Weekly: The Grossest, Creepiest and Coolest Animals in the World

In this ongoing course, your child will learn about everything from the coolest, grossest, creepiest deep sea creatures, to the coolest, grossest, creepiest things on land, and everything in between!  For a weekly breakdown of topics, please see the course outline at the bottom of this section.

The diversity within the animal kingdom is astounding!  In this ongoing class, we will dive into this world by exploring 3 interesting yet creepy, cool or gross creatures each week.  Did you know that the Hagfish is the slimiest thing on earth and that it can fill a milk jug with slime in mere seconds? Ew!  Or how about the fact that there are creatures out there who look like bird poop on purpose? Gross!

Each week, we will thoroughly cover 3 interesting creatures.  Afterwards, learners will be encouraged to share which animal they think is the coolest of the three we discussed that day, and why!  Finally, we will play a short trivia game about what we’ve learned!  Answers are sent privately though class chat, and the game is optional, so there is no pressure for learners to play. They are welcome to observe if they prefer!

Afterward, they can enjoy a game of Kahoot! to test their new knowledge!

As always, questions and comments are welcome, and my enthusiastic, authentic learner based approach will ensure that your child gets the most out of our time together.  They will be able to come to you with new knowledge to share, so that you too, can share in their learning experience!

I look forward to building this community of like-minded learners as we take on the creepiest, coolest and grossest creatures on the planet!

Week 1: Death Stalker Scorpion, Amazonian Giant Centipede, Axolotl
Week 2: Aye-Aye, Vampire Bat, Hagfish
Week 3: Black Swallower, Goliath Bird-Eating Spider, Ball Python
Week 4:  Green Anaconda, Poison Dart Frog, Brown Recluse Spider
Week 5: Giant Flying Fox, Sydney Funnel Web Spider, Snot Otter
Week 6: Crested Gecko, Naked Mole Rat, Paradise Flying Snakes
Week 7: Camel Spider, Slow Loris, Box Jellyfish
Week 8: Gila Monster, Black Widow Spider, Burmese Pythons 
Week 9: Cassowary, Glass Frog, Star-Nosed Mole
Week 10: Leafy Sea Dragon, Marine Iguana, Vampire Squid
Week 11: Jackson's Chameleon, Pangolin, Sea Pig
Week 12: The Smallest Creatures on Earth
Week 13: Galapagos Tortoise, Toad Headed Agama, Pink Fairy Armadillo
Week 14: Headless Chicken Fish, Sugar Glider, Indian Python
Week 15: Bearded Dragon, Binturong, Stonefish
Week 16: Cone Snail, Barreleye Fish, Eastern-Long Necked Turtle
Week 17: Colugo, Okapi, Northern Stargazer
Week 18: Anglerfish, Spiny Bush Viper, Blue Dragon
Week 19: Fennec Fox, Poltys Twig Spider, Armadillo Girdled Lizard
Week 20: Mexican Mole Lizard, Duck-Billed Platypus, Coconut Crab
Week 21: Animal Mimicry
Week 22: Narwhal, Gaboon Viper, Banana Slug
Week 23: Black Mamba, Crown of Thorns Starfish, Shoebill Stork
Week 24: Leopard Gecko, Colossal Squid, Venezuelan Poodle Moth
Week 25: Mackenzie Valley Wolf, Sea Bunny, Blobfish
Week 26: Vaquita, Giant Isopod, Peacock Jumping Spiders
Week 27: Clouded Leopard, Ghost Shark, Coachwhip Snake
Week 28: Gibbon, Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink, Sarcastic Fringehead
Week 29: Tardigrade, Bobbit Worm, Punk Turtle
Week 30: Honduran White Bat, Whale shark, Antilles Pink Toe Tarantula
Week 31: Blanket Octopus, Pygmy Seahorse, Giant Weta
Week 32: Ermine, Bagworm Moth, Giant Earthworm
Week 33: Pufferfish, Goblin Shark, Tasmanian Tiger
Week 34: Great Hammerhead, Cane Toad, Titanoboa
Week 35: White Rhino, Kiwi Bird, Megalodon Shark
Week 36: Tasmanian Devil, Red Panda, Mosasaurus
Week 37: Muntjac Deer, Volcano Snail, Aardvark
Week 38: Murder Hornets, Honey Badger, Megaladapis
Week 39: Parrotfish, Phronima, Dodo
Week 40: Caracal, Emu, Megatherium (Giant Ground Sloth)
Week 41 - Rosy Wolf Snail, Triops, Turtle Frog
Week 42 - Western Australian Mudskipper, African Bullfrog, Nautilus
Week 43 - Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Wolffish, Carnivorous Plants
Week 44 - Pistol Shrimp, Bull Shark, Spinosaurus
Week 45 - Babirusa, African Bush Elephant, Ghost Bat

*Creatures are subject to change/be added to as I expand this class even further*