 February, 2008
PBS Nature Interactives
Don't try to feed the animals: It messes up your monitor!
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun.html
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CONTENT
These interactive multimedia adventures allow children to have fun and learn about the natural world at the same time. The site is the online companion to the broadcast series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York.
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SITE DESIGN
The site’s organization makes things easy to find. Interactives are listed on the main page, a top menu bar leads to other areas of the Nature site and hot topics are listed in the left sidebar.
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REVIEW
Students will have hours of interactive engaging experiences while learning about the natural world at PBS Nature Interactives. Visitors to the site can help a 30 year old sea turtle, Adelita, find her way to Japan to lay her eggs; help a cheetah named Toki catch a meal and avoid danger; go inside a glacier to learn about crevasses and icefalls; search for amazing creatures in all levels of the rainforest; discover how diamonds are formed; learn the difference between a crocodile and an alligator; find out what creates a wave an how certain weather conditions can lead to monster swells; take a snapshot tour of India; scale the Himalayan peaks; and much more. But the site isn’t all fun and games there are also lesson plans and guides for teachers as well as videos, animal guides, podcasts and an archive of all past Nature features.
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