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Exploration Education

By Exploration EducationChecked October 31, 2026No affiliate links. Programs never pay to appear. How we label

Exploration Education sells year-long physical science courses in which the child builds projects, such as an electric racer, and then uses them for experiments. Each course comes with every project material, a student logbook, a teacher's manual with answer key and assessments, and online access to an interactive student text with quizzes. There are three levels, from kindergarten to 10th grade, plus eight-week STEAM units.

Grades it covers

  1. PK
  2. K
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
As the publisher states it: Elementary (K to 3rd), Standard (4th to 6th) and Advanced (7th to 10th).
Subjects
Science
Grades
Elementary (K to 3rd), Standard (4th to 6th) and Advanced (7th to 10th) source ↗
Method
Traditional source ↗
Format
Books and screen source ↗
Faith label
Not labelled
Parent time a day
The courses are designed to be student-led, with minimal involvement from the parent or teacher. source ↗
Cost a year
$128.95 a year. Standard Physical Science (4th to 6th grade, 36 weeks, all materials for 7 projects and 108 experiments, logbook, teacher's manual and online text): $128.95. Elementary: $69.95. Advanced: $148.95. Extra Standard logbook: $19.95. Read on October 31, 2026; prices change. source ↗
Placement
No placement test on the publisher’s site when we checked.

What it does well

  • Every project material comes in the box, each in its own bag, with only common household tools needed.
  • Children build something first and then experiment with it, which keeps the physics concrete.
  • Lessons are online and student-led, so many children can work largely on their own.
  • Siblings in the same grade band can share one course, and the Advanced course can count as a full year of high school credit.

Watch for

  • Only physical science is covered, so life and earth science need another program.
  • You need a few tools at home, such as scissors, a hammer and a glue gun.
  • Standard and Advanced lessons run 45 to 50 minutes, three or five times a week.
  • Children need a screen for the online text and quizzes.

It fits

A child who likes to build and tinker, with a parent who wants a science year that runs largely on its own.

It doesn’t fit

A family that wants biology or earth science, or a screen-free, book-only course.

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Compare Exploration Education

Other programs for the same subject and grades:

  • Apologia Science Preschool to 12th grade; each elementary course is for K to 6th grade, General Science for 7th to 8th, Physical Science for 8th to 9th
  • Beautiful Feet Books Kindergarten to 12th grade, in grade spans such as K to 3rd, 4th to 6th and 5th to 8th
  • CK-12 Kindergarten to 12th grade, plus some college and adult courses
  • Elemental Science Kindergarten to high school; Sassafras Science volumes run from K to 6th grade
  • The Good and the Beautiful Preschool to 12th grade; high school has language arts and biology only
  • Khan Academy Kindergarten to 12th grade, plus early college courses
  • MEL Science From age 5 (STEM) up to 14 and over (Medicine); Physics and Math from 8, Chemistry from 10
  • REAL Science Odyssey Kindergarten to 10th grade: Level 1 for K to 6th, Level 2 for 6th to 10th

Lists it is on

What we read, and how we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

The publisher’s pages we read on October 31, 2026:

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