LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: The Magic School Bus: Oceans

In LEAPFROG EXPLORER LEARNING GAME: THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: OCEANS, Mrs. Frizzle's class is preparing for a parents' night. They must decorate the classroom with ocean facts. As expected, Mrs. Frizzle packs the kids into the Magic School Bus for a field trip to explore the ocean first-hand. Before taking off, kids design their own driver's license. Then they must fill up the fuel tank on the bus. They earn fuel by playing mini-games such as identifying marine creatures with certain features (a dorsal fin, eats other animals, has spots), acting out a food chain (chomping on animals lower in the food chain), and identifying a creature using just a flashlight in a dark space. When the bus has enough fuel, kids trace a series of shapes to help the bus navigate through the ocean. Kids will visit an intertidal pool, coral reef, continental shelf, open ocean, and deep ocean floor. At each location, they collect information about the four creatures present, including pictures, x-rays, information, and a close-up shot. In many cases, they need to use the clues to figure out which creature is the one to collect.