Overview :The first settler to make permanent residence in the Abilene area arrived in 1856. From the humble beginnings of a prairie dugout, Abilene g... Read More
Overview :When Mrs. Reed announces that monsters have invaded the school library, Alex is horrified! Someone's not following the rules, rules that Ale... Read More
Overview :Slimy, hairy, and stinky, fungus and mold thrive in disgusting places. While researching them can be repulsive, scientists are discovering t... Read More
Overview :Yo-ho-ho, is the pirate's life for you? Scurvy, seasickness, and ship battles abound on the high seas. Don't forget to follow the Pirate Cod... Read More
Overview :A curious girl named Raven--think Wednesday Addams meets Sherlock Holmes--uses her budding skills as a mortician and a scientist to investig... Read More
Overview :It's brown, stinky, and everyone does it--poop! Scientists learn a lot from these droppings, but studying it can be, well, disgusting. Imagi... Read More
Overview :Giddy up, partner! It's time to head to the late 1800s Wild West where people didn't bathe for weeks and ate squirrels for dinner! Strugglin... Read More
Overview :Nikola Tesla was crazy smart. He invented the idea for cell phones in 1893, discovered alternating current, and invented a death ray gun. Of... Read More
Overview :London was once covered in a fog so polluted that it killed 12,000 people. The Aleppo earthquake killed 230,000 people, and a wall of water ... Read More
Overview :George Washington had his own secret agents, hired pirates to fight the British, and helped Congress smuggle weapons, but you won't learn th... Read More
Overview :Poison dart umbrellas, lipstick pistols, and cyanide guns were all a part of the arsenal of tools used by spies of the Soviet KGB, American ... Read More