Animal Jam – National Geographic’s Web-Based Animal Kingdom for Kids
Animal Jam – National Geographic Kids has come up with a brilliant idea to bring in young followers and nature learners. Animal Jam is essentially the animal kingdom with all its glory and engagement, wrapped up in a kid-friendly interface that’s beautiful and engaging. The result is an interactive game that teaches little ones about the wonders of nature with lots of fun and color.
Once your child has signed up (parents also receive an email concerning content), he or she can choose their animal character and name it (mine was Countess Snowyflower). Animal Jam then takes your child to the vast animal world via several different locations, each filled with short games, animal videos and fun facts. I wish I had this when I was a kid…
The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee – An Overdose of Cuteness
The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee – Working together with the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County, WA. the IBKC has cleverly come up with a cool way to advertise the cats that are looking for good homes in the area. All photos on the blog are of the shelter’s cats that are currently staying with temporary foster homes until their adoption, or of adopted cats in their new home. If you are living in the area and willing to open your home to a loving furry friend, please contact the blog creators or make a donation.
OK. Without furthered ado, here are some cute pics of the lovely cats.
By the way, if you’re into cats, dogs and pets in general, why don’t you visit our Pets Mini Faves page? It’s cuteness all over!
Climate Central – Macro, Micro Climate Change and Everything In-between
Climate Central – This godsend independent nonprofit organization offers the public with all the content, reports and statistics you could possibly imagine on climate change, global warming and energy. Climate Central, acting as a central authoritative source for climate change information, is beautifully designed and truly offers a comprehensive look at the causes, consequences and by products of climate change.
Aside from breaking news, huge library and climopedia, Climate Central also offers a remarkable gallery section that takes the entire topic and understanding of climate change to a whole new level. The gallery offers amazing tools such as graphics, maps, microanimations and collections. See the More CO2, More Poison Ivy graphic below for the tip of Climate Central’s information iceberg.
In short, Climate Central is a most valuable resource to educators, scientists and professionals of the field, or simply curious laypersons such as you and me.
Life With Dogs – The Happy and Sad Stories of Canines
Life with Dogs – Created by Neil, Life with Dogs is here “to fetch the most interesting and relevant dog news and video for your consumption.” But that’s not all Life with Dogs is about. It’s also about drawing rescue stories, dogs up for adoption, and user stories into the canine lovers spotlight.
Keeping high levels of interest via diversified post topics, excellent photos and user participation, Neil does an amazing job in maintaining a blog that’s not just another dog enthusiast web diary. It’s compelling, funny, witty, political at times but all in good taste, spoken by a true animal lover. Great blog. I urge you to subscribe. If you are a dog owner yourself, you’re invited to submit your Fido’s pics and/or videos -check out the Submissions page.
Exploring the content on Life with Dogs led me to this interesting article on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in war dogs. It’s fascinating. Also be sure to watch the video below. It’s the most compelling story of an abandoned dog, saved by good people. The video below is part 2. To catch up with the 1st part, click here.