Britannica Kids: Rainforests
Explore the worlds rainforests and the unique animals, plants and people which inhabit them in this latest addition to the Britannica Kids series. This app is perfect for exploring the secrets and mysteries of rainforests in a fun and engaging way. Learn and play at the same time through a variety of games like Memory Match, Jigsaw Puzzles, and the Magic Square among others. Explore the earths rainforests through a wealth of amazing images (which you can e-mail to friends!) videos and informative articles. And as its from Encylopedia Britannica, you can be sure its appropriate and safe for the whole family.
Rainforests is the perfect app for getting the facts right, and discovering different types of rainforest, indigenous animals and plants, layers and people of the rainforests in a really cool way.
Learning about rainforests has never been more fun with this interactive and educational app based on the school curriculum. Ideal for homework help, the app features exclusive Encyclopedia Britannica standards-based content with high quality videos, pictures, and captions written specifically for ages 8-12. Coverage of the topic includes:
* What is a Rainforest
* Types of Rainforest
* Layers of the Rainforest
* Rainforest Plants
* Rainforest Animals
* People of the Rainforests
* Rainforest Threats
* Animals A-Z featuring 21 different animals
Then the fun starts:
Map With this amazing tool you can locate where you are anywhere in the world. Want to see the where the nearest rainforest is? Its easy with our map tool, and you can use the zoom feature to see the location up close.
Jigsaw Puzzles, created from beautiful images from rainforests. Break apart the puzzle and have some fun by shaking your device (iPod and iPhone) and then sliding the pieces back into place to complete the puzzle - its not as easy as it looks!
Scramble images of the rainforests in The Magic Square game by shaking your device. Challenge yourself by re-arranging the squares to unscramble the image.
Brush off - brush the layers to reveal images of rainforest animals and then try to guess what they are how many can you answer correctly?
Test your knowledge on rainforests with the Quiz feature - how much have you learned? But hurry: you must answer quickly as the quiz is timed! You can also Tweet your answers and share your results with your friends on Facebook.
Test your memory with the popular Memory Match game and match up the pairs!
