Home School Explorations Series

Home School Explorations Series

For 6th–9th graders (ages 12–15 years), at Explora

Fall Semester: September 18th - December 5th, 2023

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* $120 per child per semester
Non-members $135 per child per semester

*Join & Save! Explora members get discounts on semester programs, camps, and admission all year!

Register now for Fall Semester 2023

1. Online: Select a session day and time to 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

    • 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.
    • Cancellations received 5 business days or fewer before the camp will not be refunded.
    • Full fees will be refunded if Explora cancels a program

    Fall 2023 Explorations Schedule

    Fall 2023 Explorations Schedule

    September 18th - December 5th, 2023

    Catch a Wave

    MON Sept 18 / TUES Sept 19

    Investigate the nature of waves. Discover the velocity of waves through various materials, observe the behavior of waves in water, and use a wave machine to observe wave properties. Can you predict the behavior of the waves?

    Creative Programming: Makey Makey's

    MON Sept 25 / TUES Sept 26

    Coding is used to make cartoons, video games, phone apps, and to do all sorts of everyday things. Explore physical computing and computer interfacing using Makey Makeys.

    Good Vibrations

    MON Oct 2/ TUES Oct 3

    Catch a wave…a sound wave, that is! Experiment with vibrations to learn how sound is produced and how it acquires its specific qualities. Find out how sound travels through various materials and how to tell whether it is coming or going.

    In Contrast: Light, Color, Photo

    MON Oct 9 / TUES Oct 10

    Experiment with black-and-white photographic paper, penlights, and photo chemicals to create abstract drawings and prints with light.

    When Pictures Come Alive

    MON Oct 16 / TUES Oct 17

    Explore persistence of vision with optical toys like zoetropes, flip books, thaumatropes, and a variety of computer programs. Use measurement skills and other applied math concepts to animate pictures and make them come alive!

    Raspberry Pi

    MON Oct 23 / TUES Oct 24

    Use a credit card-sized computer called a Raspberry Pi (RPi) as a platform for students to learn real programming skills.

    Animated (Sphero) Design Game

    MON Oct 30 / TUES Oct 31

    Use code, cardboard, and ingenuity to create fun, interactive experiences with an adorable robot ball.

    Make a Digital Pet- Microbits

    MON Nov 6 / TUES Nov 7

    Explore the world of microcontrollers to create your own Microbit pet. What can you program your Microbit pet to do?

    Robotics HummingbirdⓇ

    MON Nov 13 / TUES Nov 14

    Use your micro:bit with a HumingbirdⓇ robots, to make a mechanical creation move. Engineer your own moving and sensing creation based on the mechanical interface of these robots.

    Burning Questions

    MON Nov 20 / TUES Nov 21

    Put your safety glasses on as we experiment with combustion, explore oxygen’s effect on flames, and even test how heat alters various materials and substances.

    Forensics

    MON Nov 27 / TUES Nov 28

    Delve into forensics and learn the skills used by law enforcement to solve crime. Learn to apply the scientific method to analyzing fingerprints, fiber, hair, and blood.  

    Gearing Up and Gearing Down

    MON Dec 4 / TUES Dec 5

    Sink your teeth into this exploration! Manipulate and arrange a variety of gears to speed up and slow down. Observe the teeth and turns of the gears to calculate the ratios that govern the transfer of power in a machine.

    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