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.

Wolves are naturally compelling animals. The subject of folklore and legend around the world, wolves inspire excitement, fear and wonder, but never complacency. WolfQuest merges the natural mystery and charisma of wolves with the immersive, compelling drama and action of video games to create a new model for conservation education. A free downloadable game funded by the National Science Foundation, WolfQuest teaches wolf behavior and ecology through exciting 3D gameplay and intense social interactions both in the game and through the WolfQuest website.

WolfQuest: Amethyst Mountain Deluxe expands upon the initial episode of the game released last December. Learn about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf in Yellowstone National Park. Playing alone or with friends in online multiplayer missions, explore the wilderness, hunt elk, and successfully encounter other wolves in your search for a mate. The Deluxe edition includes grizzly bears that steal your carcasses, multiplayer pack rallies, and over 200 other enhancements and bug fixes. In addition, when you find a mate, it now helps you hunt and harass grizzlies.

The WolfQuest experience goes beyond the game with an active, safe, on-line community where kids discuss the game with other players, chat with wolf biologists, and share artwork and stories about wolves. This forum is actively managed by educators and wolf biologists who connect the WolfQuest gameplaying experience with the real world of wolf conservation and provide opportunities for interested players to engage with real wolf issues.

eduweb's role: Initial conceptualization, grantwriting, game design and development, 3D modeling and animation, game programming, Web production, and user testing.

Danger lurks at every meal. Ordinary foods coat teeth with sugar, attracting bacteria and acids that cause tooth decay.

But the Dental Defenders are on the job! The Defenders patrol the mouths of children everywhere, protecting their teeth from everyday meals and snacks. Join the team and begin your patrol!

eduweb's role: Concept design, interactivity design, writing, graphic design, 3D modeling and animation, and production.

A dirty bomb explosion shocks a small city, sending public health emergency responders into action. Are you up for the challenge? This role-play simulation is designed to train public health workers, volunteers and students and anyone else who may respond to such an emergency.

In this online simulation, you must complete three missions:

• Decontamination: Set up and conduct a radiological decontamination for a group of people near the blast.
• Operational Sites: Determine where the Mass Fatalities Operational Sites will be located and advise their operation during the response.
• Community Assistance Center: Setup a Community Assistance Center to provide services to the members of the community as they struggle to recover.

eduweb's role: Interactivity design, visual design, 3D and Flash programming and production.

Note: This simulation requires a login. You are welcome to create your own, or you can use our generic login:
Username: try@eduweb.com
Password: 123456

Just how do airplanes stay up in the air? This whimsical interactive explores the four forces of flight by putting you in the designer's seat. Build a hybrid aircraft by selecting wings, fuselage and other components from 100 years of flight, then see what happens to your aircraft (and your poor test pilot). Does it go faster, slower, higher or lower? Experiment with lift, drag, thrust and weight to reach your target speed and altitude. Then compare those forces with the forces of flight in space!

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

Betwixt Folly and Fate is an immersive 3-D role playing game that places players in 1774 Williamsburg as one of four characters:

• Chloe, an enslaved house servant
• Henry, a free black carpenter
• Mary, a midwife's assistant
• George, a young gentleman

In each role, players face the challenges of daily life in early America while learning about the social classes and customs of the time. For example, Henry, a free black carpenter, must find enough work as a journeyman to pay his mother's rent. As Henry seeks carpentry work and other tasks that come his way, the player learns about facets of ordinary eighteenth-century life as well as the opportunities and constraints facing a free black tradesman in 1774.

As players pursue their characters' goals, they explore a large portion of eighteenth-century Williamsburg, Virginia, roaming the streets and meeting people in shops, taverns, the Courthouse, and private homes. The town is populated with dozens of characters, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. Players may also bargain for goods with shopkeepers and try their hand at several colonial games.

eduweb's role: Concept development, game design, scriptwriting, graphic design, 3D modeling and animation, programming, and production.

Betwixt Folly and Fate game is one component of Colonial Williamsburg's A Day in the Life program, which includes an eight-episode DVD series and teacher materials. The Web site has more information, a preview video, downloadable demo, and ordering information.

eduweb collaborated with Allentown museum staff on this multi-faceted Web site that explores Renaissance visual arts and innovations and their role in the making of the modern world. Applying research into learning styles and user engagement, we developed a suite of online activities and resources for middle school students and teachers: Explore a timeline of Renaissance art and innovation, commission an artwork as a patron of the arts, design your own innovation, and much more, all enhanced with quirky visuals, irreverent humor, and engaging interactivity that reveal the ways that Renaissance life and culture resemble our own.

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