National Geographic Opens Recruitment Center in NYC for Young Explorers

Kids can get a taste of what real Nat Geo explorers encounter on a daily basis (hint: it's pretty cool). For one day only, the magazine will set up a recruitment cetner to welcome its debut fiction series for middle-grade children, Explorer Academy: The Nebula Street. You'll want to make sure the kiddies have a good breakfast, because they'll be put through a series of interactive tests to determine whether or not they'll be able to handle what a real-life explorer encounters on a regular basis. Youngsters will experience a virtual forest of migrating monarch butterflies, try to uncover different artifacts and even come face-to-face with a live snake! All ages.