This is a great smorgasbord of information for history, political science, culture and area studies, and for geography teachers and students. The sites featured now are on The Sinai , The Bahamas , The Pirates of the Bahamas , and a Journey to Moscow . They learn about bats through pages of facts, games, a quiz, a visit to a bat cave, and much more. This is a great site for teachers and parents, too. In addition to great pictures, it gives some excellent background material on the different types of whales and their habits.
Users travel 'into' a painting to discuss the artist, motivation, and concepts.
They follow the author as he is drawn into a painting in a museum. It is a fairly simple and short game that could be used as an interesting lead-in to lessons in art and art history. The site stays away from information on planets, comets, and other topics and concentrates on the 88 constellations. Users can read about the Greek myths related to the constellations. They'll also find data on the stars, such as visual magnitude and distance.