Explorit Science Center

Explorit is in its 43rd year and is proud to continue its success and accomplishments in developing and providing innovative and engaging science programs that primarily focus on Pre-K, K, and elementary school children. Our onsite programs and traveling school programs are aligned with the Next Generations Standards (NGSS) and help elementary school teachers create exciting STEM experiences that supplement their lesson plans. Explorit's focus on "doing" science through observation, hands-on activities, thinking and questioning together lead to discovery and encourage creativity and problem solving. These goals are enhanced and achieved by highlighting and emphasizing the connections of science and nature to our everyday life experiences. Members and donors are our most important source of financial support. Your donations help support the science programs we provide to elementary schools in 18 counties. At many of these schools, the children receive little or no other science instruction. We reach over 75,000 parents, teachers and students each year.

Founded in 1982 by local citizens, this home grown experiment was conceived as a cutting edge model of public exposure to science. It was a different breed of science center at a time when other types of science centers were focused primarily on the observation of scientific phenomena through formal demonstrations or traditional museum 'hands-off' installations. At Explorit, we focus on personal involvement in the process of science and nature. Our vision is embodied in the discovery of the often unnoticed, unappreciated science processes that make our everyday world work.