Missing After the Moonlight
by Eve Armstrong
Francisco, our discombobulated amateur detective, attends a night-time observing tour at Kitt Peak National Astronomical Observatory in Arizona. While the guests admire the moon and stars, the tour guide's precious moonrock goes missing. Who took it? Can we - Francisco and the other guests (characters and audience) - use what we've learned about astronomy in order to catch the thief? (Concepts: basic astronomy: stars, moon, nature of light and heat.) Available Soon
A Whole Lotta Shakin'
by Liz Starin
Francisco meets Carinna, an artist and amateur psychologist, on a hike in Minnesota ... and an assortment of other characters as well, including an entire girl-scout troupe ... and the audience. One of the girl scouts leaves to take a bathroom break, and does not return. Where is she? Could the nearby limestone mine have anything to do with it? And what about that earth-shaking rumble we all felt a couple minutes ago? (Concepts: earthquakes, explosions, physics of Earth's surface.) Available Soon
Kidnapped!
by Eve Armstrong
A kidnapper takes a bunch of people in line at a hot-dog stand to a locked room in his secret hideout - including Francisco, a bunch of neuroscience and psychology students, and Emilio the hot dog vendor. Who is this guy? Is he crazy? Psychotic? Paranoid? Delusional? Maybe if we can accurately diagnose this man's psychological condition, we may be able to cure him ... and convince him to let us go! (Concepts: psychology, neuroscience.) Available Soon
Troubled Waters
by Eve Armstrong
Francisco, Carinna (the artist and psychologist), Emilio (the hot dog vendor), and Layla (a physics graduate student) have been commissioned to a private island to solve a mystery for the owner. Heading South, their boat trip is going fine ... until their compass is lost. The only hope of navigation now is the stars above them. Can they use the stars to find the way to the island? (Concepts: constellations, stars, Earth's rotation.) Available Soon
Up a Tree
by Eve Armstrong
At last, Francisco, Carinna, Emilio, and Layla have reached the private island of their friend Carl. Carl is holding a week-long party, and his guests' belongings have been disappearing. One of the guests is the thief ... but which one? As the four friends hike up the woodsy path to Carl's mansion (in the dark), they spot a strange-looking object up in a tree. What is it? Might it have anything to do with the thefts at the house? How can they reach it and bring it down? (Concepts: gravity, psychology, basic reasoning skills.) Available Soon
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