Home School Explorations Series

Home School Explorations Series

For 6th–9th graders (ages 12–15 years), at Explora

Fall Semester: September 21 - December 8, 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, 1 pm-2:15 pm

Registration Fee

Explora members* $135 per child per semester
Non-members $150 per child per semester

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

Register now for Fall Semester 2026

1. Online: Select a session day and time to register online
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2. Call 505‐600-6325 or e‐mail campcoordinator@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 email campcoordinator@explora.us or call 505-600-6325 (Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm).

    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

    Fall 2026 Explorations Schedule

    Fall 2024 Explorations Schedule

    September 21 - December 8, 2026

    Good Vibrations

    Mon. Sept. 21 / Tues. Sept. 22

    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.

    In Contrast: Light, Color, Photo

    Mon. Sept. 28 / Tues. Sept. 29

    Experiment with black-and-white photographic paper, penlights, and photo chemicals to create abstract drawings and prints with light.

    Up in Flames

    Mon. Oct. 05 / Tues. Oct. 06

    Put on your safety glasses as we experiment with combustion and explore oxygen’s effect on flames. Can you keep your forest of matchsticks from going up in flames?

    Hydraulics and Pneumatics: Part 1

    Mon. Oct. 12 / Tues. Oct. 13

    Unleash the Power of Fluid Pressure!  Use compressed air or the power of water to learn about hydraulics and pneumatics. Then, build a machine that transmits power using air or water.

    Hydraulics and Pneumatics: Part 2

    Mon. Oct. 19 / Tues. Oct. 20

    Unleash the Power of Fluid Pressure!  Use compressed air or the power of water to learn about hydraulics and pneumatics. Then, build a machine that transmits power using air or water.

    Micro:bit - Making a Digital Pet

    Mon. Oct. 26 / Tues. Oct. 27

    Code Your Own Retro Digital Pet! Explore the world of microcontrollers to create your own Micro:bit pet. What can you program your Micro:bit pet to do?

    Soil & Compost

    Mon. Nov. 02 / Tues. Nov. 03

    Dirt, soil, or compost? Find out what soil, dirt, and compost are made of, investigate their properties, and unearth some surprising discoveries!

    Micro:bit Coding with Bonzai Buckaroo

    Mon. Nov. 09 / Tues. Nov. 10

    Using a Micro:bit and a Bonzai Buckaroo extension kit, can you assemble, code, and fine tune an automatic watering system?

    Gearing Up and Gearing Down

    Mon. Nov. 16 / Tues. Nov. 17

    Gears are special types of levers that transfer rotating motion and are used to increase or decrease force and increase or decrease speed within the machine. Explore how using gears of different sizes, machines can make things move faster, slower, or with more power. 

    Circuit City

    Mon. Nov. 23 / Tues. Nov. 24

    Discover the relationships among voltage, current, and resistance in a DC (direct current) circuit. Connect batteries to a variety of motors, buzzers, LEDs, resistors, lights, and switches to investigate resistance, conductivity, and the making of a flashlight.

    Intro to AI

    Mon. Nov. 30 / Tues. Dec. 01

    How would you teach a machine to learn? Learn the basics of machine learning as you build an AI model that teaches a computer to identify whether a bird species is a pigeon using image recognition.  (no prior programming experience required).

    Chance or Lucky Guess

    Mon. Dec. 07 / Tues. Dec. 08

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

    Register Online

    Activities vary from semester to semester. For more information about this program, please contact us!

    Phone: 505-600-6325,

    Email: campcoordinator@explora.us