For 6th–9th graders (ages 12–15 years), at Explora
Fall Semester: September 29 - December 2, 2025
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:
- Mondays, 1pm-2:15pm
- Tuesdays, 1pm-2:15pm
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 Fall Semester 2025
Explora’s Camps & Programs
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
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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.
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Cancellations received 5 business days or fewer before the camp will not be refunded.
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Full fees will be refunded if Explora cancels a program
September 29 - December 2, 2025
Water on the Move
MON Sept 29 / TUES Sept 30
How does water move through the soil? Design, build and test aquifer models as you learn how to track contaminants, water tables, and well levels.
Water Filtration
MON Oct 6 / TUES Oct 7
Can you make dirty water clean? Experiment with a variety of filtering materials and test water samples before and after for turbidity, hardness, and pH. What method will be the most effective for getting the water clean?
Plants Capturing Light
MON Oct 13 / TUES Oct 14
See photosynthesis in real time and perform experiments to test ideal conditions for photosynthesis! You’ll get the chance to observe chlorophyll and other pigments that capture the light energy needed to convert carbon dioxide to sugar in this hands-on session.
Energy Transformers
MON Oct 20 / TUES Oct 21
Energy comes in different forms and can change forms. Experiment with a variety of materials to demonstrate the different forms of energy. Can you harness the power of the wind to turn on a light bulb?
Renewable Energy
MON Oct 27 /TUES Oct 28
These energizing activities offer exploration into the different forms of clean energy! Harness an ocean wave to produce electric current, experiment with solar panels, and more!
When Pictures Come Alive
MON Nov 3 / TUES Nov 4
What do flip books, thaumatropes, zoetropes, and computer animation have in common? Come explore visual perception and motion perception and you explore depth perception and learn how to use various materials and computer software to create their optical toys.
Elucidating Illumination
MON Nov 10 / TUES Nov 11
What can light tell you about the universe? Investigate light and shadows. Then, explore different methods with light that astronomers use to gather information about the universe.
Kaleidoscope-Crazed
MON Nov 17 / TUES Nov 18
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.
Coding with Micro:Bits (Part 1)
MON Nov 24 / TUES Nov 25
Delving to the basics of coding using a tiny computer called a micro:bit. Use Microsoft MakeCode editor to create your own simple program and then run it on your micro:bit!
Coding with Micro:Bits (Part 2)
MON Dec 1 / TUES Dec 2
Design, engineer, and test your micro:bit project! Expand on the basics of coding and delve deeper into coding micro:bits. What will you program your micro:bit to do?
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
