camps
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Come back in December 2023 for 2024 Spring Break Camps Registration!
Come back in December 2023 for 2024 Spring Break Camps Registration!
SCHOOL'S OUT CAMP AT EXPLORA
SPRING BREAK CAMPS AT EXPLORA
"Looking for camp all day? Enroll in morning and afternoon camp sessions. Campers staying all day will be supervised during lunchtime."
March 16th - March 24th
Each of these half-day camps is a multi-age collaborative camp experience; $45 for members/$50 non-members.
Supervised lunchtime is offered for campers enrolled in both morning and afternoon camps.
Aftercare is available from 4pm-5pm. Aftercare can be purchased at registration or on the day-of, $10 a day, card only.
Financial assistance is available for all programs, on request. We don’t want anyone to miss out on Explora programs.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Air, Air, Everywhere
Pre K
9am-12pm
We don’t often notice that air is all around us, but these experiences will cause us to marvel at how air takes up space, has force, and has pressure.
Shadow and Light
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Discover ways to create shadows as you investigate light by bouncing and bending it. You’ll explore shadow shapes, experiment with colored shadows, and make shadow puppets.
LEGOS Construction Craze
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
CAUTION: CAMPERS BUILDING! Using LEGO® Sets, build motorized models such as the crane, dump truck, and bulldozen! Learn more about the people who run these machines and build things such as roads, bridges, and buildings. Guest educators from Bricks 4 Kidz® will help students become engineers in this building-themed camp.
Lego® Sets and the LEGO® logo are trademarks of the LEGO® Group.
Spinning Round
Grades 3-5th
9am-12pm
Play and experiment with circular motion! Spin, twirl, throw, and animate your way through the wonders of centripetal and centrifugal force.
Push and Pull
Grades 3-5th
1pm-4pm
Explore how air and water can generate force, and use those forces to build, move and engineer!
Friday, March 17, 2023
Tool Time
Pre K
9am-12pm
Let’s get building! Experience real-world tools and see how they’re used in various careers. Use tools to hammer, whisk, measure, mix and build!
Fun with Polymers
LEGOS Forces of Nature
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Be blown away with the forces of nature as your build models of Hurricanes, tornados, and avalanches! Using LEGO® Sets, students learn more about climate and where and why forces of nature happen. Guest educators from Bricks 4 Kidz® will help students become climate engineers in this weather-themed camp.
Lego® Sets and the LEGO® logo are trademarks of the LEGO® Group.
Air and Water Resistance
Grades 3-5th
9am-12pm
Explore the concept of resistance with both air and water! Design, test, and tweak experiments that minimize and maximize resistance, and see how air and water resistance play a part in engineering and architecture.
Monday, March 20, 2023
Patterns
Pre K
9am-12pm
Explore patterns that are everywhere you look! Find patterns around you, build patterns from blocks, make patterns with music, and create patterned quilts from paper.
World of Insects
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
What makes an insect? Discover the wide world of insects and the amazing ways insects interact and build their worlds.
Chime Time
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Feel the vibrations! Sounds are made from vibrations- experiment with sounds from objects to instruments as you discover how sound waves shape the world around you.
LEGOS Jurassic Brick Land
Grades 3-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm -4pm
Build models such as brontosaurus, triceratops and yes, even the T-REX. Students will learn more about all their favorite dinos while building their favorite dino models! Guest educators from Bricks 4 Kidz® will help students become engineers in this building-themed camp.
Lego® Sets and the LEGO® logo are trademarks of the LEGO® Group.
Micro:bit Robots
Grades 2-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Make fun and functional robots using coding skills! Design robots from cardboard and other materials and use engineering skills to create movement and personality!
Chemistry of Cosmetics
Grades 3-5th
9am-1pm
Investigate the chemistry of cosmetics! Make soap, mix makeup, investigate the science behind gel nails and more as we get deep into the science of beauty.
Trash Talks
Grades 3-5th
1pm-4pm
Americans generate an average of 4.4 pounds of trash per person per day. What do we throw away? What impact does our trash have? Explore answers to these questions as well as solutions!
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Roots, Seeds, Sprouts!
PreK
9am-12pm
How do plants grow? Discover the beautiful life cycle of plants, and explore seeds, stems, leaves and flowers essential to life!
Chemistry Fun
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Put on your goggles and smock as you mix and create chemical concoctions that fizz, foam, bubble and change color! You'll also use chemistry to launch a mini-rocket and make invisible pictures appear.
Playful Puppets
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Become a puppet master! Experiment with various materials to create your own puppets, characters, and their exciting stories.
LEGOS Laws of Motion
Grades K-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Using LEGO® Sets, we’ll be inspired by the work of Sir Issac Newton to play with gravity, velocity, and so much more! Guest educators from Bricks 4 Kidz® will help students become engineers in this space-themes camp.
Lego® Sets and the LEGO® logo are trademarks of the LEGO® Group.
Science of Magic
Grades 3-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Magic often fools our senses. Investigate phenomena that seem like magic, but can be explained by science. Learn how to apply math to create tricks that will wow your friends!
Kids Cook
Grades 3-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Kids Cook! is a hands-on, culinary and nutrition education program for students that nurtures kids' confidence in the kitchen and beyond. By cooking traditional foods from around the world students will be exposed to a variety of cultures, foods and culinary techniques. Students will 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.
Hot Ones!
Grades 4th-7th
1pm-4pm
Red or green? That’s the official state question of New Mexico. Chiles are an iconic staple in New Mexico! Our food is full of it and so are our gardens. But what’s the science of spicy foods? Look at spicy foods in a new light by examining their pH levels, vitamin C levels, pigmentation, and taste testing.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Dig It!
PreK
9am-12pm
Calling all garden detectives! Come experiment in the mud and make discoveries with soils, sand, and clay!
Liquid Wonders
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
How many drops of water or oil can you fit on top of a penny? Explore the world of liquids as you experiment with surface tension, mix and layer different liquids, compare viscosity, and more.
LEGOS Get Galactic
Grades K-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Get Galactic: Using LEGO® Space Sets, we’ll let imaginations run wild to build space-themes models of real life space equipment like rockets, orbiters, and more! Guest educators from Bricks 4 Kidz® will help students become engineers in this space-themes camp.
Lego® Sets and the LEGO® logo are trademarks of the LEGO® Group.
Kids Cook
Grades 3-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Kids Cook! is a hands-on, culinary and nutrition education program for students that nurtures kids' confidence in the kitchen and beyond. By cooking traditional foods from around the world students will be exposed to a variety of cultures, foods and culinary techniques. Students will 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.
Micro:bit Robots
Grades 2-5th
1pm-4pm
Make fun and functional robots using coding skills! Design robots from cardboard and other materials and use engineering skills to create movement and personality!
3-D Pen Engineering
Grades 4-7th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Unleash your engineering creativity with 3D pens. Design, experiment and build structures and dive into the wide world of 3D modeling!
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Air, Air Everywhere
PreK
9am-12pm
We don’t often notice that air is all around us, do we? In this camp, marvel at how air takes up space, has force, and has pressure.
Color My World
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Color is all around us. Experiment with sunlight passing through a prism and observe the colors of visible light. Mix pigments, explore filters, see in 3-D and more!
Rocks Rock
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
What are rocks made of? How are they formed? Do they make good pets? Can they be used in art? Investigate the properties of a variety of rocks.
LEGOS Interesting Inventions
Grades K-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Using LEGO® Sets, we’ll be engineers and recreate inventions that have completely changed the world. Build models of inventions like the conveyer belt and, of course, the car! Guest educators from Bricks 4 Kidz® will help students become engineers in this invention-themed camp.
Lego® Sets and the LEGO® logo are trademarks of the LEGO® Group.
Chemistry of Cosmetics
Grades 4-7th
1pm-4pm
Investigate the chemistry of cosmetics! Make soap, mix makeup, investigate the science behind gel nails and more as we get deep into the science of beauty.
Air and Water Resistance
Grades 3-5th
9am-12pm
Explore the concept of resistance with both air and water! Design, test, and tweak experiments that minimize and maximize resistance, and see how air and water resistance play a part in engineering and architecture.
Watermania
Grades 4-7th
1pm-4pm
Investigate the wonders of water with guest educators from the University of New Mexico's Center for Water and the Environment.
Friday, March 24, 2023
Tool Time
PreK
9am-12pm
Let’s get building! Experience real-world tools and see how they’re used in various careers. Use tools to hammer, whisk, measure, mix and build!
Mud Makers
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Color is all around us. Experiment with sunlight passing through a prism and observe the colors of visible light. Mix pigments, explore filters, see in 3-D and more!
Fun with Polymers
Grades K-2nd
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Plastic is used in many different ways and takes many forms. Discover some of the properties of plastic and see how plastics can be manipulated in surprising ways.
LEGOS Ticket to Ride
Grades K-5th
9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Using LEGO® Sets, build models of amusement park rides like the Ferris Wheel, Merry-Go-Round, and Swing Boats! Can you modify your design to make it go faster or slower? Guest educators from Bricks 4 Kidz® will help students become engineers in this amusement park-themed camp.
Lego® Sets and the LEGO® logo are trademarks of the LEGO® Group.
Creature Feature
Beam of Light
Grades 3-5th
9am-12pm
Play with mirrors, prisms, lasers and more to discover how light moves through air and water. What else can light do?
Push and Pull
Grades 3-5th
1pm-4pm
Explore how air and water can generate force, and use those forces to build, move and engineer!
SPRING BREAK CAMP EXPERIENCES AT:
SPRING BREAK CAMP EXPERIENCES AT:
The Larry P Abraham Agri-Nature Center in Los Ranchos
This week long camp is a multi-age, collaborative camp experience, 9:00-2:00, $250 members/$275 non-members.
Financial assistance is available for all programs, on request. We don’t want anyone to miss out on Explora programs. Please email reservations@explora.us for more information.
In-person classes will meet all CDC and CYFD guidelines, with small numbers of campers per classroom. All campers and staff must wear masks and pass a daily COVID-19 screening.
March 21-25, 2022
Compost!
Grades K-5th
What is compost? Can you create a garden from garbage? Delve into the important role that compost plays in growing our food.
