The experiences in the Osher Gallery focus on cognition, emotion, social behavior, and the interplay between science, society, art, and culture. We all perceive the world, remember the past, look ...

Are you a secondary science teacher ready to bring more inquiry to your classroom?

Students gain valuable experiences while making and tinkering. Educators can use this framework to notice, support, document, and design assessments for student learning—and to reflect on how your ...

Reservations are required and advance tickets are strongly recommended. Advance tickets can be purchased by phone for all sessions by calling 415.528.4444 (option 5). Tickets can be purchased on-site ...

Not all shadows are black. Step in front of this wall, and you’ll make shadows of various colors—yellow, magenta, cyan, red, green, blue, and yes, even black—that wiggle, jump, and dance along with ...

Capture a moment in time. A bright flash of light illuminates a phosphorescent wall—imprinting temporary shadows that capture a moment in time.

Lose yourself in a sudden, swirling mass of fog. In a city notorious for fog, this immense artwork by Fujiko Nakaya intermittently shrouds a pedestrian bridge spanning Piers 15 and 17 with clouds of ...

To paraphrase French philosopher René Descartes: "I sink, therefore I am." Changes in fluid pressure affect the buoyancy of a Cartesian diver made from a condiment packet. The diver floats, sinks, or ...

Take a look at living chicken embryos in various stages of development. It takes just 21 days for an egg to go from just laid to newly hatched chick, and a lot goes on in just the first week. Look ...

Chaotic Pendulum contains a deceptively simple set of pendulums in a steel and Plexiglas case. A central, T-shaped bar supports three bearing-mounted bars from its ends. The “T” is itself bearing ...

This interactive display presents microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton. Visitors use special lenses to see what the plankton look like and to find out which live in different parts of the ...