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Bamzooki is free software available for free download from the BBC's Bamzooki site that enables you to build ‘Zooks’.  Zooks are 3D creatures built from primitives, that move autonomously in line with the design decisions of the creator.  Zooks are designed and created from the ground up, then can complete challenges or be pitted against each other in a range of competitions eg the strongest Zook, fastest Zook, highest jumper etc.  A class Zookolympics is a fun culmination for a Zooks unit.  Besides being loads of fun to design and create Zooks, students will learn valuable ICT skills and physics concepts, and Zooks can provide a very strong stimulus for classroom writing activities.

The main thing to remember when working with Zooks is to experiment, try out different ideas, share your ideas with others and most of all have fun! 

You should start by downloading the Bamzooki program and the manual.

• Click here to download the program. 
• Click here to download the manual. 

Before you start, if possible, you should create a free membership on the Bamzooki website.  You should create your membership using a screen name, not your real name. 

It is not always possible to create memberships when working from school networks, due to complications such as proxy servers.  If you are working on a school network, it is very important that you read the page on file management for school networks.

System Requirements

Bamzooki requires the following minimum system specs (PC only):

• 1GHz processor
• 3D accelerated graphics card (8 megabytes or above)
• 128 megabytes RAM
• 200 megabytes of free hard disk space
• Microsoft DirectX 9 or above

When you first install Bamzooki, you can run the Video Configuration Setup from the start menu shortcut to optimise Bamzooki for your system.

Bamzooki installs Video Configuration Settings to your start menu.  If you have trouble running Bamzooki on your computer, try lowering some of the settings in video configuration and you may have more success.

This page has been produced by Margaret Meijers.  Questions concerning its content may be directed by email to margaret.meijers@education.tas.gov.au.  This page was last modified on Saturday, 29 March 2008. The URL for this page is http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/bamzooki/default.htm .

 
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