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In this activity, learners calculate the width (horizontal diameter) of the blind spot on their retina. Learners make a blind spot tester using a piece of notebook paper.

In this simple exploratory activity (1st activity on the page), blindfolded learners try to identify mystery items by smell.

Play keep away from your cat by using a static charge to suspend a piece of tinsel in the air. This Exploratorium produced activity also features videos to help create and learn about this phenomenon.

Find out what it would be like to have ears shaped differently from your own! Design and make different animal ears then try them out.

This is a quick activity that shows how large amounts of rock and sediment are added to the edge of continents during subduction.

In the kitchen, learners can perform their own density investigation.

In this math activity, learners create symmetrical designs for paper models of special blouses known as huipiles.

In this activity, learners make a foam packing peanut "flink"--neither float away nor sink--in water. Learners experiment with materials to make a Flinker that "flinks" for 10 seconds.

In this activity, learners will explore probability using dice. They will predict and then roll the dice to observe how many rolls it would take to repeat a matching pair. Learn track predictions vs.

In this activity, learners find as many combinations of a hundred as they can using various puzzle pieces from a hundred square grid paper.

In this math activity, learners make and explore patterns using the letters in their names, a grid, and some colors.

How far can you see out of the corner of your eye? Grab a partner and find out from the Exploratorium Science Snack.

Are there boxes, is this an illusion, or is this real life Q-bert? Illusions are always fun to build especially when you can build them.

In this optics activity, learners explore how light bends and affects what we see.

In this online game, learners practice memory recall. They are shown a collage of pictures for two minutes, then have to write down everything they remember and check how they did.

Oboes's unique sound originates from the two small reeds a musician blows into. Make your own double reed instrument out of straw!

"Exploring the Universe: Filtered Light" demonstrates how scientists can use telescopes and other tools to capture and filter different energies of light to study the universe.

In this activity, learners make a camouflaged butterfly to hide outside for others to find.

In this activity, learners explore how air warms when it condenses water vapor or makes clouds.

Up close, an array of dots could look random, but take a step back, and an image forms. By tracing over an image, learners can create their own dot based image.