The Wild Kratts website for kids is an interactive experience where children can learn more about animals, science, and the natural world. Designed and implemented with input from educational advisors, the activities emphasize both age appropriate science concepts and information about animals and nature.
The site invites users to become part of the Wild Kratts team, by building their very own character, who can then navigate the site right alongside Chris, Martin, Aviva, and the rest of the team! They can fly the Tortuga HQ around the world on creature adventures, learning about animals and playing games. By mastering science ideas and accumulating knowledge about the creature world, the user can collect Creature Powers for their very own Creature Power Suit, which will help them on their continued explorations of the site. If you want to save this progress (and customized character) over multiple visits, make sure your child logs in through the PBS KIDS GO! login system!
YOUR ROOM
A good place to start in the site is the Your Room section. That’s where your child can build their character with their own creature power suit, and get started collecting Creature Powers. All their Creature Powers are kept here, as well as an Adventure Journal of the photo rewards collected while exploring the habitats.
CREATURE POWER GAMES
Players can earn “creature powers” for their suits by playing the educational and informative Creature Power Games. In each game, the player is placed in the role of a different animal, learning about animal abilities, behaviors and science from the animal’s perspective.
Go Nuts!
Squirrels and blue jays both collect, eat, and store acorns for the winter. In this game, players become a squirrel collecting and burying as many acorns as possible before the blue jays get them. The game teaches about a critical natural interrelationship between plants and animals – by burying the acorns, the squirrels and bluejays actually plant new oak tree letting the forest thrive.
Ride On, Remora
In this game, children learn that animals have special relationships that can benefit one animal or both – a symbiotic relationship. The player is a remora, a creature with a sticky suckerhead that attaches to sharks, rays, and other marine animals. The remora’s ability to attach to a host allows the fish to travel safely through the ocean and even get leftovers of the large animals meals.
Go, Cheetah, Go
This game is an exercise in engineering, creature-style! Your child can build a Cheetah Racer vehicle by manipulating some of the very same kinds of features that make the cheetah the fastest running animal alive. Then, let the races begin!
Firefly Flash
Fireflies use species-specific flash codes to communicate with each other. In this memory game, players use flash codes to attract other fireflies to them, just like these amazing insects do!
Caracal Leap
Caracals are an African wildcat that are known for their incredible leaping ability, which allows them to catch guinea fowl right out of the sky. In this game, you are a Caracal and you must jump up to catch enough guinea fowl to get to the next level. You have the choice to play the augmented reality version with your webcam or the version using your mouse.
Draco Glide
Draco lizards move through the rainforest by gliding from tree to tree. They actually have gliding "wings" (or flaps of skin) that they can open and close to control their amazing parachute-like glide. In this game, players learn the physics of gliding, draco-style!
Kickboxing Kangaroo
Kickboxing is an important natural behavior for kangaroos. Male kangaroos kickbox to prove that they are healthy enough to be the top roo of the group. Even as young joeys, kangaroos practice their kickboxing skills. In this game, learn about social systems in animals and how a ritualized behavior can help keep a group animal like the kangaroo together.
HABITATS
The site offers five different habitats around the world where users can explore, find various animals that live there, and learn more about them. Players can also use the Creature Powers that they’ve earned to access hard-to-reach areas of the habitats, like the treetops, high cliffs, or the deep ocean. Players must use analytical skills, logic, and their knowledge of animal abilities in order to navigate some of these areas.
Have a great creature adventure!
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