The Exploratorium

Do you have a hard time matching paint swatches with your furniture? When you consider human perception, color is context dependent.

In this hands-on and feet-on excursion, learners take a science walk to visualize the planet's immense size and numerous structures, without the usual scale and ratio dimensions found in most textbook

In this activity, learners overlap the three primary colors to see how all other colors are made.

In this activity, learners use cooperation and logical thinking to find solutions to network problems on the playground.

In this demonstration, learners explore a variation of a Foucault pendulum, but upside down.

In this activity, learners repeat patterns in two and three dimensions to create tessellations.

The Drawing Board consists of a marking pen that remains stationary and a platform that swings beneath the pen, acting as a pendulum.

This activity shows how our experience of the Sun changes with time and location. The sun dagger at Chaco Canyon is thought by many to be a sort of ancient timekeeping device.

Light painting is a creative activity that involves creating striking images and illusions using a camera, a light source, and a little practice.

In this activity about electricity and magnetism, learners discover how a doorbell works. A coil of wire with current flowing through it forms an electromagnet that acts similar to a bar magnet.