Check out the I Spy episodes at the ESSL by clicking on the links below.  If you want to know what each episode is about click on the description link. 

Grade 1

Become an expert on animals and adaptations!

Grade 2     

Become an Ecosystem Expert!

Before your trip!

During your trip!

After your trip!

virtual 2nd Grade ESSL - after visit

Grade 3     

Become Zoologists and Paleontologists! 

Before your trip!

During your trip!

After your trip!

Virtual 3rd Grade ESSL - after visit

Grade 4     

Think like a Physicist! 

Before your trip!

During your trip!

After your trip!

Grade 5  

Become a chemist! 

Before your trip!

During your trip!

After your trip!

ESSL Science Wall of Fame!

We want to hear from our amazing young scientists! Submit any of your work to be seen on our Science Wall of Fame! 

Email kendra.hinson@fcps.org 

NEW! I Wonder Wednesdays! 

Short Snippets of Science!


       EPISODES                                                              RESOURCES

Episode 1: Trees in Fall .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  .   .  .   .   .  More resources about trees/leaves in fall 

Episode 3: DiNovember .    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  .   .   .   .  More resources about dinosaurs

Episode 4: Winter Weather .    .   .   .   .   .  .  .  .   .   .  .   .   .   .    More resources about winter weather

Episode 7:  NASA This Year in Space .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   More resources about NASA Missions 

Episode 8:  Sea Turtles .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     More resources about Sea Turtles

Episode 9  To the Moon Artemis .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .  .   .   .   .  More resources about To the Moon Artemis

Episode 10  Scorpions .   .   .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  .      .    .    .   .   .   More resources about Scorpions

Episode 11 Groundhog Day!   Special Edition.    .   .   .   .  More resources about Groundhog Day

Black African American History Month Episodes

Episode 12    Mae Jemison .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   More Resources for Black African American History Month

Episode 13    Benjamin Banneker .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  More Resources for Black African American History Month

Episode 14   Katherine Johnson .    .    .    .  .    .   .     .     .     .    .More Resources for Black African American History Month

Episode 15 George Washington Carver.    .    .   .   .    .    .   .More Resources for Black African American History Month

March is DIY Science Month!!

Episode 16 Volcanic Eruptions .   .   .   .   .   .   More Resources on Volcanic Eruptions

Episode 17 Mooooooving Colors .    .    .    .    . More Resources on Chemical Reactions

Episode 18 Density and Lava Lamps .   .    .   More Resources on Density

Episode 19 Spring Egg Drop .     .    .    .    .    .    .More Resources on Egg Drop Design


What can you spy with your eye at the ESSL?

I Spy a Shark                                    Description

 I Spy Feeding Time!                    Description

I Spy a Chomp Garden               Description

I Spy a Spelunker!                         Description 

I Spy a Spectroscope                   Description 


After you watch an episode, what can you do?


Virtual Tour Episode 1 of 2                                Description


 Virtual Tour Episode 2 of                              Description

 UnBEElievable !                  Description                                              


Special Events:

Special Live Event PJ and Teddy Bear Night