Last month, Mike and I had an opportunity to facilitate one of our favorite activities, Shadow Remix, at a LEGO Playful Learning Museum Network * convening. *LEGO Playful Learning Museum Network: The ...

Únete a nosotros en una celebración del arte, la cultura y la conexión con la tierra y el agua el 26 de abril de 2025. La ciencia, el arte y la cultura están relacionados y dan forma a la forma en que ...

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 ...

Tinkering isn't just for kids—it’s a powerful learning tool for adults too. Engaging in hands-on experimentation allows you to explore STEAM concepts (science, technology, engineering, math) in a ...

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 ...

When we're facilitating a workshop, we're able to communicate our team's values around learning in a hundred little ways: from how we welcome people into a workshop and the questions we ask to deepen ...

We’re experimenting with cardboard! In collaboration with our partners in the Brazilian Creative Learning Network as part of the LEGO Tech & Play project, we’re exploring cardboard as a material to ...