ExploreHope and Hope College welcome K-12 students to campus for engaging camps and activities! There’s something for everyone!
2022 ExploreHope Summer Camps!
Please call 616.395.7628 or email sciencecamp@hope.edu with any questions. View Summer Camps
Academic Year Programs
Join hands-on, engaging K-12 programs on campus this year! We're excited to welcome you back to campus!
ExploreHope offers innovative programming for the community allowing K–12 students and teachers to experience hands-on activities in science, engineering, math and the arts. Summer and afterschool programs expand learning opportunities that complement in-classroom goals.
We engage Hope students in these innovative experiential learning programs to provide unique pre-professional experiences to their education.
Additional Information
- Participation for all students
- ExploreHope aims to include a diverse population of participants that reflect the community at large regardless of financial or logistical barriers to participation. All students are invited to apply and participate in any ExploreHope program. Contact us if you or someone you know needs financial assistance to participate.
- 2021–2022 Community Event Calendar
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Full calendar coming soon.
OCTOBER 9, 2021 Environment Close-Up
9 a.m.–Noon| $15 (grades K-5)
1–4 p.m.: $15 (grades 6-8)
Outdoor exploration of the wonders we see around us!
Hands on activities followed by environmental clean up.October 30, 2021 Digital Leadership
1–4 p.m. | $15
Explore digital tools for leadership, community involvement and sharing your message.
Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Girl ScoutsNovember 6, 2021 Citizenship in the World
Boy Scout Merit Badge Day
9 a.m.–3 p.m.: $15January 8, 2022 Girl Scout Junior Journey
Details Pending
9 a.m.–2 p.m.Janaury 15, 2022 Nuclear Science Day
Middle
9 a.m.–3 p.m.: $15
AllMiddleandHighSchoolstudentswelcome
Registration - Community Partnerships and Sponsors
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The West Michigan community is a great place for education. ExploreHope is thankful for the many partners and supporters who make our programs possible. We'd love to include you on that list! Contact us to provide in-kind donations, program speakers or scholarship funds.
Thanks to our amazing sponsors!
- Michigan Space Grant Consortium
- National Geographic Society
- NOAA - Great Lakes Region
- Holland Junior Welfare League
- ASME Environmental Engineering Division
- Engineering Information Network
Thanks to our community partners!
- Michigan Space Grant Consortium
- Hope Student Experiential Learning Opportunities
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As Hope trains our students to be active, contributing members of their communities, experiential learning opportunities will play a central role in shaping the type of citizen they will become. Student cohorts focus on programs in their area of study while learning team work, project management, curriculum development and instructional skills that are required in their future careers. ExploreHope experiential learning opportunities push students to grow in the areas of:
- Professional skills
- Interpersonal communication
- Program management and delivery
- Interactions with diverse set of people
- Teamwork
- Personal responsibility
- Professional society meeting presentations
Full-time summer and part-time spring positions are available.
- Support Us!
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ExploreHope is self-funded center of Hope College. Join us in creating innovative learning opportunities for our area youth.
ExploreHope Blog Posts
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STEM@Home: Stomach Science
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Celebrate Slime, Robots and Dinos: ExploreHope turns 25!
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Anchor Camp 2021
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STEM@Hope: Environmental Stewardship Day
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Summer of STEM: Dive Deeper into Dissection!
Posted by Elizabeth ZinckThis summer we’re hearing from our amazing camp staff. Our Hope College students do the heavy l...
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Summer of STEM: Art 2D/3D
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Hope by the Numbers
- 1,000+Summer Science Camp Participants
Join more than 1,000 other participants in our fun learning environment this summer.
Sign up for a Summer Science Camp - 20Hope Camp Staff
Summer Science Camps provides an engaging, pre-professional experiential learning opportunity for students of all majors. We have 20 student employees every summer.
- 350+Scout Badges Earned
Over 350 scouts joined us on campus to earn Boy and Girl Scout Badges in 2016.
Explore our scout programs - 15Departmental Partnerships
15 departments across campus contribute to our innovative camp curriculum.