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Hankering Habitats. The purpose of this game is to teach students about
the habitats (biomes) that exist on Earth and the organisms that live in them.
It is targeted toward upper elementary and middle school students.
The program. This educational game challenges students to match
organisms with the correct habitat they are found in. The game takes you
around the world to explore the inhabitants from land biomes that range from
the deepest dark rainforest to the frozen tundra. You will additionally explore
water environments including the sea shore, the coral reef and then venturing
out into the open ocean. While doing this you will learn about animals, plants,
and even microscopic creatures that live in the variety of biomes that make up
the planetary ecosystem we call Earth. Along the way, as you succeed in the game
the creatures come to life in comic form and tell jokes related to themselves
and the habitat they live in.
The game. The player first selects the type of habitat they want to
play with. They then must pick from a random group of cartoon organisms most
common to that particular habitat. Players can get from the program informational
clues about the organisms. Additionally players can use a button to take the
player to the World Wide Web to get information about the organism online.
The player is rewarded with a comic about that habitat every time they correctly
place four organisms and click the reward button. Habitats can be played
multiple times before all the organisms are correctly matched.
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