Common Sense Media Review
By Jenny Bristol
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Encyclopedia app teaches creature facts through multimedia.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 7+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
World Book's World of Animals
What's It About?
WORLD BOOK'S WORLD OF ANIMALS is a multimedia encyclopedia that allows kids to learn about and explore almost 200 animals, both living and extinct, through photos, video, and text. Each animal page contains information including the animal's species, scientific name, weight, length, diet, habitat, predators, conservation status, and more. Kids can compare two animals, browse the animal list, search for a particular animal, or narrow the view by type of animal. A multiple-choice quiz tests kids on what they've learned.
Is It Any Good?
Put together by World Book Encyclopedia, World Book's World of Animals is an easy way for kids to learn about animals. The side-by-side comparison of animals gives a graphic look at how potentially unrelated animals stack up. The quiz may be challenging for the very young, but this app has much to offer kids of all ages. Plenty of facts are included for each animal, and the added photos, videos, and sound give a more complete picture to kids who may be unfamiliar with an animal.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Encourage kids to explore World Book's World of Animals just for the sake of soaking in the information.
Help them start their own wildlife journals.
Visit an accredited zoo to observe some animals up-close.
App Details
- Device : iPad
- Subjects : Science : animals
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : collecting data , Tech Skills : using and applying technology
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : May 18, 2012
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : World Book, Inc.
- Version : 1.1.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.2 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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