Costa Rica... where science comes to you!

While in Costa Rica, science comes to you. These are just a few samples of things we have collected, most of them just flew into the classroom.

Leafy Praying Mantas

Bullet Ant Queen (not as dangerous as the males, but still packs a punch)


Found outside the classroom.


This pseudoscorpion was found on the teacher table. it is really small (as seen through the dissecting microscope). This is actually a bug that mimics the more poisonous scorpion.



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