March 2026 - April 2026
March 26-27 & 30-31 | April 1-3
Interested in assisting with Spring Break Camps?
Teens who enjoy working with kids and supporting hands-on learning can apply to be a Junior Camp Assistant.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Super Shapes
Pre-K & Kindergarten
Half-day camp; 9 am - 12 pm
Shapes are all around us! Discover the astounding elements of circles, triangles, and more in this hands-on camp. Build, stack, compare, and play with shapes as you explore how they fit together, move, and create patterns in the world around you.
Amazing Circles
K-5th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Circles and the variations, disks, spheres, cylinders, domes, are the most common and versatile shape in the universe. Come explore the magic of the roundest shape.
Decode the Natural World - X Studio
5th-8th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Materials-fee only camp: $15 for members/$25 for non-members
Discover some of the hidden secrets behind the natural world in our own backyard! Investigate, observe, and interpret clues from nature, all while making connections between animals, energy from the sun, and the environment. Through interactive experiments, models, and discovery-based challenges, dive deeper into how the world works around you, all while learning to see nature as a place full of evidence, discovery, and wonder.
Friday, March 27, 2026
Light & Shadow
Pre-K & Kindergarten
Half-day camp; 9 am - 12 pm
Discover the amazing and surprising things light can do! Mix colors with light and shadow, bend light with refraction, and ride the “light wave” as you make rainbows appear. Get ready for glowing fun, bright surprises, and lots of colorful experiments!
Eureka!
K-5th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
What discoveries will you make today? Investigate the surprising powers of levers and pulleys, experiment with splashes and sinking using water displacement and buoyancy, and dive into all sorts of hands-on challenges. You might even uncover a clever trick that engineers have been using for centuries!
Logic Lab - X Studio
5th-8th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Math is more than numbers; it’s a tool for discovering how the world works! In this hands-on camp, campers will investigate data and problem-solving through interactive challenges, games, and real-world experiments. From building and testing designs to cracking logic puzzles and exploring math through movement, art, and play, campers will discover that math is creative, engaging, and everywhere!
Monday, March 30, 2026
Heat Up, Cool Down
Pre-K & Kindergarten
Half-day camp; 9 am - 12 pm
Discover the effects of a little heat or cold on a variety of materials. You’ll experiment with the three phases of water, determine which materials are conductive or insulating, create freezing bubbles, and more!
Mechanical Helpers
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Test your strength against simple machines as you lift, push, and pull your way through hands-on challenges! Explore gears, ramps, and levers, and discover all the surprising ways simple machines make life easier. You might even invent your own contraption to solve a tricky task!
Our Five Senses
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Our senses help us to experience the world around us. Sometimes our senses can be tricked. In this camp, we’ll investigate our five senses. We’ll find out a little bit about how they work and how we can trick them.
Chemistry in the Kitchen
3rd-5th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Be kitchen chemists and experiment with chromatography, acids and bases in foods, leavening agents ( baking soda, baking powder and yeast), conduct tests for nutrients in foods and investigate the role of different fats in baking.
Maker Boot Camp - X Studio
5th-8th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Materials-fee only camp: $15 for members/$25 for non-members
Let’s get creative! Learn the basic tools, techniques, and materials of crafting through hands-on activities and creative drills led by our Crafternoon team. Build confidence, teamwork, and problem-solving skills as you complete challenges and graduate as officially trained Craft Cadets ready for your next creative mission.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Spring, Roll, Bounce!
Pre-K & Kindergarten
Half-day camp; 9 am - 12 pm
Get ready to jump, stretch, roll, and bounce! You’ll test bouncy balls, stretchy stuff, slinkys, and rolling objects, plus walk with springs on your feet. And the best part is you’ll make your own bouncy, stretchy toy to take home!
We Love Dirt!
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Get your hands dirty as you explore the world of soil, sand, and silt. Use microscopes to look at soil samples up close, make your own sand, build a house of mud, and more.
Keep It Balanced
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Balance affects everything! Experiment with balancing objects, balance in the natural world, and balance in your body.
Whales to Worms
3rd-5th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Explore the incredible world of Animalia as you investigate life cycles and observe real living animals up close. You’ll also design and build your own “home sweet home” habitat for a creature of your choice!
BioCoding: DNA - X Studio
5th-8th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Materials-fee only camp: $15 for members/$25 for non-members
Explore the amazing world of genetics as you extract real strawberry DNA, investigate traits, and build colorful DNA models. You’ll even create your own creature using genetics rules and try your hand at decoding DNA patterns. It’s hands-on science that brings your inner biologist to life!
Want to learn more? Also register for BioCoding: Microbiome!
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Splish Splash
Pre-K & Kindergarten
Half-day camp; 9 am - 12 pm
Get ready to splash into the wild world of water! You’ll race speedy water drops, see how hot and cold water can blow up balloons in different ways, and test which mystery objects will float or sink. It’s a wet, wiggly, splashy adventure packed with surprising discoveries!
Hot and Cold
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Discover the effects of a little heat or cold on a variety of materials. You’ll experiment with the three phases of water, determine which materials are conductive or insulating, create freezing bubbles, and more!
We Love Dirt!
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Get your hands dirty as you explore the world of soil, sand, and silt. Use microscopes to look at soil samples up close, make your own sand, build a house of mud, and more.
Crazy Cars
3rd-5th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Rev up your curiosity and explore the forces that make things go! Become a speed demon as you test rubber band–powered, balloon-powered, and mousetrap-powered cars to see which designs race the fastest. Along the way, you’ll tinker, tweak, and troubleshoot to unlock the secrets of motion, energy, and engineering.
BioCoding: Microbiome - X Studio
5th-8th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Materials-fee only camp: $15 for members/$25 for non-members
Explore the hidden world of microbes as you investigate the tiny organisms that live on and inside us! Look at bacteria samples, model microbes in creative ways, and even design your own microbe character using Scratch, a block-based visual programming language. It’s the perfect mix of biology, coding, and surprising discoveries!
Want to learn more? Also register for BioCoding: DNA.
Thursday, April 2, 2026
How Attractive
Pre-K & Kindergarten
Half-day camp; 9 am - 12 pm
Get ready to explore the surprising power of magnets and how they make things move! You’ll test which objects are magnetic, create your own magnet from scratch, race speedy magnetic cars, and try out a variety of magnetic challenges. It’s a hands-on adventure packed with discoveries, motion, and magnetic magic!
Hot and Cold
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Discover the effects of a little heat or cold on a variety of materials. You’ll experiment with the three phases of water, determine which materials are conductive or insulating, create freezing bubbles, and more!
Mechanical Helpers
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Test your strength against simple machines as you lift, push, and pull your way through hands-on challenges! Explore gears, ramps, and levers, and discover all the surprising ways simple machines make life easier. You might even invent your own contraption to solve a tricky task!
Super Balls
3rd-5th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Bouncing, rolling, throwing, smashing, falling and swinging! Be a curious physicist and explore the laws of motion and gravity with balls of all kinds.
Renewable Energy: Hydro - X Studio
5th-8th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Materials-fee only camp: $15 for members/$25 for non-members
Join us for an unforgettable journey into the world of hydropower! This engaging experience offers hands-on learning and exploration of how flowing water can generate clean, renewable electricity. Let’s dive into the science and the power of moving water to create sustainable energy!
Funding assistance for this camp has been provided by Pattern Energy.
Friday, April 3, 2026
Nature Investigators
Pre-K & Kindergarten
Half-day camp; 9 am-12 pm
Spend time making discoveries about different natural materials, from rocks to garden soil to sand to clay. You’ll compare their textures, test how they behave with water, and explore what makes each one unique. Get ready to dig in, get messy, and uncover the science hiding beneath your feet!
Our Five Senses
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Our senses help us to experience the world around us. Sometimes our senses can be tricked. In this camp, we’ll investigate our five senses. We’ll find out a little bit about how they work and how we can trick them.
Keep It Balanced
K-2nd Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Balance affects everything and now it’s your turn to put it to the test! You’ll stack wobbly objects, explore the wild ways nature keeps things steady, and challenge your own body with fun balance tricks. Get ready to tilt, wobble, topple, and try again as you discover the magic of staying upright!
Color Studio
3rd-5th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
Can you make a color change or disappear? Be a color magician as you mix, swirl, and shake your way through amazing color tricks. You might even create an illusion so surprising it feels like real magic!
Photo Finish - X Studio
5th-8th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 4 pm
How does light create an image? Discover the chemical reactions of analogue photography through material investigations and creative experimentation!
K-5th Week-Long Eco Camp
EXPLORA ECO CAMP, At the Larry P. Abraham Agri-Nature Center in Los Ranchos
This week-long camp is a multi-age, collaborative camp experience, 9:00-3:00, $275 members/$300 non-members.
Financial assistance is available for all programs, on request. We don’t want anyone to miss out on Explora programs.
Mon-Fri, March 30-April 3, 2026
Calling All Pollinators
K-5th Grades
Full day camp; 9 am - 3 pm
Bees, butterflies, birds, moths, and bats all play an important role in the viability of our food sources and our ecosystem. What type of plants do different pollinators like? What are the elements of a garden that encourage butterflies to visit? Create your own bee hotels and more in this camp on pollinators.







