Make a carbon mobile with scissors, wire, pipe cleaners, and clay.
Simple things that you can do to help protect fresh water and the living things that depend on it.
Find out what you can do to protect the oceans and ocean life.
Meet some of the more unusual members of T. rex and Velociraptor's family tree.
Match up these eight dinosaur fossil photos with their descriptions.
To see what the Big Dipper would look like from outer space, build a mobile!
Bury chicken bones in plaster of Paris to see the challenges paleontologists face when excavating fossils.
Match these awesome images from the Hubble Space Telescope with their descriptions.
Celebrate your cosmic smarts with a solar system of cookies.
Join scientist George Amato on his quest to stop criminals smuggling illegal goods.
Create a flounder fish that's hard to spot!
See if you can find north by making your own compass.
Make a 3D diorama! All you need are pasta, Play-Doh, pipe cleaners, pom-poms, and hair curlers.
What would the objects say about you and the time you live in?
Take this quiz to find out if you're up for the challenge!
Check out the scrapbook to learn about this amazing race!
See how good you're at recognizing emotions.
How fast can you catch a falling ruler? Measure your reaction time.
Take the jellybean test to see how your sense of smell enhances taste.
Use Braille to create a message for a friend.
Explore your nerves by creating a life-sized drawing.
Try this trippy experiment to fool your brain!
Scientist Rob DeSalle answers kids' questions about the brain!
Examine fossils and gather clues from experts!
Here's a very cool experiment that just might bring a tear to your eye. Use a blender to separate the DNA from an onion.
Find out what makes you different from a snail, a tree, or even your best friend!
Learn how to look at a bunch of bones and draw what a dinosaur looked like.
Make a model of Earth's layers that's good enough to eat!
Take a quick look at where Einstein's curiosity took him—and the world.
Explore one of the world's most famous equations: E=mc(2). What does it really mean?
Find out how Einstein's discoveries paved the way for the invention of lasers.
Join the inquisitive Deena Soris as she interviews the fossil of a Protoceratops.
Anyone can find fossils. This handy guide tells you where to look and what to do.
Take a peek inside two paleontologists' scrapbook.
Find out why a ball thrown in the air will return to the ground.
Create your own crystals with sugar. Then enjoy your tasty treat!
Find out how the Big Bang Theory came to be.
Play to explore how the movement of tectonic plates affect our planet.
Find out exactly what cloning involves. Do not try this at home!
Meet six rocks that travelled to the Museum from places like Mexico, Scotland, and even outer space.
Find out what we know about Mars in this online tour of Earth's closest neighbor.
Solve genetic riddles as you wind your way through the star-studded park.
Investigate the how and why of cloning.
Solve these story puzzles to find out more about how life in the Arctic is affected by climate change.
Do you have what it takes to go on a space mission to Mars?
What faraway places might humans travel to someday, and how will we get there?
Create land and sea animals that "glow" in the dark!
Find out how paleontologist John Flynn answered kids' questions.
Find out what's so fascinating about these beautiful, pink birds.
Test your starry knowledge in this stellar quiz!
See how genetics is used to solve crimes!
In the Milky Way Galaxy alone, there are hundreds of billions of stars. But that hasn't always been the case...
A paleontologist travels to Antarctica to collect fossil evidence.
Tracking a gorilla can get hairy. Literally. Just ask George Amato.
Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. To him it means the opportunity to find lost things — from bones and teeth to pirate treasure.
Play music that you may have heard along the Silk Road.
Take a look at some stories that were told along the Silk Road.
See how you can make your own paper from old scrap paper and other materials.
What does it mean to be human?
About 80 million years ago two dinosaurs were locked in deadly combat when they were suddenly buried alive. See one of the greatest fossil specimens ever found.
Take a look inside your trash can. What clues can you find?
Examine maps and ancient artifacts. And collect all six Inca chronicles!
Take a peek into a mineralogist's scrapbook to see why he thinks jade is so special.
All aboard! Hop on a submersible and explore an amazing diversity of life at the ocean floor.
Can you make it down to the ocean floor? Along the way, discover what makes water special.
How do your fossil-sorting skills stack up? Put them to the test with this kid-friendly online puzzle.
How enlightened are you about the subject of light? Play this trivia game to find out!
Take a quick look at the fastest thing in the Universe.
Where did Einstein get his great ideas? Find out with this virtual tour.
Solve these interactive story puzzles to find out how people and other animals live in the Arctic.
Put on these handmade masks or puppets and tell your own mythic tale.
Create weather tools to gather wind, rain, and pressure data in your neighborhood.
Investigate an "artifact" and record your observations in a field journal!
Follow these easy steps to create a floor plan of your room.
Do you dig the Earth? If so, you'll want to meet Ed.
Dive into the oceans with an ichthyologist.
Make a coin that tells something special about you.
See the moon in action! And discover why our view of it changes nightly.
How well do you know mythic creatures around the world?
Einstein believed that messing up was a part of being successful-an idea that, itself, has proven relevance.
What adaptations help these creatures survive?
Find out what makes the Sun glow, and other amazing facts, in an up-close interview with the Sun.
Decorate, shatter, and piece together your own pottery artifact!
Volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes... Examine how plate tectonics affect our world!
How do whales and walruses stay warm in chilly waters? Grab some gloves and find out.
Take an enlightening look at light with these three easy experiments.
How do mammals respond to cold water? Take the plunge into icy water and find out.
Size up the planets with a model scavenger hunt.
How do you describe your place in the 4th dimension?
Mix up some Jell-O, and find out how space bends around anything with mass.
Let your imagination run wild, and write an inspiring work of science fiction. ¡TAMBIÉN EN ESPAÑOL!
How many constellations and planets can you find in the night sky? Record your sightings in a "stellar" journal.
Every rock has a story to tell. Learn how to create a collection that rocks!
Do fresh water and salt water mix? Find out in this experiment.
Mundo Shamundo! Can you help Mandy study for her geology test?
Two thousand years ago, an ancient city called Petra thrived deep in the desert of Nabataean kingdom.
Take a peek at our planet's layers, learn what secrets rocks reveal, and gain a long view of history.
Take a look at the science of where it ALL begins.
How is the ocean like a layer cake? What creatures live there? And how important is the ocean? Take a dive and find out!
What do fossils tell us about ancient life and their environments? Dig in and find out!
What golden award is this? Take a guess!
What animal bones did early humans used to build huts? Take a guess!
What animal does this long, spiraled tooth belong to? Take a guess!
Investigate some of the ethical issues involved in cloning.
See how many different plants and animals you can find in this virtual mangrove swamp.
Decorate your desktop with these starry images!
How do mammals move? Make flipbooks to see six different mammals in action.
Test your equine knowledge in this quiz
Explore amazing facts about some of the 200 breeds of horses living today.
How much do you know about the Age of Dinosaurs?
Test your knowledge about the water you didn’t know you were using.
Test your knowledge in this quiz about what it takes to dig up the past!
Test your knowledge about our planet Earth with this quiz.
How much do you know about what makes you you?
Test your knowledge about our watery world with this quiz.
Zoom inside your cells for a fascinating look at chromosomes, DNA, genes, and more!
Water is a precious resource, and all things need water to survive.
See how artifacts and ruins give us glimpses of what life was like long ago.
Astronomy is a BIG subject. We've brought learning about it down to size with these big ideas.
Tour this spinning pinwheel in space that we call home.
Find out how scientists are using genetics to change the food you eat.
Discover how these deep sea creatures create their own light!
Explore the third dimension by building an origami waterbomb!
Solve this cartoon mystery to see how archaeologists found a lost Spanish mission.
Take your imagination on a wonderful, mind-bending trip with these "thought experiments"!
It's not easy being an artifact! Uncover why in this urn-est interview.
Take a personal look at how the height and velocity of your vantage point can affect the view.
Make a bracelet that matches a section of DNA code from your favorite plant or animal.
work was based on the ideas and discoveries of many other scientists. Learn more about them here.
How much do you really know about our place in space? Take this quiz to find out!
How do horses move? Find out with these flipbooks.
Have fun with these paper cutouts of riders and horse gear from cultures around the world.
Build your own miniature greenhouse to see the greenhouse effect at work.
Explore the connections between technology, population and rising atmospheric CO2.
Explore how mammals run, fly, swim, walk, hop, and swing!
Take a look at some unusual living and extinct mammals.
Explore mammal teeth with this matching game and coloring book.
Bring six North American mammals to life with this coloring book.
Wasps can live in hives of thousands, but did you know that most wasps are solitary? Get the facts.
Have you ever wondered why and how fireflies flash?
In this comic book series, follow an entomologist into the worlds of solitary, social, and parasitic wasps.
Can you build a successful wasp colony? Make the right choices and your offspring might have a future!
Watch two stories from ancient Greece that are animated as if they are vase paintings come to life.
Test your knowledge about the things we can't see.
Challenge your friends to this Mesozoic Era card game.
Find out what causes volcanoes to erupt and how scientists study them.
Discover how species have evolved to survive in some of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Earthquakes are happening all the time. Find out what makes the earth shake.
How do simple storms turn into swirling hurricanes?
Play this game to find out more about the microbes that help and hurt us.
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