Melissa K. Nelson (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) Ph.D. is an Indigenous ecologist and award-winning scholar-activist and media-maker. She is a professor of Indigenous Sustainability at Arizona State ...

In order to create a shadow, you need three things: light, something blocking the light, and a surface for the shadow to fall on. A shadow is an area where light is being blocked. You see your shadow ...

Make a truth teller for light. Turn an old CD into a spectroscope to analyze light—you may be surprised by what you see. Try pointing your CD spectroscope at the fluorescent light in your room, sunlit ...

A spinning 3D printed sculpture becomes a mesmerizing animation under a strobe light.

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Join us for Storytime Science—a storybook read aloud followed by a simple related science activity geared toward very young children. This month, Exploratorium staffer and children's literature ...

We have been prototyping a new automata activity called “Cranky Contraptions” using simple materials such as wooden blocks, wire, and foamies. Now that it’s been about a month that we have been ...

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The free version of the Stop Motion Studio application will let you quickly take and combine multiple photos into an animation. Download the Stop Motion Studio app for iOS or Android to try it out!

Happy National DNA Day, which commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. Published sixty-four years ago in the journal ...

You don’t have to be a climate scientist to teach climate change, and you don’t have to be an experienced storyteller to infuse climate content with stories. Explore these educator resources for using ...

SAN FRANCISCO (April 11, 2025) – The Exploratorium is proud to be a partner of San Francisco Climate Week, presented by Climatebase, and host a series of engaging events, including the keynote by Vice ...