The Exploratorium

In this activity, learners repeat patterns in two and three dimensions to create tessellations. This activity combines the creativity of an art project with the challenge of solving a puzzle.

In this STEAM activity, learners create a "pixel tube" to explore reflections of light and color mixing.

With little more than a plastic bottle, some vinyl tubing, and a length of PVC pipe, make a rocket and a rocket launcher and investigate how rockets fly.

In this activity about afterimages, learners explore what happens when receptor cells called cones in your eye's retina get tired.

In this optics/mathematics activity, learners use two hinged mirrors to create a kaleidoscope that shows multiple images of an object.

In this physics activity, learners construct a small-scale version of a classic carnival game.

In this activity, learners explore chemiluminescence and fluorescence. Learners examine 3 different solutions in regular light, in the dark with added bleach solution, and under a black light.

In this activity, learners make a photographic image—without a camera!

In this activity, learners follow simple directions to explore and create platonic solids.

This activity guide includes instructions on how to build a "Shake Table" by mounting an eccentric mass (off center) on the shaft of a small dc motor.