Look through the waxed paper at the colored papers below. Lift the waxed paper up, away from the pink paper and toward your face, until you see very faint blue color in a field of pale pink. Stare at ...

Download the PDF file containing the cipher wheels. Copy and cut out the two wheels. Place the smaller wheel on top of the larger wheel and rotate them so your "key letter" on the small wheel is ...

If you reach up and feel around your eye, you’ll feel the bone of your skull. There’s fat surrounding your eyeball to keep it from bumping up against the bone and getting bruised. In the cow’s eye ...

What should I wear? You'll want to wear comfortable clothes. We recommend layers, so that you're ready for whatever San Francisco weather comes your way—sun, fog, or a chilly ocean breeze. Comfortable ...

All light is made up of waves of electromagnetic radiation. A spectroscope spreads each different wavelength to a different position within a spectrum of light. Music is digitally recorded as circular ...

De-shell the eggs by placing them in a large container so that they touch as little as possible. Add vinegar to cover the eggs (see photo below), and cover the container. Allow the eggs to sit for 24 ...

Make a simple mini-motor.Give the coil a spin to start it turning. If it doesn’t keep spinning on its own, check to make sure that the coil assembly is well balanced when spinning, that the enamel has ...

When you removed the cards from one set of bottles, the hot water stayed on top and the cold water stayed on the bottom, with the colors staying pretty much the same. In the other set, however, ...

Speed up your spin.Newton found that an object in motion tends to remain in motion, in a straight line and at a constant speed, unless it is acted upon by a net force. Today, we call this observation ...

Listen up: You’re about to take a sonic journey around the planet. Don’t miss the stunning West Coast premiere of The Great Animal Orchestra. This immersive audiovisual art experience celebrates the ...

Make models of the earth and moon Make a model Earth by rolling out a small ball of green or blue clay. The ball should be between ½ to ¾ inches (about 1.5 to 2 cm) in diameter (click to enlarge photo ...

Projects The Tinkering Studio is primarily an R&D laboratory on the floor of the Exploratorium, but whenever possible we try to share our projects, activities, and developing ideas following an “open ...