www.nwf.com
Ranger Rick is a raccoon (There he is on the left). But not any raccoon. This raccoon can teach your kids about Nature, Science, the World, the Universe! He’s a raccoon with a PhD! And he has a magazine, which is very popular in the US. This award-winning magazine now has a website and your kids are welcome to roam and learn!
The Fun and Games section is quite basic but fun! Fish food and Termite Terrace are both addictive but educational. Fish food teaches kids about the food chain (big fish eats little fish) and Termite Terrace quizzes the kids on their termite knowledge which they’re taught during the game. Matching Fish and Matching Apes is a simple game of pairs but works your kids’ memory. The only annoying thing about the games are all the different versions of Micromedia Shockwave you need to install.
The website also has a cool PhotoZone to give kids tips about taking good pictures. The Nature Quest section gives 3 interesting facts about a given animal each month. This month it’s birds.
What’s nice about this site is that it doesn’t have too much content. Kids get overwhelmed when there are too many games or facts. They want bite-sized info that they can memorise and then come and impress you and their friends with!
Quite good but don’t know if the kids would go on it that much. There’s only so many fish you can eat after all!
Hi and many thanks for mentioning our Web site. We are in the process of updating the site and have games under Camp Zone and Green Zone that are more fun than the ones you mentioned.
But we do hope your readers will give us a try!
Cheers from across the pond!
Libby Schleichert, Sr. Editor
Ranger Rick Magazine
National Wildlife Federation
Reston, Virginia
Hey! Thanks for your comment, I will definitely check out the other games.