The Indian River Lagoon, along the east coast of Florida, is a remarkable ecological system, rich in plant and animal life. It also offers many ways to explore and enjoy nature. Use this Web site to learn about the lagoon, find great family outings and outdoor mysteries, and then come back and share your experiences with others.

eduweb's role: Information and interactivity design, visual design, illustration and production.

The Bell Museum was a pioneer of hands-on natural history exhibits. This online interactive brings the wonders of the museum's Touch and See room to the Web. Discover mysterious natural objects (a new one each time you visit!), identify skulls, and figure out what habitats turtles call home.

eduweb's role: Interactivity design, visual design, photography, videography, and production.

Ever wish you could get behind the glass of a diorama? Explore a Bell Museum diorama to find some surprising connections, learn how and why dioramas were made, and design your own habitat diorama.

eduweb's role: Interactivity design, visual design, illustration and production.

Explore eight reading strategies for K-4 students and teachers in this interactive and in-depth reading comprehension site:

• Make meaningful connections to climb to the summit of the Mountain of Understanding
• Summarize the thrilling life of a talkative pirate
• Evaluate books to successfully explore a distant solar system
• Infer the real news in letters from pen pals
• And much more!

Students can watch online videos, play learning games and interactives, and share their creations with friends and family. Teachers can delve into rich information and teaching resources, lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

Eduweb collaborated with the State of Wisconsin's Educational Communications Board on the design and development of the entire site, and particularly on the playful learning games and interactives that give students valuable practice with each reading strategy.

eduweb's role: Concept design, interactivity design, writing, graphic design, illustration, animation, and production.

The Minnesota Zoo's Teacher Resource Center offers many exciting resources to help teachers plan their next visit to the Minnesota Zoo, including:

• Field trip planning materials
• Orientation video for teachers, chaperones, and students
• Pre-visit, on-site, and post-visit activities and worksheets
• Multimedia resources for browsing and downloading for student powerpoints and movies

eduweb's role: Information architecture, video scriptwriting, production and editing, database programming, and Web production.

This simulation game challenges children to design a satellite that will send TV signals to places far across the country. Central to the design process is exploring the ways that high technologies are the products of human ingenuity—and that Littleton, Colorado is a community rich in such inventive people.

eduweb's role: Interactivity design, scriptwriting, graphic design, illustration, animation, programming, production, and user testing.

The secret of a healthy smile is simple: taking good care of your teeth. And what's the best way to find out how to do that? Let Mouthie take you into the MouthPower laboratory. Experiment to find the healthiest choices about food, tobacco, and cleaning habits. Explore the history of dentistry and the story of your own teeth! Then create your own poster about healthy mouth habits. (Children age 9-12)

eduweb's role: Concept and content development, scriptwriting, illustration, animation, programming, production, and user testing.

What are pests? Think of them as animals out of place. Out in nature, they're just doing their jobs. But when they move into our homes and yards, that's when we call them pests.

Collaborating with the NPMA and its public relations agency, FCF Schmidt, eduweb developed a diverse array of offerings to meet many user needs and interests: amazing facts, in-depth information, interactive games, and curricular lesson plans that get you up close and personal with these bizarre yet all-too-familiar critters. You'll never look at an ant or cockroach in the same way again.

Designed primarily for elementary school-age kids and schoolteachers, this site has something for everyone. Who can resist sending a PestCard featuring a talking termite?

eduweb's role: Concept development, information architecture, scriptwriting, visual design, illustration, animation, programming, production, and usability testing.

Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA) contains a treasure trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and students. SEA brings the Philippines to life for your students with fact sheets and multimedia interactives based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium.

• Help Squish the Fish find lunch (a role-play story for grades K-2)
• Build a fish and try to survive on the reef (a simulation for grades 3-6)
• Make a movie about life on a coral reef (creative play for grades 4-6)
• Solve a mystery in the Philippines (a puzzle/mystery for grades 6-9)
• Solve a mystery in the Philippines (a puzzle/mystery for grades 6-9)
• Research seahorse conservation (an interactive reference for grades 9-12)

Plus K-12 lesson plans, fact sheets about plants, animals and culture, and more! Dive into the SEA today!

eduweb's role: Information architecture, visual design, programming, and production for the entire SEA site. Also concept and content development, illustration, animation, programming and production for the interactive modules.

Artists use visual elements and principles like line, color and shape as tools to build works of art. Learn about these concepts in a variety of ways. Explore the Toolkit with animations and interactive modules. See Artists in Action as they create compositions using the visual elements and principles. Delve into the heavily illustrated Encyclopedia to learn more about the elements and principles.

eduweb's role: Concept development, site organization and visual design, illustration, animation, programming, and production.

Sanford may be better known for its markers than its art supplies, but the ArtEdventures site has made it well known and greatly valued among art teachers around the world. Since 1998, we have worked with Sanford to develop and expand the site to become a popular and award-winning resource.

Features include:

• K-12 classroom and art-intensive lessons
• Extensive glossary and artist biographies
• Art games such as Leonardo's Workshop, From Cave Art to Your Art, The Art of Crime Detection, and Go West, Young Artist.

eduweb's role: Concept and content development, visual design, illustration, programming, and production for the entire ArtEdventures site, including lesson plans and classroom activities, reference content, and art games.

The DuPage Children's Museum was taking their popular in-school design program to the Web—but how? Technical challenges abounded, from school-age computers to district firewalls. But after extensive development and formative testing, we had an innovative and award-winning site. At school or home, kids tackle design challenges with the help of a real engineer, who consults with each kid live, via an interactive whiteboard and chat room. Empowering for kids (and engineers), this program is available at no cost for schools and homeschoolers.

eduweb's role: Site organization and interface design, visual design, illustration, animation, programming, and production.