UPCOMING ADVENTUReS
Choose your learning adventure!
Mon., May 18th
Ages: 10-12
Location: Jardín Botánico
Focus: Biology
Content: Ph-levels, sediment load, microorganisms
Students become soil detectives, developing hypotheses, collecting samples and analyzing them, to answer the question: Where is soil most alive?
Wed., May 20th
Ages: 12-16
Location: To Be Announced
Focus: Psychology
Content: Experiment design, data collection, analysis
Are there external factors that shape our decisions in any particular moment? Students become social scientists, testing how praise and feedback shape behavior.
Fri., May 22nd
Ages: 12-16
Location: To Be Announced
Focus: Psychology/Sociology
Content: Experiment design, data collection, analysis
Students run real-world experiments to explore social norms in order to understand the unspoken rules that shape behavior.
What Brings Us Together
You are…
a homeschooling family looking for opportunities for your child to collaborate with peers and learn in different contexts and ways.
I am…
a passionate teacher and insatiable learner, who’s always looking for new ways to inspire young learners. (More details below!)
together we…
can help your child connect with others while developing real-world skills through hands-on experiences.
What We Do
At Learning Adventures, we create exciting, immersive, hands-on experiences that take learning into authentic environments — from natural ecosystems to cultural landmarks.
By connecting knowledge to lived experience, we help learners develop critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and confidence.
Our activities are designed to spark wonder, encourage exploration, and make learning memorable.
Ready to participate?
Join us on our next adventure!
Step 1
Click on the “Full description” button on the adventure of your choice. Once there, click the “Register now!” button and fill out the registration form.
Step 2
We’ll contact you to confirm availability and share instructions about how to make the payment.
Step 3
After payment has been made, we’ll send the exact location of the adventure and updates.
Step 4
Confirmation of the event is sent 1 week before the scheduled date. If the minimum number of participants isn’t reached, payment is refunded.
Who I Am
Passionate educator, lifelong learner
Founder
Micah Lyn Houston
With a BA in International Studies from the University of Washington and a Master’s in Education from Harvard University, I’ve worked in schools around the world. Most recently, I spent seven years as Academic Coordinator at one of Medellin’s leading bilingual schools.
Now, as I think of the future of education for my two small children, I’m discovering ways to foster learning through discovery in non-traditional learning environments. Will you join me?
Frequently Asked Questions
F.A.Q.
Enrollment
All adventures are designed for a minimum of 6 students and a maximum number of 12. Registration includes 1 child + 1 adult (parent or caregiver).
Safety
All chosen locations are public, family locations that meet safety requirements. Adults are expected to be present during the adventure: both for the students’ safety and the parents’ peace of mind.
Confirmation
If the minimum number of students (6) enroll, confirmation of the upcoming adventure will be sent one week prior to the adventure date. Otherwise, registered students will be reimbursed.
Materials
All adventure-specific materials are provided during the encounter. Students are expected to bring a pencil or pen and a notebook.
Real learning.
No fluff.
In our adventures, we ensure that there’s excitement, but also real learning. For example, when we talk about experiments, we mean real experiments, not just cool demonstrations.
What’s the difference? A demonstration is designed to show how something works, like how mixing baking soda and vinegar causes a chemical reaction. It’s fun to see! But having kids mix them together isn’t a scientific experiment.
An experiment starts with a question about the world around us, that leads us to look for ways to find the answer.
Not all of our adventures are scientific in nature, but they all focus on significant learning experiences, whether related to science, art, mathematics or any of the other areas that we explore.
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