Home School Explorations Series

Home School Explorations Series

For 3rd–5th graders (ages 8–11 years), at Explora


Spring Semester: January 26 - April 21, 2026

Be curious, discover, experiment!

Overview:

Explora’s Home School Explorations Series offers your child a semester of weekly, 75 minute-long experiential science, technology, and art programs. Each Exploration is facilitated by Explora educators. These are 75 minute-long, materials-rich classes that actively engage every child in inquiry activities. In these classes, children will make discoveries in science, technology, engineering, art, and math through questioning, experiencing, and investigating. Children will be encouraged to build their own knowledge and cultivate skills such as observation, creativity, critical thinking, cooperative learning, communication, and innovation as they explore a different topic each week. Class topics change each semester.

Choose one day/time:   

  • Monday, 1 pm-2:15 pm 
  • Tuesday, 10:30 am-11:45 am 
  • Tuesday, 1 pm-2:15 pm

Registration Fee

Explora members* $125 per child per semester
Non-members $140 per child per semester

Join & Save! Explora members get discounts on semester programs, camps, and admission all year!

Register now for Spring Semester 2026!

1. Online: Select a session day and time to register online
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2. Call the Reservations office at 505‐600-6734 or e‐mail reservations@explora.us.

Explora’s Camps & Programs

Explora educators develop activities with children’s developmental levels in mind. Your children will have the opportunity to learn from, and work with older and younger peers and make new friends.

Registration/Information

  • You can register online
  • Please have the following available when you register: emergency contact name and phone numbers; name of alternate adults who can pick up the child; child’s medications, dosages, and physician’s name; child’s insurance information, as well as any allergy or special needs information for your child.
  • If you need assistance, please contact reservations at reservations@explora.us or 505-600-6734 (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm).

Cancellation Policy

  • If a cancellation is received more than 5 business days before the camp, a refund will be issued for the amount minus a 15% administrative fee.
  • Cancellations received 5 business days or fewer before the camp will not be refunded.
  • Full fees will be refunded if Explora cancels a program

Spring 2026 Explorations Schedule

Fall 2024 Explorations Schedule

January 26 - April 21, 2026

Play Ball

MON, Jan 26 / TUES, Jan 27

Have a ball exploring bounciness, elasticity, velocity, and more! Play with flexible tracks and a variety of balls to make discoveries about the effect of mass on collisions and the ways to affect velocity.

Scribble Bots

MON, Feb 2/ TUES, Feb 3

Create a scribbling, wobbling, drawing robot! Be an electrical engineer and a robotics specialist as you use circuits to make a Scribble Bot.

 

Go with the Flow

MON, Feb 9 / TUES, Feb 10

What is Bernoulli’s Principle? Levitate balls and make an egg jump from one container to another to find out how airplanes fly and birds soar. The science of fluid dynamics is a great way to engage participants’ natural curiosities and connect them to the world.

Rolling Robots

MON, Feb 16/ TUES, Feb 17

Build, code, and customize Spheros to complete challenges and face off in friendly battles and games. Campers will explore engineering, coding, and problem-solving as they design bots to navigate obstacle courses and compete in the Robo Arena.

Good Vibrations

MON, Feb 23 / TUES, Feb 24

Catch a wave…a sound wave, that is! Experiment with vibrations to learn how sound is produced and how it acquires its specific qualities. Find out how sound travels through various materials and how to tell whether it is coming or going.

Building a Monument

MON, Mar 2 / TUES, Mar 3

Tension in the room? Put it to good use! Use your body to understand tension and other architectural forces in this constructive exploration. Discover elementary structural principles and model-building techniques as you create your own unique architectural structures.

Chance or Lucky Guess

MON, Mar 9 / TUES, Mar 10

By flipping coins, rolling dice, picking marbles from a jar, and collecting data on candy, we discover that some outcomes are predictable. We'll run experiments, collect data, and determine the probabilities of certain outcomes for independent events.

Crazy Light

MON, Mar 16 / TUES, Mar 17

Why do we see ourselves in mirrors? How are shadows made? Use light boxes to explore the basic properties of white and colored light, including reflection and refraction, and investigate the properties of lenses.

Colorful Kaleidoscopes

MON, Mar 23 / TUES, Mar 24

Explore the amazing properties of mirrors and lenses, and discover all the wonderful images and colorful patterns you get when angles and symmetry come into play. Design and build your own unique kaleidoscope.

No Classes for Explora Spring Break Camps

March 30 - April 3

For more information or to register for Explora Camps, click HERE.

Chemical Changes

MON, Apr 6 / TUES, Apr 7

What’s the difference between a physical change and a chemical change? How do simple mixtures differ from chemical changes? Explore these differences and investigate several fascinating chemical changes.

Phytoremediation

MON, Apr 13 / TUES, Apr 14

How do the parts of a plant help the soil and water? As a seed develops from a seed to a mature plant it grows roots, a stem, and leaves. These parts can have important roles in remediating soil and water quality.

Pollinators

MON, Apr 20 / TUES, Apr 21

How do the parts of a plant help the soil and water? As a seed develops from a seed to a mature plant it grows roots, a stem, and leaves. These parts can have important roles in remediating soil and water quality.

Register Online

Activities vary from semester to semester. For more information about this program please contact our Reservations office.

Phone: 505-600-6734

Email: reservations@explora.us

Para información en español, llame al 505-600-6734