The Science Explorer: An Exploratorium-At-Home Book

Boy with bubble experiment

credit

Featured Activities

Geodesic Gumdrops
Geodesic Gumdrops
Go With the Flow!
Go With the Flow!
Now you can get more Science Explorer activities and support our museum at the same time. Both Science Explorer books can now be purchased online at our new Exploratorium Store !

Get Messy, Get Airborne, Get Loud, Get Shocked! Try These Activities.

Blowing, Bouncing,
Bursting Bubbles

Bubble Bomb - Using baking soda and vinegar, you can pop a plastic bag with the power of fizz.

Balloon Blow-Up -Not all bubbles are made with soap!

Bubbularium - Make an observatory to see the amazing colors in bubbles!

It's All Done With Mirrors
Up Periscope! - Build a mirrored tube that lets you see around corners and over walls.

Mysterious Mixtures
Outrageous Ooze - This stuff can't make up its mind -- is it a liquid or a solid?

Go With the Flow - Spin the bottle to make beautiful swirling shapes!

It's Colorific!
Black Magic - Discover secret colors hidden in a black marker!

Reflecting Rainbows - Decorate your white walls with rainbow colors!

Surprising Structures
File Card Bridges - How many pennies will your bridge hold?

Geodesic Gumdrops - Make amazing architecture with gumdrops and toothpicks.

Dramatic Static
Super Sparker - Make very, very, very tiny lightning, anytime you want!

Remote Control Roller - Rub a balloon on your head, then watch a soda can race across the floor!

Seeing the Light
Pringles® Pinhole - Recycle a potato chip can into a simple camera.

Pictures From Light - With a lens, you can bend light to make pictures of the world.

Making a Sun Clock - Before there were clocks, people used shadows to tell time!

Taking Things Apart
Dissect a Disk - Find out what's inside a floppy disk.

Sink Or Swim
Salt Volcano - Make your own miniature "Lava Lite"

Glitter Globe - Make a fantastic toy that shimmers when you shake it.

The Amazing Water Trick - Do hot water and cold water mix?

Seeing Isn't Believing
Flipsticks - A do-it-yourself cartoon kit. It's easy to make pictures move!

Hear, Hear!
Ear Guitar - Share some scecret sounds with a friend.

Secret Bells - An ordinary metal spoon can make some astounding sounds!

CANdemonium - Recycle some cans to make after-dinner music!

Rings, Wings, and
Other Flying Things

Roto-Copter - This simple paper toy spins through the air like a mini-helicopter!

Spinning Blimps - Become an aircraft designer!

Hoopster - Most paper airplanes are flat, but these paper hoops can really fly!

What Do You Say?
I M O K. U R O K . - You can make sentences without words!

Making Changes
Crystal Creations - Grow spikes of crystals in the sun.

Mold Terrarium - Watch tiny blue, green, and white plants grow on leftover food.

Copper Caper - Watch old pennies turn bright and shiny right before your eyes!

Family Experiments from the World's Favorite Hands-On Science Museum

Published by Owl Books,
Henry Holt & Company, New York,
1996 & 1997

ISBN 0-B050-4536 & ISBN 0-8050-4537-6

About the Books

Exploratorium Home

© Exploratorium