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Explorables: Handmade Science
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Use everyday materials to create models and other tools for exploring the world around us. Run by a dedicated team of volunteers, these drop-in workshops mix classic activities with open-ended investigations, encouraging participants to follow their hunches to aha! moments of scientific insight.
Upcoming Programs
There's always something interesting happening here—check out our ongoing events.
Past Programs
Explorables: Cells
Saturday, February 15, 2020 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Learn about and draw your own cells, make a DIY microscope cellphone attachment, and play around with the symmetry of your face.
Explorables: Glow
Saturday, December 21, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Play around with LEDs and make your own glowing toys with these two activities.
Explorables: Glow
Saturday, November 16, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Play around with LEDs and make your own glowing toys with these two activities.
Explorables: Glow
Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Play around with LEDs and make your own glowing toys with these two activities.
Explorables: Self, Made
Saturday, August 17, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Join us for two fun activities that offer unique challenges: Reach Your Goals and Coverse Using Few Words.
Explorables: Self, Made
Saturday, July 20 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Join us for two fun activities that offer unique challenges: Reach Your Goals and Coverse Using Few Words.
Explorables: Self, Made
Saturday, June 15, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Join us for two fun activities that offer unique challenges: Bean Bag Toss Challenge and Coverse Using Few Words.
Explorables: Electricity
Saturday, April 20, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Play with circuits and magnets to build an electronic sculpture and electric motor.
Explorables: Play
Saturday, March 16, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Join us for three classic Explorables activities exploring sound and motion: Glove-A-Phone, Climbing Bear, and Spinning Disks.
Explorables: Flash Pickling
Saturday, February 16, 2019 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Turn vegetables into a delicious pickled snack. Flash pickling is a simple technique that lets you perform the pickling process in under a minute.
Explorables: Clothespin Automata
Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Use clothesline pins, foam, and moving parts to investigate and build different types of whimsical contraptions.
Explorables: Clothespin Automata
Saturday, November 10, 2018 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Use clothesline pins, foam, and moving parts to investigate and build different types of whimsical contraptions.
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