programs

Programs

Educational Programs

Explora offers over 200 interactive Explorations programs, benchmarked to the New Mexico State educational standards, for schools, homeschool groups, libraries, and community centers. These programs also are offered for adults and seniors.

Each year, Explora facilitates more than 2,200 programs for over 70,000 people from all 33 New Mexico counties and from the surrounding states. Programs take place at Explora, at community sites, or virtually and can be offered in both English and Spanish.

Call the Explora Reservations line (505) 600-6734 for more information.

Semester Programs

Educational Programs

Explora offers over 200 interactive Explorations programs, benchmarked to the New Mexico State educational standards, for schools, homeschool groups, libraries, and community centers. These programs also are offered for adults and seniors.

Each year, Explora facilitates more than 2,200 programs for over 70,000 people from all 33 New Mexico counties and from the surrounding states. Programs take place at Explora, at community sites, or virtually and can be offered in both English and Spanish.

Call the Explora Reservations line (505) 600-6734 for more information.

Semester Programs

In Person Programs

Virtual Outreach Educational Programs

Educational Programs

Current Programs

Semester Programs

Explora is offering educational programs during the semester:

Growing a Scientist™: Preschoolers ages 2½ to 5 and their adult companions make discoveries about science by questioning, experiencing, and investigating.
Science to Grow On™: Children in K-3rd grades make discoveries by questioning, experiencing, and investigating.
Engineering Investigators: 3rd-5th graders investigate how things move and use that knowledge to build a series of connected actions.
Home School Explorations: Home school students in grades K-8 will enjoy a semester of weekly experiential science, technology, and art programs.

Learn more on the Semester Programs page

In Person Camps

Ignite your child’s learning with a science-rich camp experience! Explora offers in-person summer, spring, and winter break camps, along with camps during the school year. Camp options for Pre-K through 12th grade. Visit our camps page for current availability.

Learn more about in person camps

Career Pathways Internship

The primary goal of Explora's Career Pathways Internship (CPI) is to open a gateway for low-income youth to move beyond economic limitations and into intellectually stimulating, personally rewarding employment which serves the community, contributes to Explora's educational mission, and leads to expanded educational and career opportunities.

Learn more about CPI

Educational Programs

Teen Programs

Teen Night
Teen Science Cafe
X Studio

Teacher Professional Developments

Our Teacher Professional Development workshops are hands-on and materials rich! We offer workshops in-person at Explora or at your location. We also host virtual workshops and can send you a kit of materials to participate.

Upcoming Workshops

Email reservations@explora.us for more information or to schedule a workshop for your teachers.

Register for Virtual STEM Nights

Field Trips and Outreach

Email Here to Schedule

Inspire your students through the magic of STEAM!

Visit Explora with your students and families through field trips.
Bring Explora to you through our outreach program.
Join us for programs virtually.
Request hands-on STEAM kits to be sent to you.

Click here for Field trip and outreach information and options.

Fill out a Field Trip Request Form

Fill out an Outreach Request Form

Email reservations@explora.us with reservation questions.

2023 Stepping Stones Summit on August 29th from 8:00 am to 3:00pm

The Stepping Stones Summit is brought to you by a partnership of the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Arts and Culture and Explora, and will be an opportunity to learn and share strategies for creating, fostering, and sustaining positive relationships with youth.

The goals of Stepping Stone:

Strengthen our collective capacity to implement programs that empower youth to contribute to our community and Albuquerque’s creative sector and cultivate the future leaders of our arts and cultural institutions; and
Share resources and tools that enable organizations to sustain and expand their programs.

Participants will actively take part in facilitated discussions. Together, we seek to answer questions such as: What are the key components of your youth development program that contribute to their effectiveness? What types of skills and experiences do you find most important for youth development staff Which types of support services have you found most critical for the teens and young adults you serve?

We encourage organizations to register a team of 2 to 3 staff members for the Stepping Stones Summit.

Register for Stepping Stones Summit

The Science of Kindness

September 18, 2024

Explora is proud to have partnered with The Jennifer Riordan Foundation to develop, fabricate, and install a new exhibition called The Science of Kindness at Explora. The Science of Kindness provides a distinctive interactive opportunity for New Mexico families and visitors to explore neurochemistry, psychology, and other science related to the giving and receiving of kindness. It also gives the occasion to experience Jennifer Riordan’s mantra of being kind, loving, caring, and sharing. Numerous hands-on exhibits such as the Make an Emotion kiosk, the ever-evolving Kindness Cactus, and Your Brain on Kindness, a massive interactive neuron model, work together to:

Illuminate how scientists in a range of fields study kindness and its effects on the body, mind, and community;
Create new, engaging opportunities for families to explore the exchange of kindness with others in compelling ways; and
Prompt self-reflection and meta-cognition on how giving and receiving kindness can affect our perceptions of ourselves and our actions toward others.

The 20th NAREA Summer Conference

June 27-29, 2024

Advocating for the 100 languages as an Educational Right for Children, Families, and Educational Right for Children, Families, and Educators

The 20th annual North American Reggio Emilia Alliance Summer Conference

"Our mission is to build a diverse community of advocates and educators to promote and defend the rights of children, families, and teachers of all cultures through a collaboration of colleagues inspired by the Reggio Emilia philosophy."

Register on NAREA's website

Scholarship and Stipends to attend NAREA Summer Conference: Application

Sensory Friendly Time at Explora

We’ve dedicated extra time on dates listed below for our guests who
prefer a less sensory-stimulating visit:

February 28, 2025, 4:30-6:30
May 9, 2025, 4:30pm-6:30pm
August 8, 2025, 4:30pm-6:30pm
November 14, 2025, 4:30pm-6:30pm

Environment and modifications:
● Limited attendance. Tickets will be available to reserve ahead of time.
● Sensory Kits (noise reduction headphones, fidget objects, timers, social
stories, and more)!
● Noise and light reduction (some exhibits might be turned off).
● Additional calming space for sensory breaks.

Reserve tickets here!