CURRICULUM and CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

A Brief description of:

CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN SEAS INTERACTIVE CD-ROM (2 discs)

A bird’s eye view of what fisher folk do!
An integrated educational tool developed for educators and pre-teens with
27 empowering, motivational lessons and activities. An interactive
curriculum including subjects of health and nutrition, social science, science, mathematics, language arts, visual and performing arts with an innovative 3D format, easy to navigate, understand and use.

Highlights:

• "Gone Fishin" . . . a video compilation of profiles showing how and why fisher folk catch fish
• "Protecting the Ocean" video which depicts fishermen working to keep the ocean clean
• "Grow Series - Seafood" (co-sponsored by the California Department of Education) tracks seafood's journey to market.
• Interactive games and activities:
An interactive Riddle Book
•  27 engaging lessons

Explore California's Golden Seas, a source of life, food and livelihood in this innovative CD-ROM. Learn about the ocean and California's fishing industry, as well as the importance of seafood as a healthy food choice through this powerful interactive learning cube trademark interface.
A wealth of information is presented in 3D animation with vibrant graphics, a lively musical soundtrack and more than 40 minutes of video highlighting fisher folk at work.
Comprehensive, integrated activities follow the California's State Board of Education's curriculum frameworks for science, math, social science, language, art, health and the visual and performing arts.

This disc includes 27 motivational lessons and a sing-along karaoke with the I Love the Ocean theme song composed by Terri New.

The Golden sees Riddle book is an entertaining read a long story with thought-provoking riddles along the way, ending with Sharkey's Word search.  Educators resources contains many credible files, including California Golden Seas color poster, seafood stickers Golden Sea’s fish facts and the original Golden Seas Riddle book.