KLRU-TV, Austin PBS » Search Results » index.html http://www.klru.org Inspiring Austin Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New Dinosaur "Augmented Reality" Game http://www.klru.org/blog/2010/10/new-dinosaur-augmented-reality-game/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2010/10/new-dinosaur-augmented-reality-game/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:38:06 +0000 maappleman http://www.klru.org/?p=2150 more →]]> Dinosaur Train logoPBS KIDS brings the past to the future by adding augmented reality to the Dinosaur Train website. Starting this week, kids can learn principles of scientific observation by showing a special printed image to their webcam when they play Dinosaur Train’s Hatching Party game. Showing the printed image to the webcam will sprout a 3D dinosaur egg on their computer screen. Kids will hatch the egg by warming all sides of it under the augmented reality sun.  Once hatched, kids are guided by the Dinosaur Train character Buddy to observe the baby dino’s characteristics to determine what kind of dinosaur it is and feed it according to whether it’s an herbivore or carnivore.

You will find it linked off the Dinosaur Train game page: http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/games/index.html

The direct url is http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/games/hatchingparty.html.

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2010/10/new-dinosaur-augmented-reality-game/feed/ 0 Design Squad Contest Seeks Kids’ Recyclable Ideas http://www.klru.org/blog/2010/07/design-squad-contest-seeks-kids-recyclable-ideas/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2010/07/design-squad-contest-seeks-kids-recyclable-ideas/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:00:32 +0000 maappleman http://www.klru.org/?p=1871 more →]]> Design Squad logoPBS’ engineering competition series Design Squad is offering kids a chance to get in on the action. The 2010 Trash to Treasure Competition challenges kids ages 5 to 19 to take everyday discarded or recycled materials and re-engineer them into functional products. Three winners will win a trip to Boston to see their designs built and will appear on the TV show and Web site. 25 finalists will also be featured on the Web site. Find out more and enter online by September 5, 2010.

http://pbskids.org/designsquad/contest/index.html

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