tin cans and Magnatiles into a construction set that I wanted to try it out too! I like the idea of looking around your space and incorporating materials (or even toys) that you already happen to have into construction sets. In this case, I also introduced a way less familiar material: Cas Holman's Geemo, a magnetic toy that recently captured my imagination.
Ryan's Exploratorium Residency Week Four
Guest post written by Ryan Jenkins, co-founder and managing director of Wonderful Idea Co, an experimental studio that explores art, science and technology through making and tinkering. Ryan was a core member of the Tinkering Studio from 2009 to 2017 and is excited to return for a new project with the team to develop open-ended, unfacilitated (or lightly facilitated) tinkerable experiences using a wide range of tools and materials.
The Ten Best Instagram Spots at San Francisco's Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is one of San Francisco's most Instagrammable spots. #nofilterneeded
8 Reasons the Exploratorium Is One of the Most Iconic San Francisco Attractions
Discover why the Exploratorium is an iconic San Francisco attraction.
Roving with Perseverance: Lifelike Model of NASA’s Mars Rover
Enjoy out-of-this world programs featuring staff from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. local experts, and tinkerers.
After Dark: Dark Matter
Thursday, April 28, 2022 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Dive into dark matter with scientists and leaders whose work is at the forefront of cosmology.
May Is for Members
Sunday, May 1, 2022–Tuesday, May 31, 2022
May is when we celebrate our members! Join us for giveaways, discounts, and more.
After Dark: Sound and Music
Thursday, May 5, 2022 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Open your ears to the world of sound!
After Dark: See for Yourself
Thursday, May 26, 2022 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Spark your curiosity at After Dark!
Día de las Madres | Mother's Day 2022
Día de la comunidad | Community Day
Domingo 8 de mayo del 2022 | Sunday, May 8, 2022 • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
¡Feliz Día de las Madres! Happy Mother's Day!
Exploratorium Closing Early on May 4
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 • 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. PT
The Exploratorium will be closing at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, for a private event.
A Toolkit for Tinkering with Balance
Building on our Tinkering At Home balance activities and online workshops, our team has been engaging in creating a playful balance tinkering experience for the Tinkering Studio. Visitors get to try their hand at creating their own precarious, whimsical, and surprising balancing sculptures while investigating counter balance and equilibrium in an intuitive way – and bracing for the often dramatic collapses of precariously balanced systems! Our process is always focused on getting to something physical to play with as quickly as possible and frequent testing with our own team and visitors, even as we ourselves are still exploring the possibilities and discovering the concepts.
Balancing Sculptures and Prototyping at a Distance
Guest post written by Ryan Jenkins, co-founder and managing director of Wonderful Idea Co, an experimental studio that explores art, science and technology through making and tinkering. Ryan was a core member of the Tinkering Studio from 2009 to 2017 and is excited to return for a new project with the team to develop open-ended, unfacilitated (or lightly facilitated) tinkerable experiences using a wide range of tools and materials.
The Art of Tinkering
Dive into tinkering with art, contraptions, exhibits, and experiences for all ages.
The Art of Tinkering
Dive into tinkering with art, contraptions, exhibits, and experiences for all ages.
Designing for Connection
This is one in a series of blog posts about our current Tinkering Studio projects and initiatives shared at the Exploratorium's 2022 Trade Show.
Facilitating Computational Tinkering Project
Facilitating Computational Tinkering (FCT) is an Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) NSF project focusing on creating strategies to make computationally-rich tinkering projects equitable and inclusive.
Creating Far-reaching Communities of Practice
This is one in a series of blog posts about our current Tinkering Studio projects and initiatives shared at the Exploratorium's 2022 Trade Show.
Tech & Play
The Tech & Play initiative is an international network of partners that develop and practice playful approaches to learning.
Learning Through Play: Tinkering at Home and UFTEs
This is one in a series of blog posts about our current Tinkering Studio projects and initiatives shared at the Exploratorium's 2022 Trade Show. What does it mean to learn through play? We've been exploring what playful learning looks like in different settings, from the kitchen table to the museum floor.
Tinkering in the Community
This is one in a series of blog posts about our current Tinkering Studio projects and initiatives shared at the Exploratorium's 2022 Trade Show. Tinkering values community building, because we recognize that learning is relational, and one of the most important roles we can have is to change the relationship learners have with science, their fellow learners, and their inner worlds as belonging in science.
Everyone Belongs in Tinkering
This is one in a series of blog posts about our current Tinkering Studio projects and initiatives shared at the Exploratorium's 2022 Trade Show.
Tinkering in Early Childhood
Tinkering is more than a collection of activities.
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