Explora: Renewable Energy: Water Power
2026-09-03 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
Renewable Energy: Water Power

Sept 3, 2026
5 pm – 7 pm at Explora – 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque NM
Explore clean renewable energy from the waves, tides, and currents. Roll up your sleeves for some fun activities ready for your classroom that connect to math and science standards. Learn about local research as you explore clean renewable energy! You’ll be ready to immediately apply your learnings with students.
Please contact Explora Education with questions – education@explora.us
This workshop is funded with the support of Sandia National Laboratories Water Power Organization and offered at no cost to participants.

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Explora: Renewable Energy: Water Power Workshop (In Person)
2026-09-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
An in-person workshop for middle and high school educators, librarians & out-of-school time providers. Stipend provided.
Explore clean renewable energy from the waves, tides, and currents. Roll up your sleeves for some fun activities ready for your classroom that connect to math and science standards. Learn about local research as you explore clean renewable energy!
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Youth as Solutions Film Festival
2026-09-11 17:00 - 18:00
Experience the stories. Meet the filmmakers. Be inspired to take action. The Youth as Solutions Film Festival features a curated collection of short films created by youth leaders documenting how they are addressing real challenges in their communities through service-learning and civic engagement. After the screenings, audiences will hear directly from the student filmmakers and story-telling experts during a live panel discussion exploring the challenges, triumphs, and impact behind storytelling. This unique event celebrates the power of youth changemakers while offering a unique opportunity to learn from experts in filmmaking. Leave inspired by the creativity, resilience, and leadership of a generation that is already making a lasting difference.
Sponsored by the Shinnyo-en Foundation.

This event will take place via Zoom. You will receive the link to join the Zoom call closer to the event date.

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Boosting Budgets With Sustainable Afterschool Meal Programs
2026-09-17 13:00 - 14:00
Join FRAC for this webinar to learn how afterschool meals can help strengthen program budgets by maximizing federal reimbursements, offsetting food and operating costs, and supporting more sustainable afterschool programming.

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Explora: Place-Based STEAM Workshop (Virtual)
2026-09-17 17:00 - 18:15
A virtual workshop for educators, librarians, and out-of-school time providers (1 CEU)

You’ll explore how to leverage students’ cultural and linguistic strengths as assets to enhance STEAM learning experiences in place-based activities. Get ready to use these activities immediately with your students!
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Virtual Zoom link sent one day before.
Register by Sept 9 for kit-pick up or shipment for first 20 registrants.

From EiE to YES: The Evolution of Engineering Education
2026-09-24 17:00 - 18:00
Discover how Engineering is Elementary evolved into Youth Engineering Solutions and how our STEM resources continue to grow to support today’s learners and educators. This webinar explores the evolution from EiE to YES, highlighting updated curriculum, educator supports, and engineering challenges like Pumpkin Pollinators that reflect authentic, hands-on learning experiences.

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Explora: Renewable Energy: Wind Power Workshop (In Person)
2026-09-26 12:30 - 14:30 | Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
Investigate the science and engineering behind renewable energy! Explore hands-on activities with motors and generators and design your own wind turbine blade using everyday materials.
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Explora
1701 Mountain Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104

Explora: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
2026-10-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
A virtual workshop for educators, librarians, and out-of-school time providers
(1.5 CEU)
What do balls, cans, and containers have in common? The science of rolling! Come explore STEAM play involving everyday household materials that showcase the science principles of friction, gravity, force and mass. Appropriate especially for teachers of infants and toddlers.
Virtual. Zoom link sent day before.
Register by Oct 7 to receive a kit of materials for the first 20 registrants.
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Explora: AI for Early Childhood Workshop
2026-10-29 13:00 - 14:15 | Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
A workshop for educators, librarians, and out-of-school time providers. (1 CEU)
Join us for activities exploring artificial intelligence for young learners. You’ll immediately be able to apply these ideas with your students.
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Explora: Crazy about Chromatography Workshop
2026-11-03 13:00 - 14:15 | Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
A virtual workshop for educators, librarians, and out-of-school time providers (1 CEU)
Inside an ordinary black marker is a rainbow of color waiting to escape! Investigate how paper chromatography is used to separate the components of mixtures, and test colored markers and candy to see what unexpected colors each contains.
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Explora: Coding and Robotics 101 Workshop (In Person)
2026-11-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
An in-person workshop for 6th-12th grade educators, librarians, and out-of-school time providers
Learn the basics of code and apply your ingenuity to create hands-on, STEM experiences with robots! Stipend provided.
In-Person Workshop at Explora
Explora
1701 Mountain Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM
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Explora: Get Charged Up!
2026-12-10 17:00 - 18:15
A virtual workshop for educators, librarians, and out-of-school time providers.

Get charged up about electricity! We’ll integrate literature as we explore static electricity and basic circuits. Make your own scribble bot that wiggles and draws. Take home ideas that you can immediately use for your students!

Virtual Zoom link will be sent the day before.
Register by Dec 2 for kit pick-up or shipment for first 20 registrants.
Logins and materials kits can be shared.
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