Formwild
© 2003 Kaulfuss Designers, Inc.
Nine different CDs (one for each animal) let kids and adults print out plans for 3-dimensional birds, bugs and fish. You choose a plan, and print out the colored PDF file for the desired creature, and cut and fold it to make the 3D form. It's similar to origami, but not as complex. CDs offered are Birds, Butterflies, Insects, Spiders, Tropical Fish, Raptors (hawks, not dinosaurs), Tropical Birds, and Waterfowl. Each PDF also contains brief information about the creature. This would make a fun, inexpensive addition to both home and school software libraries. It's particularly nice for science units, and the finished forms make great room decorations (you can hang them from the ceiling so they look like they're flying.)
$10, Windows, Macintosh
Teaches: science, creativity