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The Grinder Virus (Omega Pack) is a learning module centered on the diversity of life; it is a part of the Kinetic City-Mission to Vearth site (see description below). This learning object may be used as reinforcement of learning objectives accomplished in the classroom. The Grinder Virus module is equipped with a computer-based simulation mind game, creative writing assignments for independent study, and art-centered exercises, as well as lesson plans for hands on games and activities. A major focus is on the classification of the diverse life forms. Target life forms are dogs, fish, trees, birds, worms, water lilies, including any plants and animals as well as the environments they live in. KINETIC CITY DESCRIPTION: "Kinetic City" (www.kineticcity.com) is a fun, Web-based after-school science club for kids, ages 8 through 11. It combines exciting online animations and activities with boxes of hands-on science experiments. Children earn "Kinetic City" power points and collect stickers as they complete missions and learn standards-based science content. Here's how it works: The "Kinetic City" super crew (Keisha, Curtis, Megan and Max) needs the help of Earth kids to save their planet Vearth, from the science-distorting computer virus Deep Delete. Each of Deep Delete's 60 hideous strains attacks a different area of science with disastrous consequences. After each attack, teams of Earth kids fight back by viewing a short online animation describing the situation on Vearth; performing a series of activities to re-learn the lost science and going on a mission to Vearth during which they answer science questions and gobble up Deep Delete viruses. Their scores appear on their own Kinetic City Club Web page. "Kinetic City" is produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), with a grant from the National Science Foundation. AAAS writes the "Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy," which forms the basis of most state science standards.

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