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Curiosity, n.

1. A strong desire to see something novel, or to discover something  unknown, either by research or inquiry; a desire to gratify the senses with sight of what is new or unusual, or to gratify the mind with new discoveries; inquisitiveness. 
2. Nicety; delicacy
3. Accuracy; exactness; nice performance; curiousness; as the curiosity of workman-ship.
4. A nice experiment; a thing unusual or worthy of curiosity. 
5. An object of curiosity; that which excites a desire of seeing, or deserves to be seen, as novel and extraordinary.  

-From the 1928 edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language

Each month your Junior Naturalist will receive a new nature specimen with a specimen trading card, a naturalist equipment item,  nature swap postcard and prepaid return postage, 2 page activity sheet, scavenger hunt or journal page, and access to an additional private  resource page on our website (with book and video recommendations, extension activities, fieldtrip recommendations, and more).  The cost will be $45 per month, discounts will be offered for committing to 3, 6, or 12-month options. Visit our FAQs page for more information.
 

Junior Naturalists can earn critter coins by sending back specimens they discover, along with the completed postcard, to be added to the Cabinet of Curiosities (prepaid return postage provided). The more details they provide about the specimen the more coins they  will earn. Additional coins can be earned by completing reading logs, writing/drawing in their nature journal, creating videos/brochures about their specimen, participating in community science projects, collecting litter, and  going birding. The first month will included a guide about collecting ethically and legally.

Junior Naturalists can visit the online nature shop to view specimens from around the country and redeem their accumulated coins at any time to receive new specimens or their collection.