For grades K-3, at Explora
Fall Semester: August 30 - December 6, 2025
Grow your child’s love for science!
In Science to Grow On™, children make discoveries by questioning, experiencing, and investigating. Explora educators engage children and their adults in age-appropriate activities that incorporate science, art, and fun! Each session focuses on a different theme. Activities change each semester.
Meets every other week for 1½ hours.
Parent or adult caregiver participation is encouraged, but not required.
Class schedule
Meets every other week:
- Saturday Mornings, 9:30am–11am
Registration Fee
Explora members* $165 per child per semester
Non-members $185 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
August 30 - December 6, 2025
Water, Water, Water
Saturday, August 30
Your hands may get wet as you investigate water in its different states, create your own filter to clean water, and more.
Spin Me Right Round
Saturday, September 13
Experiment with spinning and twirling, looping and whirling. Test different sizes of axles and spinners of various materials; then make your own spinning creation to take home.
Flow With The Pressure
Saturday, September 27
Does engineering flight hold an air of mystery? Design and make objects that will fly, float, and flow using wind tubes. Discover how a variety of materials, shapes, and weight behave using air pressure.
Levers, Pulleys, Ramps
Saturday, October 11
Explore simple machines and discover how they can make work easier. Find out where simple machines are used and create a chain reaction using levers, pulleys and ramps.
Pollinator Power
Saturday, October 25
What are pollinators, and how can you support them? In this exploration, you’ll move pollen like a pollinator, dissect a flower, and discover the bee dance!
Printing Patterns
Saturday, November 8
Patterns are all around us. We’ll explore the nature of numbers and examples of symmetry in art. We’ll use printmaking techniques to create patterns of our own.
Rolling Up Rolling Down
Saturday, November 21
Put your engineering skills to work as you use different materials to make objects roll. Compare rolling systems. Test different shapes and materials on a variety of surfaces and explore friction.
Frankenstein Bugs
Saturday, December 6
Use microscopes to examine insects closely and investigate bug basics. Then, create your own mechanical jittery bugs to take home.
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
