Parents' Guide to Agents of Discovery

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free Adventure Games
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Dana Anderson By Dana Anderson , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 10+

Cool location-based missions for visits to special sites.

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What's It About?

To play AGENTS OF DISCOVERY, first create an account. Read the intro story. Select Training or go directly into the field as a special agent. Once you've selected a mission near your location, download it to your device, and view your navigator on the map. Tap the animal icon in the upper left of your device's screen to ask your "field agent helper" about the challenges within a mission. View the missions, answer the questions, and earn "USBees" as you learn more during each mission. Most missions are available in public places and institutions like national forests or zoos, but schools and communities can pay to create their own missions as well.

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Using gaming to get kids exploring outdoors is an ideal way to connect technology and nature, and this app can do just that on trips to national forests and other special sites. The missions on Agents of Discovery encourage kids to dig deeper into an area and learn more about some specific plants, animals, and more around them. The companion web-based Agents of Discovery Mission Maker empowers schools and others to make their own missions, too, using a tiered pricing model. So, while it's not super easy (or cheap) for parents to create missions on their own, it's possible to explore what's available in your location or pay the mission-creation fee with some other parents to make some missions in your neighborhood. Mostly, however, if you check out the list of places where missions already exist, you can add a fun adventure to a family trip.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about how learning games like Agents of Discovery can help kids explore places in a more in-depth way by asking questions, prompting them to search for certain things, and encouraging them to learn more about their surroundings. How can your kid take that same learning mindset anywhere they go?

  • Talk about your family's safety rules for exploring outdoor public spaces to keep the missions safe and fun. Can kids do the missions on their own? Do they need an adult with them?

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