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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, January 16,1997
Havens likes game’s simplicity
Continued from 6B
Institute oceanographic muse
um in New York and more
recently created the Natural
Guard, a naturalism program
for kids with chapters from
Brooklyn to Hawaii.
That work introduced him to
“GeoSafari” creator Stanley
Resnicoff, a longtime New
York educator known for
brainstorming novel ways to
get kids interested in learning.
“GeoSafari is a proven thing,
going aU the way back to the
original GeoSafari board game
Stanley came up with,”
Havens said. “It’s been used
with difficult-to-reach kids,
kids the system was about to
give up on, and the results
were tremendous. There was a
real tumaroimd.”
Fifteen different games with
names like Shark!, Animal
Eye-D, Name that Bird Call
and Weird World of Animals
make up “GeoSafari Animals.”
Each is an elaborate multiple
choice quiz teaching species
identification, behavior pat
terns and individual animal
characteristics.
Video and sound clips of ani
mals in the wild precede ques
tions, accompan3ring text and
narration round out the multi-
media Q-and-A. The clock is
running, so don’t dawdle pick
ing answers. Limiting the
allowable time increases game
difficulty.
There is plenty of variety in
“GeoSafari” to keep learning
interesting. Besides standard
animal fare, there is a wildhfe
skull identification game, an
animal art gallery and some
thing really cool called Micro
Mysteries, a look at some com
mon teeny-tiny items - includ
ing insects and bacteria - via
the super magnification pow
ers of an electron microscope.
It’s plenty of fun played
alone, but up to four players or
teams can play at once, so
friends and family can explore
“GeoSafari” together.
Positive reinforcement is
everywhere, from Havens’
encouraging baritone to per
sonalized fireworks shows for
perfect scores. Players have
their own display case for
medals and trophies bestowed
for superior achievement.
TTiey can also print out full-
color award certificates for
perfect games.
“You can’t rely only on books
with kids nowadays, kids who
were brought up on televi
sion,” SEud Havens, a father of
four who has four grandchil
dren.
“That’s what’s so great about
computers,” he said. “Kids are
turned on by the sights and
sounds and interactivity of it
aU on the screen, just like TV,
Vandross to sing national anthem
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ly had the honor, including
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Billy Joel, Whitney Houston,
Garth Brooks and last year’s
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three-time
Grammy
Award win
ner.
Fox will
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anthem and the Jan. 26 game
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Packers and the New England
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Superdome. Game time is 6
p.m. EST.
Vandross’ hits include
“Power of Love,” “Here and
Now,” and “Your Secret Love.”
Williams
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