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5 Best Places to See Holiday Lights in the Bay Area

Feb
7
Science of Cocktails
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Science of Cocktails

Friday, February 7, 2020 • 9:00 p.m.–midnight

Shake up your perceptions at this festive fundraiser for science!

Support the Vision
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Support the Vision

What's the impact of your gift?

Science of Cocktails
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Science of Cocktails

Sip your science at our most spirited annual fundraiser.

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Join Our Donor Community

Be the catalyst.

Searing Steak
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Searing Steak

Searing doesn’t retain water—it eliminates it.

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Roles for Emerging Mobility in Susatainable Transportation

Nov
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After Dark: From the Farm
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After Dark: From the Farm

Thursday, November 14, 2019 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.

From livestock to grapes, learn the science of growing food.

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Tickets on Sale for the Exploratorium's 10th Annual Science of Cocktails Fundraiser
Light Play Workshop with Explainers
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Light Play Workshop with Explainers

Each year, we get to spend a chunk of time working with the incoming field trip explainers engaging deeply in a tinkering activity and reflecting on how that experience can affect our practice as learners and facilitators. Usually we go with marble machines, but since this fall we have a group mostly returning explainers, we wanted to try something new.

Mirrored pixels
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Mirrored pixels

This is the latest mutation of the mylar light box that we have been playing with in the Tinkering Studio. This iteration is a full wall made up of hundreds of mylar tubes, which are sandwiched between two diffusing filters.

Counting Shadows
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Counting Shadows

Getting to experience moments of insight alongside a learner always feels a little bit like magic.* While working with preschoolers as the Tinkering Studio adapts tinkering activities to younger age groups, I've glimpsed these moments of delighted learning early and often.

Bob Miller Light Walk Tools: Then and Now
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Bob Miller/Light Walk

Exploring the idea that light is information by using a collection of ingeniously simple props and tools.

Light Play Instructable
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Light Play Instructable

We've gone through several iterations of an activity called Light Play that lets participants experiment with lights, shadows, reflections and refractions. This spring we created a new system for the activity in the tinkering studio and made new lights and screens to work on the museum floor.

Light Play
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Light Play
Explore light, shadow, and motion using a variety of simple materials and light sources.
After Dark
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After Dark

Every Thursday Night

See for yourself every Thursday night.

Mutant Fruit Flies
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Mutant Fruit Flies

The fruit flies in this exhibit show just a few of the mutations that occur in natural fruit fly populations.

Build a Solar System
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Build a Solar System

Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space."

Common Cents
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Common Cents

Can you recognize an ordinary penny? It may be tougher than you think!

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Holiday Season in San Francisco: Start a New Family Tradition at the Exploratorium

Make a trip to the Exploratorium your festive family tradition. 

Explorable Water
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Explorable Water

Take a molecule's view of temperature changes in a drop of water.

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

Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.

Timing the Perfect Turkey
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Timing the Perfect Turkey

Cooking a turkey twice as big isn't twice as hard.

Brining Turkey
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Brining Turkey

Keep your Thanksgiving turkey moist through the science of brining.

Basic Brine
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Basic Brine
Keep your meat moist by adding water.
Science of Food: Water
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Science of Food: Water

Explore water's crucial role in food and cooking.

Conversion Calculator
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Conversion Calculator

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

Every Last Popcorn
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Every Last Popcorn
Take a minute to make sure every kernel gets popped.
Low-Energy Spaghetti
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Low-Energy Spaghetti
Cook pasta right in its sauce by presoaking it first.
Knuckle-Method Rice
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Knuckle-Method Rice
Measure out rice and water with just your hand.

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