Back-to-School Collection

Gear up for the school year with creative tools and supplies from the Exploratorium Store. Whether you're hitting the books or the lab table, these picks make learning extra fun. Don’t miss out on our specially curated collection for the curious student, lifelong learner, or STEAM‑loving scholar. These inventive items make the perfect classroom companions!

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Book cover of 'Pop-up Earth' with a colorful illustration of the Earth and space elements on a blue background.

Pop-Up Earth

$ 29.95
$ 29.95
Thames and Kosmos 5 in 1 Weather Station educational kit in its retail packaging, featuring a blue and green box with illustrations of the assembled wind-driven weather station.

Weather & Climate Lab

$ 22.95
$ 22.95
"Watching Weather" is a paperback book with a blue cover with clouds and a weathervane,

Watching Weather: Discover the Unexpected Science and Lore of Sun, Storms and Seasons by Mary Miller, Tom Murphree and the Exploratorium

$ 12.95
$ 12.95
Colorful crayons with funny faces in a beige packaging

12 Beeswax Crayons

$ 16.99
$ 16.99
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Rectangular box with multi colored doodles on the front and drawing of a cat. A see-though window on the front packaging reveals the 12 colored crayons in the package.

Cat Parade Gel Crayons

$ 20.00
$ 20.00
The gray iron filings are visible through the transparent sections on the top and bottom of the clear plastic container with a red lid and a blue and white label.

Magnetic Iron Filings

$ 8.95
$ 8.95
A narrowly oblong-shaped silver-colored magnet sits on top of a white background.

Cow Magnet

$ 15.00
$ 15.00
A white plastic gyroscope sitting on a black stand.

Cyclone Gyroscope

$ 16.99
$ 16.99
Book cover of 'Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System' with space-themed illustrations and an astronaut.

Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System

$ 16.99
$ 16.99
A young child sits on a couch looking toward the camera; the dark blue blocks with planets are stacked in front of her.

Planet Blocks

$ 22.00
$ 22.00
Packing for Mars for Kids is a hardback book with a black cover: there is a kid-sized astronaut at the bottom with different animate objects, a phone, toilet paper, toothpaste, underwear, soap, a toilet, and a duck in a hot air balloon from the stories floating all around its head.

Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach

$ 16.95
$ 16.95
Green notepad with a plant cell structure depicted on the page.

Microbiology Notepad

$ 10.00
$ 10.00
A spiral bound notebook with depictions of pink jellyfish on the front.

Jellyfish Decomposition Journal

$ 11.99
$ 11.99
Red spiral bound notebook cover with anatomical heart illustration.

Anatomical Heart Spiral Journal

$ 15.99
$ 15.99
The product is set up with all the different elements in the kit, such as vehicles with wheels, a helicopter, a diving bell, or a boat.

Intro to Engineering

$ 32.00
$ 32.00
A green front cover with blue text and images.

Scientist Academy

$ 12.99
$ 12.99
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Composition book with dragonfly design on a light green background.

Dragonflies Composition Journal

$ 7.00
$ 7.00
A dark blue metal tumbler with light blue images of constellations, planets, and lines.

Astronomy 12oz Steel Bottle

$ 30.00
$ 30.00
A tall, slender blue water bottle with a black lid and plants of many shades of green wrapped around the outside.

Exploratorium ¡Plantásticas! Insulated Water Bottle

$ 45.95
$ 45.95
Black water bottle with a white pattern on a white background

Exploratorium Eclipse Insulated Water Bottle

$ 42.95
$ 42.95
A woman is standing on the bridge, wearing the navy blue with brightly colored neon tools and Art of Tinkering logo t-shirt and holding the white canvas silked screened in black with tools Art of Tinkering tote bag.

Exploratorium Art of Tinkering Tote

$ 26.00
$ 26.00
A man wearing a black and white checked shirt and pants and a black and white face mask is leaning back against a black and white checked wall.

Exploratorium Optical Illusion Masks

$ 6.50
$ 6.50
Four circular pins with half white with black text on the top with the pronouns and "Ask me about my pronoun!" The bottom half is black, with the Exploratorium in white text.

Exploratorium Pronoun Buttons

$ 2.00
$ 2.00
Book cover of 'Understanding Global Warming with Max Axiom Super Scientist' featuring a character and a glowing globe.

Understanding Global Warming with Max Axiom

$ 7.95
$ 7.95