Explora offers a variety of week-long summer camps that inspire excitement amongst learners of all grade levels about science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM). At Explora, campers preK-12th get engaged and keep their brain cells buzzing by investigating STEAM topics in materials-rich, creative environments. Registration is by grade the camper most recently completed.
Financial assistance is available for all summer programs on request. We don’t want anyone to miss out on summer camp! Contact reservations@explora.us for more information.
June 2-27, July 7 - August 1, 2025
Each of these week-long, half-day camps is $170 for members/$195 for non-members.
Looking for camp all day? Enroll in morning and afternoon camp sessions. Campers staying all day will be supervised during lunchtime.
Beforecare is available from 8 am- 9 am, and aftercare is available from 4 pm - 5:30 pm, $10 per session. Pre-register for the week or pay by the session (card only). $50 for a week of beforecare. $50 for a week of aftercare.
Week 1: June 2-6, 2025
How Attractive
Pre-K
9am-12pm
Investigate which items are attracted to magnets, make your own magnet, race magnetic cars, and more!
Jump, Run, Fly! Animals of the Chihuahua High Desert
K-1st Grades
9am-12:30pm
Materials Fee only camp: $20 members/$30 non-members
Let’s explore the desert! The Chihuahuan Desert is home to many different animals. What do we need to do to take care of the desert and the life it sustains?
Offered in Collaboration with Dual Language Education of New Mexico.
This camp is a teacher training program with Project GLAD.
Mix It Up
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Get your hands in the mix as you concoct different polymers, test the stretchiness of silly putty, and gums. Compare the consistency of dough recipes, question the boundary between solids and liquids, and more.
Mirror, Mirror
K-2nd Grades
1pm-4pm
What a reflection! Experiment with the reflective properties of mirrors and other reflective surfaces. Discover symmetrical images, refraction, and so much more.
Kids Cook!
3rd-5th Grades
1pm-4pm
Let’s get cooking with Kids Cook! Cook traditional food from around the world as you learn about a variety of cultures, foods, and culinary techniques. Gain kitchen skills including tool identification and proper use, knife safety, and food safety. Come discover, learn and have fun in the kitchen. Bon appetit, it’s time to eat!
Recipes and ingredients may contain nuts, gluten, dairy or eggs.
Offered in Collaboration with Kids Cook!
Kids Code
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Come learn incredible coding skills as you use code to make fun and functional systems! Play with Raspberry Pi, a computer the size of a credit card, design with Hummingbird Bit Robotics, and so much more. Code the future!
Art Redux
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm
Let's get making! Design tracing machines, carve out potato and rubber stamps, explore spraying techniques, and use sunshine to create shadow prints.
Week 2: June 9-13, 2025
Adventures in Space
Pre-K
9am-12pm
3, 2, 1, Blast Off! You’ll also use your imagination to explore the wonders of outer space. Be a young astronaut as you learn about planets, stars, and rockets. Build your own models and discover what makes space so amazing!
What's Cooking in Chemistry?
K-2nd Grades
9am-12:pm or 1pm-4pm
Become kitchen chemists while investigating reactions in various substances and foods. Make ice cream, experiment with household materials, and more!
Unbelievable Bubbles
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm
Explore the power of surface tension as you try out a variety of wands, build bubble sculptures, create bubble art, and observe colors in bubbles.
Science to Go
K-2nd Grades
1pm-4pm
What makes things move? Experiment with getting things in motion as you use air to propel cars and boats. Harness water to make water wheels turn. Explore how static electricity can make salt jump.
Powders and Crystals
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Have you ever wondered what makes the colors in fireworks? Discover the wonders of chemistry as you transform powders, identify mystery mixtures, grow colorful crystals, and more!
Animals and their Ecosystems
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12:30pm
Dive into the captivating realm of ecosystems! Uncover the dynamic interactions between living and nonliving elements, witnessing the fascinating adaptations of animals to ever-changing environments. This camp is also a teacher training program.
Offered in Collaboration with Dual Language Education of New Mexico.
This camp is a teacher training program with Project GLAD.
Fire & Ice
3rd-5th Grades
1pm-4pm
Discover the effects of a little heat or cold on a variety of materials. Experiment with the phases of water, determine which materials are conductive or insulating, and concoct ice pop experiments.
Week 3: June 16-20, 2025
Adventures in Air
Pre-K
9am-12pm
Whoosh—Let’s explore air! Trap it in a bubble! Use it to turn pinwheels, float parachutes, and more. What can air do?
Build It!
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Welcome architects, engineers, designers and builders! Discover shapes, materials, and architectural designs to build amazing structures.
Friends & Feelings Lab
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
It's important for all scientists to work together and care for those around them! Come explore the science behind emotions and friendship. Practice connection and community through group challenges, art, and play.
Digging Archaeology
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm
Have you wondered what an archaeologist does? How does the environment help preserve objects? Investigate what you know about tools and their uses and make your natural pigments from plants found in the environment as you get digging!
Sustainability All Around
3rd-5th Grades
1pm-4pm
What does sustainability mean? Discover nature's systems of recycling and investigate the mysteries of biodegradation in this deep dive into sustainable gardening.
Week 4: June 23-27, 2025
Glorious Mud
Pre-K
9am-12pm
Glorious, glorious mud! Get your hands dirty while exploring the properties of mud and soil. Use dirt and other natural materials to design and create a variety of projects.
Note: Children should wear clothes that can get dirty.
World Beneath Out Feet
K-2nd grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Get ready to dig down and investigate soil to find out who and what is in it! Feel the textures of various sands, make your own sand, and investigate plants and creepy crawlies that live in the dirt.
Measure Me
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Use balance scales, measuring cups, eyedroppers and more to explore the concept of measuring. You’ll measure out the ingredients for a snack, weigh some wacky objects, find out how tall you are, and a whole lot more.
Superhero Science
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm
Ready to become a superhero? Plan your costume, discover the science behind superhero powers, and get ready to save the day!
Drawing Nature
3rd-5th Grades
1pm-4pm
A journal is a powerful tool that can unlock creativity, hone observation skills, and record remarkable discoveries. Create your own nature journal while observing detail and patterns in flowers, insects, and plants.
Week 5: June 7-11, 2025
How Attractive
Pre-K
9am-12pm
Investigate which items are attracted to magnets, make your own magnet, race magnetic cars, and more!
Mix It Up
K-2nd grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Get your hands in the mix as you concoct different polymers, test the stretchiness of silly putty, and gums. Compare the consistency of dough recipes, question the boundary between solids and liquids, and more.
Mirror Mirror
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
What a reflection! Experiment with the reflective properties of mirrors and other reflective surfaces. Discover symmetrical images, refraction, and so much more.
Kids Code
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm
Come learn incredible coding skills as you use code to make fun and functional systems! Play with Raspberry Pi, a computer the size of a credit card, design with Hummingbird Bit Robotics, and so much more. Code the future!
Art Redux
3rd-5th Grades
1-4pm
Let's get making! Design tracing machines, carve out potato and rubber stamps, explore spraying techniques, and use sunshine to create shadow prints.
Week 6: July 14-18, 2025
Adventures in Space
Pre-K
9am-12pm
3, 2, 1, Blast Off! You’ll also use your imagination to explore the wonders of outer space. Be a young astronaut as you learn about planets, stars, and rockets. Build your own models and discover what makes space so amazing!
Unbelievable Bubbles
K-2nd grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Explore the power of surface tension as you try out a variety of wands, build bubble sculptures, create bubble art, and observe colors in bubbles.
Science to Go
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
What makes things move? Experiment with getting things in motion as you use air to propel cars and boats. Harness water to make water wheels turn. Explore how static electricity can make salt jump.
Drawing Nature
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm
A journal is a powerful tool that can unlock creativity, hone observation skills, and record remarkable discoveries. Create your own nature journal while observing detail and patterns in flowers, insects, and plants.
Powders and Crystals
3rd-5th Grades
1pm-4pm
Have you ever wondered what makes the colors in fireworks? Discover the wonders of chemistry as you transform powders, identify mystery mixtures, grow colorful crystals, and more!
Week 7: July 21-25, 2025
Glorious Mud
Pre-K
9am-12pm
Glorious, glorious mud! Get your hands dirty while exploring the properties of mud and soil. Use dirt and other natural materials to design and create a variety of projects. Note: Children should wear clothes that can get dirty.
World Beneath Our Feet
K-2nd grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Get ready to dig down and investigate soil to find out who and what is in it! Feel the textures of various sands, make your own sand, and investigate plants and creepy crawlies that live in the dirt.
Build It!
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Welcome architects, engineers, designers and builders! Discover shapes, materials, and architectural designs to build amazing structures.
Kids Cook!
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm
Let’s get cooking with Kids Cook! Cook traditional food from around the world as you learn about a variety of cultures, foods, and culinary techniques. Gain kitchen skills including tool identification and proper use, knife safety, and food safety. Come discover, learn and have fun in the kitchen. Bon appetit, it’s time to eat!
Recipes and ingredients may contain nuts, gluten, dairy or eggs.
Offered in Collaboration with Kids Cook!
Sustainability All Around
3rd-5th Grades
1pm-4pm
What does sustainability mean? Discover nature's systems of recycling and investigate the mysteries of biodegradation in this deep dive into sustainable gardening.
Tech Girls
4th-7th Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Come explore nanoscience. Nanometer-sized objects are too small even for ordinary microscopes to see them! Investigate how scientists can work with items that are this small, explore products that use nanotechnology, and discover how nanotechnology gives ordinary materials special properties.
Presented in partnership with the Cavallo Research Group at the University of New Mexico with support from the National Science Foundation
Week 8: July 28-August 1, 2025
Adventures in Air
Pre-K
9am-12pm
Whoosh—Let’s explore air! Trap it in a bubble! Use it to turn pinwheels, float parachutes, and more. What can air do?
What's Cooking in Chemistry?
K-2nd grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Become kitchen chemists while investigating reactions in various substances and foods. Make ice cream, experiment with household materials, and more!
Measure Me
K-2nd Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Use balance scales, measuring cups, eyedroppers and more to explore the concept of measuring. You’ll measure out the ingredients for a snack, weigh some wacky objects, find out how tall you are, and a whole lot more.
Fire & Ice
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Discover the effects of a little heat or cold on a variety of materials. Experiment with the phases of water, determine which materials are conductive or insulating, and concoct ice pop experiments.
Superhero Science
3rd-5th Grades
9am-12pm
Ready to become a superhero? Plan your costume, discover the science behind superhero powers, and get ready to save the day!
Digging Archaeology
3rd-5th Grades
1pm-4pm
Have you wondered what an archaeologist does? How does the environment help preserve objects? Investigate what you know about tools and their uses and make your natural pigments from plants found in the environment as you get digging!
Explora Camp at the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum
Join Explora for a week-long camp at the Balloon Museum. The week will include STEAM-rich Explora programs and time to visit exhibits at the Balloon Museum.
$340 members/$370 non-members
Financial assistance is available for all programs, on request. We don’t want anyone to miss out on Explora programs.
Art and Science of Flight
Join Explora and the Albuquerque Balloon Museum and explore the art and science of flight! Design and launch paper and plastic bottle rockets using the laws of motion, thrust, and gravity to reach impressive heights. Then, dive into the world of ballooning where you'll discover the creativity and science behind flight. Experiment with buoyancy, lift, and design to bring your own flying creations to life!
Week 4: June 23 - June 27
K-5th Grades
9am-4pm
Week 7: July 21 - July 25
K-5th Grades
9am-4pm
Explora Sensory Friendly Camp
Designed for neurodivergent individuals and led by staff trained in education, speech therapy, and behavior therapy. Offered in collaboration with LSG and Associates.
Each of these week-long, half-day camps is $170 for members/$195 for non-members. Registering siblings? $340 for both.
Financial assistance is available for all programs, on request. We don’t want anyone to miss out on Explora programs.
Earth Shakers & Storm Makers: The Science of Natural Disasters
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis OH MY! In this explosive class, come and explore the science of natural disasters and dive into the fascinating phenomenon that shakes our world!
Requirements: Campers need to be able to have independent personal skills (bathroom and feeding skills) and have communication skills (i.e. verbal, communication device/system)
Week 3: June 16 - June 20
K-3rd Grades
1pm-4pm
Week 4: June 23 - June 27
4th-6th Grades
1pm-4pm
Week 5: July 7 - July 11
7th-9th Grades
1pm-4pm
Week 6: July 14 - July 18
10th-12th Grades
1pm-4pm
