Meet some of the remarkable creatures that call the Bay home during a day of hands-on science, live demonstrations, and ...

Experience the Exploratorium. Let your curiosity roam free through hundreds of exhibits in our six spacious indoor and outdoor galleries at Pier 15, San Francisco.

Free livestream, museum watch party, and comprehensive online eclipse guide bring one of nature's most spectacular events to ...

A Scribbling Machine is a motorized contraption that moves in unusual ways and leaves a mark to trace its path. It’s made from simple materials and demonstrates the erratic motion created by an offset ...

A pinhole camera you can really get into. Have you ever heard of a camera without a lens? Get an inside look at how a lensless camera works. Tools and Materials Cardboard box large enough to fit over ...

What Are the Three Types of Solar Eclipses?

Explore Charles’s Law—in a syringe. Discover the relationship between the temperature and volume of a given amount of gas. Prepare four beakers with four different temperatures of water—some warmer ...

Inquiry is about curiosity-driven exploration that makes real-world problems and science phenomena come alive for learners. Think hands-on investigations, big questions, and aha moments—all guided by ...

Make the pier your playground on Thursday nights. Become an After Dark member! Get inquisitive, grab a drink, and let the DJ set the vibe. After Dark members enjoy a year of surprising Thursday nights ...

Here at the Exploratorium, you don’t look at exhibits—you play with them. Dance with your own shadow, levitate, touch a tornado, mix colors and break light apart, stop time, start a conversation, ...

Place dry spaghetti in a long dish and cover it with 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of room-temperature water. Let the pasta soak for 2 hours. Bring the pasta sauce to a simmer and add pre-soaked pasta.

Shell Bumpy and grainy in texture, an eggshell is covered with as many as 17,000 tiny pores. Eggshell is made almost entirely of calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) crystals. It is a semipermeable membrane, ...