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Game Talk: Animal Jam

Nicole Anson
Aug 30, 2016
2 min read

Animal Jam is my favourite computer game of ALL TIME. It is fun, addictive AND educational. Now presenting... Animal Jam game talk.

What is Animal Jam?

Animal Jam is a fun game partnered with National Geographic. You can become your favorite animal and explore the world of Jamaa, an exotic world filled with a number of different lands and ecosystems. As they explore, players (known as Jammers) can play fun games, watch educational videos, and meet other jammers from around the world who share their love for animals.

You can show your unique personalities by dressing up and customizing their animals by using different clothes, accessories, colors, and patterns. Jammers can also decorate their dens (a special home space given to every Jammer) with hundreds of different den items.

How is it educational?

Animal Jam is educational because throughout the world of Jamaa, you can explore different places and read facts and minibooks. They have minibooks for different types of animals endangered or not such as snow leopards, giant pandas, tigers and more. Some minibooks even have a quiz at the end with questions based of facts throughout the book and if you get them all right, you get a animal trophy for your den.

Animal Jam also has a YouTube channel which posts different videos. They have a series called "Wild Explorers" where a girl named Cami creates and teaches jammers different things like this video below which is 10 facts about Wild Cats. The link to the channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/user/PlayAnimalJam and the link to the Wild Explorers series is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkg2sDC5cg2X5HccbpyO466MssTG3Ux2g

Does my topic fit into it?

Yes, there is endangered animals AND litter. The minibooks teach you about some endangered animals and you can adopt your own endangered animal. In the Conservatory Museum in Appondale, you can read about just endangered animals and big cats. You can also donate gems (the currency on Animal Jam) to help save cheetahs, lions and tigers.

Litter is also in the game, but in one of the minigames. There is a minigame called "Ducky Dash" which you play with your pet duck. The aim of the game is to get around the obstacles floating in the water including branches, lily pads and litter. Here is a picture of me playing this game with my pet ducks with cans floating in the water.