Sea-Monkeys are really hybrid brine shrimp with the scientific name artemia NYOS. The ad was a bait and switch; one expects humanoid creatures and gets brine shrimp instead. The good news is that the awe and wonder of nature makes up for the fantasy of the humanoid cartoon for many. Philosophically, there seems to be a bit of fantasy in children’s science that motivates them to buy into the experience. It was the fantasy of space travel that motivates children to launch model rockets, but act of building rockets that leads to a future in engineering. It is the dream of faraway countries that motivate children to make and listen to short wave radio signals, but the act of building and using radios that teaches physics and electronics. It is the dream of flying that motivates children to make model airplanes, but making them that teaches skills. Fact is stranger than fiction, and the true story of artemia NYOS satisfies the intellectual curious about life. This class will explain the truth about these amazing creatures.