Screams, giggles, treasure hunt backyard critters for hours. Challenge 25 friends & family around the country to see how many they can mark on the map as found.
Test that new electronic device on Christmas morning.
Kids go crazy and fight over it
So there are 25 spots included that can be used on any phone, tablet, or computer.
They are easy to find
There are no critters in your backyard until you start looking for them... then you notice they are Everywhere.
Professional Microscope detail
Zoom-in on all their different body parts: wings, claws, ball jointed legs, spikes, fly nose-hairs that look like trees.
Safe Behind Glass
Even girls will reach out and touch them because the critters are safely behind a glass screen. After 5 minutes something strange happens... they run outside to hunt for the real thing too.
Important Tip
Take a zip-loc bag with you so you can see the top and bottom of what you catch.
Be kind to the wildlife so let them go and Mom doesn't want them in the house either!
Christmas Eve for Morning
Sign-in above to make a group of 25 then invite friends & family for the Christmas Morning map hunting challenge.
Or explore the huge collection of critters...
Insect 3D Spin
Encourage a young person toward a future in science or engineering and buy this app for them this Christmas.
I remember as a young child the excitement I felt when I saw a strand of hair under a microscope for the first time. I was so excited. What else can I look at and magnify?
I had three problems that popped up and quickly curbed my excitement. The first was finding something interesting to look at and the second, was figuring out how to see anything through the eye pieces. When I did finally locate something to look at, what exactly was I seeing?
This little app solves all three of these issues around kids and microscopes.
Get Kids Smiling...
on Christmas Day with Weird and Wacky Insects from our Main Collection
Want more than 12 insects to spin around and look at? Then head over to our main collection, the Interactive Insect Library where there are tons more weird and wacky insects to pick from.
Do you love bees? There are a variety of bees to choose from like the Leafcutter bee, or the Sweat bee and even the beloved Bumblebee. Not all bees are the same. While one type of bee will carry its pollen on specialized pollen baskets located on their back legs, another family of bees has long hairs on their underbellies that carry their pollen.
Kids can read all about insects in textbooks or on-line, and when the text throws out a factoid, kids can simply access the library and see exactly what the book is talking about. It becomes a fun and educational game of hide and seek.
For example, did you know crickets have highly specialized hearing organs (ears) which are located on their front legs? Half the fun is finding out exactly where these hearing organs are and zooming in to see exactly what they look like.
In the past, only kids whose parents could have afforded to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for a microscope would have had the opportunity to learn and see such amazing things.
Anyone with a tablet or laptop can experience these scientific wonders. Sign up today and get your kids on track to a bright future, one that could include a career in medicine, forensics, ecology, or engineering. And get them smiling.
