Little Lab Science™
with Captain Curiosity™

Ever wonder. . . who Captain Curiosity is?

Why?
preschool

Little scientists exchange letters with Captain Curiosity when he moves to the desert, helping him find answers to questions about camels, absorption, evaporation, the desert biome, bivalves, sunsets, light filters, shadows, birds, flight, cactuses, craters, arachnids and more.

Weekly class themes:  Ever wonder . . .

1. Why camels have humps?  (animal science)
2. Why things dry out in the sun? (chemistry)
3. Why so many deserts are sandy? (geology)
4. Why oysters make pearls? (ocean science)
5. Why the sky changes color? (natural science)
6. Why your shadow follows you? (physics)
7. Why some birds have wings but don’t fly? (life sciences; engineering)
8. Why a cactus doesn’t have leaves? (botany)
9. Why there are craters on Earth? (space science)
10. Why scorpions can glow in the dark? (entomology, physics)