For 3rd–5th graders (ages 8–11 years), at Explora
Fall Semester: Sept 16 - Dec 3, 2024
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, 1pm-2:15pm
- Tuesday, 10:30am-11:45am
- Tuesday, 1pm-2:15pm
Registration Fee
Explora members* $125 per child per semester
Non-members $145 per child per semester
*Join & Save! Explora members get discounts on semester programs, camps, and admission all year!
Register now for Fall Semester 2024!
1. Online: Select a session day and time to register online
Register Online
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2. Call the Reservations office at 505‐600-6734 or e‐mail reservations@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 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
Sept 16 - Dec 3, 2024
Crazy About Colloids
MON Sept 16 / TUES Sept 17
Elephant toothpaste, jiggle powder, and marshmallow fluff! Bounce into colloids by experimenting with gels, foams, and emulsions.
You Won’t Believe Your Eyes
MON Sept 23/TUES Sept 24
Delve into the many ways your brain can trick your eyes. Experiment with visual perception activities, designing illusions, hidden messages, and more. Discover how straight lines can bend and colors can be created as you play with toys and use art to investigate how optical illusions are made in your brain.
Biomimicry - Nature in Art
MON Sept 30/ TUES Oct 1
Delve into the science of biomimicry. Explore various art forms and the nature that inspired them.
Galileo’s Universe
MON Oct 7 /TUES Oct 8
Let's gravitate toward experiments that include swinging pendulums, rolling masses, and dropping objects as we explore several of Galileo’s famous experiments! By recording and analyzing data, we'll learn about the actions of pendulums and the laws that govern falling objects.
In Contrast: Chemistry, Light, and Photos
MON Oct 14 / TUES Oct 15
Part 1: Experiment with black-and-white photographic paper, penlights and photo-chemicals to create abstract drawings and prints with light.
In Contrast: Chemistry, Light, and Photos
MON Oct 21/ TUES Oct 22
Part 2: Continued experimentation with black-and-white photographic paper, penlights and photo-chemicals to create abstract drawings and prints with light.
Shocking Discoveries
MON Oct 28/ TUES Oct 29
With a touch of the Van de Graaff electricity generator, we'll energize our understanding of static electricity with hair-raising, empowering experiments that tend to create oohs, ahhs, and a few giggles, too!
Exciting Electricity
MON Nov 4 / TUES Nov 5
Use batteries and wires to light a bulb, and explore open and closed circuits. Then make a gigantic complete circuit you won’t forget!
Makey Makey Music
MON Nov 11 /TUES Nov 12
Use computer interfacing with Makey Makeys to create your own unique musical instruments to play wild digital music.
May the Force be with You
MON Nov 18/ TUES Nov 19
They repulse, they attract! We'll experiment with pairs of magnets to find magnetic objects, create our own magnets, learn about magnets’ properties and behaviors, and find Earth’s North Pole.
Paper Making
MON Nov 25/ TUES Nov 26
What is paper? What do you notice when you look at it up close? Let’s repurpose! Use recycled paper scraps to make your own “new” paper!
A-maize-ing
MON Dec 2 /TUES Dec 3
Are you feeling corny? We’re all ears for learning about this versatile vegetable. Dig into the science on and off the cob and discover why corn is an a-maize-ing food.
Class topics 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