Explora

Experiment with design options and work through a conceptual structural design as you build a robot. Learn to program an Arduino-based remote-operated robot, and hold an end-of-week tournament to see whose robot is the most robust and durable. You'll also get to experiment with some more advanced robots from New Mexico Tech. Offered in Collaboration with NM Tech Mechanical Eng Robotic STEM Outreach Programs

Design, fabricate, and program a robotic arm attachment for an existing six-wheel rover platform. See if you can complete the mission of opening the external door of the Lunar base from its outside. To complete this mission, your team must design the attachment to operate the external release level and attach it to an existing rover platform. You'll then have to operate your design remotely through a first-person view headset. Offered in Collaboration with NM Tech Mechanical Eng Robotic STEM Outreach Programs

Would you like to create medicines, clean up pollutants, or protect crops from pests? These are just some of the work that you can do as a biotechnologist! Build biotech skills with scientists from UNM as you run experiments that control cells using engineered DNA! You could be starting your career in biotech! Presented in partnership with and with funding assistance from Lakin Labs of UNM.

Calling all aspiring space explorers! Join our electrifying rocketry class where you’ll design, build, and launch your own rockets. Delve into the thrilling realms of aerospace engineering and witness your creations soar toward the skies in an awe-inspiring adventure of space exploration.

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.X Studio at Explora is Explora’s teen center where teens experiment, create, hang out, and learn.Explora’s Career Pathways Internship (CPI) program offers high school juniors and seniors a gateway to move beyond economic limitations and into intellectually stimulating, personally rewarding employment in STEAM jobs that serve the community, contributes to Explora's educational mission, and leads to expanded educational and career opportunities. First Year: Juniors focus on workforce training and STEAM education under mentorship, gaining skills in classroom management and visitor engagement. Second Year: Seniors deepen STEAM knowledge, engage with professionals, and plan for future steps like higher education or certifications.

Writing basic computer programs as a creative exercise helps to develop analytical skills, problem-solving and logical thinking. By exploring MSW Logo, students will design and test objects in simulated motion and learn applications of simple coordinate geometry.

What in the world is engineering? Almost everyone has heard of Mechanical and Computer Engineering, but what are Materials, Mineral, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering? Join New Mexico Tech for hands-on explorations of these five areas of engineering, learning real-world applications of these disciplines and why they are important to civilization. Offered in Collaboration with NM Tech Materials and Metallurgical Engineering

Come explore the science of the super small. Nanometer-sized objects are too small even for ordinary microscopes to see them! Investigate how scientists work with items too small to see, explore products that use nanotechnology, and discover how nanotechnology can give ordinary materials special properties. Presented in partnership with the Cavallo Research Group at the University of New Mexico (UNM) with support from the National Science Foundation (Award No. 2144944)

Learn real programming skills as you discover the ins and outs of a Raspberry Pi®, a computer the size of a credit card that you get to take home!

Join is for an unforgettable journey into the realm of renewable energy and contribute to a cleaner and brighter tomorrow! This transformative experience offers hands-on learning and exploration of various renewable resources. Campers will engage in exciting experiments, gain insights into water power, and discover the vital role it plays in shaping a greener and more sustainable future. Offered in Collaboration with the Sandia National Laboratories Water Power Organization