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 ...

Shawn Rowe carries out research related to the intersections of everyday and STEM ways of knowing and thinking. With a background in applied linguistics and developmental psychology, his work has ...

Latinx+ Engineering Day is part of the Exploratorium's ongoing commitment to inclusivity and representation in STEM education. The event is designed to be accessible and engaging for all, regardless ...

In this blog post, I’d like to delve deeper into what happens in this shared idea space of “Ideas are between us”, using the development of Tinker with a View with OctoStudio activities as an example.

Since last year, we've been doing some interesting R&Ds on light and shadow using the CPX, and I wanted to document and share some project examples here. CPX, which stands for Circuit Playground ...

Tinkering Inventive Play Sets (TIPS) As part of this network, in addition to our recent light and shadow idea shares, we've been developing playful learning experiences we're calling Tinkering ...

In this Snack, students notice: Materials that are like the membrane easily pass through, while those that are unlike the membrane do not. Channels can be used in cases where materials do not ...

At the Exploratorium booth at this year's Maker Faire, we invited visitors to work together to build five collaborative Rube Goldberg machines over the course of the weekend. On Saturday we set off ...

Before our workshop, we facilitated spinning tops for our Right to Play colleagues who were then able to become in-person facilitators of the workshop in Rwanda while Deanna and I joined remotely. We ...

Tinkering Afterschool Mantras In the course of developing a long-term practice that spans several years of historical knowledge and accumulated wisdom, the facilitators and supporting staff have come ...

Tinkering in Early Childhood Tinkering is more than a collection of activities. It is a constructivist approach to learning based on the premise that all learners are competent and capable of making ...

This is a set of materials that are easy to use and robust enough for our work in the tinkering studio where visitors use the materials over and over. It's also a great set of materials to quickly try ...