Category: Plum Landing

Apps, fun, Plum Landing, Published Work

Plum’s Latest App!

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In time for Earth Day, we launch Outdoor Family Fun with Plum for iOS and Android.

Does your family have a few minutes at the bus stop or 15 minutes to play outside? Try a mission from Plum and start building a healthy habit! Spending time outdoors has many benefits and nature is all around – you just have to look!

This app offers daily activities that will get your family outside, exploring your neighborhood and learning about nature. It’s part of PLUM LANDING, a PBS KIDS project that helps kids develop a love for this amazing and beautiful planet we call home.

 

Features

  • 150+ unique missions to explore your neighborhood’s plants, animals, weather, and more
  • Hundreds of tips to help your family talk about nature and science
  • New missions and achievement badges that unlock as you use the app
  • Digital tools to help your family observe and interact with nature
  • Daily sets of suggested missions to try
  • Progress tracker to look back on missions and achievements

For more learning adventures with Plum, visit pbskids.org/plumlanding

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071XWTD2X/ref=sr_1_1?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1492799831&sr=1-1&keywords=family+fun+plum

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pbskids.outdoorfamilyfunwithplum&hl=en

iOS App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/outdoor-family-fun-with-plum/id1218401498?mt=8

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Celebrating Earth Day with Plum & Peep!

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WGBH’s Education and Digital departments teamed up for a fun-filled afternoon leading family STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities at last weekend’s Cambridge Science Festival. Education Project Director Jenny Cutraro, Digital Production Coordinator Louise Flannery, Digital Designer Stefan Mallette, and Digital intern Urooj Jaffer produced and led PLUM LANDING’s Pin the Moose on the Mountain activity (pictured), for which children drew and pinned diverse animals to a large mountain ecosystem. PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD’s Senior Project Manager for Education, Gay Mohrbacher, debuted what proved to be an irresistible “water wall”—where pathways of recycled plastic containers allowed children to explore the gravitational flow of water. “It was great to reach out to so many of our neighbors—parents and children who love the work of WGBH Kids!” says Louise. About 150 younger children visited our booth for the hands-on fun. “The Festival showcases both fun and leading-edge science for the public,” notes Gay. “It makes STEM accessible and interactive, and highlights the impact of science in everyone’s life.”

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Plum Fun for Earth Day

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Nature Changer – Plum’s biggest game yet! Play as 30 different animals (from grasshopper to shark!) and customize game mechanics like speed, number of predators, and goals for an almost infinite amount of combinations

Plum’s Creature Connector, a series of globetrotting ecosystem puzzles inspired by “escape room” adventure games 

Thank you to Melissa as producer, devs Kit and Kal; Tara and Stefan on design; Bill, Louise, and Allison for production support; and our project leader, Marisa. 

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