The FETCH! Web site lets kids follow the show, play games and learn cool science. They can even register with the site - it's FREE - to save their scores, win downloadable prizes and travel as a member between one PBS KIDS GO! site and another.
GAMES
Our games cover science concepts from biological, earth, physical, and engineering sciences. They also encourage kids to assume the role of scientist using science process skills. Our games require logical thought, memory, hypothesis testing and keen attention to details. The games level up but all start easy. Contextual help is available throughout each game.
- Germinator
This time it's infectious! Ruff is home sick and playing his favorite video game. He challenges you to beat his best score. As a germ trying to invade the body's immune system, players use the arrow keys to avoid ear wax, mucus, tears and soap to reach entry into the body. Once in the blood stream, players try to infect cells while avoiding detection by b-cells and attack by macrophages and killer t-cells. - CSI: Tugboat Thug
Use your Canine Sniffer Intelligence to solve the mystery of the Tugboat Thug. Players search for clues in the crime scene, analyze and identify the clues in the crime lab, and logically deduce who stole Ruff's bathtub tugboat by comparing the clues with information about each suspect. Finally, the real tugboat thug is verified with a handwriting sample found at the scene of the crime. There will be a total of three CSI mysteries on the site. - Fetch! Face-Off
Challenge your friends to see who's the biggest FETCH! fan by answering trivia questions that test your knowledge about the show and its science content. Choose the one player mode or go head to head with two players. Either way, be quick with the buzzer and be careful of those tricky bone-us questions! - CSI: Squeak Sneak
Use your Canine Sniffer Intelligence to solve the mystery of the Squeak Sneak. Players search for clues in the crime scene, analyze and identify the clues in the crime lab, and logically deduce who stole Ruff's squeaky toy by comparing the clues with information about each suspect. Finally, the real squeaky thief is verified with a DNA sample found at the scene of the crime. There will be a total of three CSI mysteries on the site. - Geyser Surpriser
Ruff challenges players to build a geyser. He then realizes it's trickier than he'd thought. Players learn what is required for a geyser to exist by manipulating three of the elements that make up a geyser. Once players have successfully built a geyser, Ruff adds a twist to the challenge by asking them to cook his lunch - with the geyser! - WHOAHlercoaster!
Build a rollercoaster of your own design. Then, test your track using one of Ruff's squeaky toys as your crash test dummy. Can you keep the fun factor and safety rating high enough to give Ruff the ride of his life? - Dish It Out
Create new Dim Sum Challenges to stump other players or solve one of eight new player-generated Dim Sum Challenges, which are posted daily. Any way you Dish It Out, be sure to keep the mysterious Dim Sum ball from falling on the floor as you try to get it into the take-out container for Ruff. - Robot ROVER
In this game, players modify a robot so that it best traverses a varied terrain to retrieve supplies for Ruff Ruffman and return with them to Studio G in time for the show. Each subsequent level offers more complexity than the last, requiring different strategies for success. - Dog Ears
In this game, players decode audio clues to decipher the five passwords for Ruff's safe using the code invented by Ruff (which he's forgotten). Each letter on the keyboard represents a different sound. Game play encourages listening, paying close attention, and note taking. - Dog Pound
This whack-a-mole style game is a fast-paced science quiz. And if kids don't know a particular answer first time around, repeat-play will help them learn. - Link-o-Vision
Players earn points by meeting Ruff's challenge to link different animals together according to their shared attributes. Through problem-solving and logic, players learn about various characteristics animals share with regard to their diet, behaviors, physical traits and environments.
MY SHOW
FETCH! Season Two features host Ruff Ruffman and six fun-loving tween-age contestants in twenty fabulous shows. To follow the contestants' weekly scores and to learn more in general about the show, Ruff, and contestants, check out these areas.
- Meet the Contestants
Kids can get to know more about the six contestants on the show through these brief quirky bios (written by Ruff) and goofy behind the scenes photos. - TV Challenges
Kids can visit this section to find out what the contestants are challenged to do each week on the show. They can take a peek at the scoreboard for that week to see how each contestant did and who is in the lead. - Photo Gallery
This section features a selection of funny, candid shots of the contestants (and Ruff) with captions written by Ruff himself. - The Scoop
Kids can get the juiciest details on FETCH! straight from Ruff himself in this periodic newsletter. - FETCHer 101
This is a multiple choice quiz where players learn random facts about the FETCH! contestants. - Inside Studio G
This is a virtual, 360-degree tour of Studio G (or "the garage," as the contestants call it). - Audio and Video
For a quick introduction to the contestants, our canine host, and some of the science challenges, view the FETCH! preview clips and watch the show's theme song. To learn what goes on behind the scenes, listen to Ruff's podcasts. - Ruff's Voicemail
Grandma Ruffman thinks Ruff should get a "real job" (her words, not ours). She doesn't think whatever it is he does with the cameras is worthy of the Ruffman family name. Grandma has provoked, er, encouraged, seven Ruffman relatives to leave messages for Ruff about different careers in science, which might suit his interests. These careers include zookeeper, toy inventor, statistician, civil engineer among others.
G TEAM CENTRAL
At G Team Central (the hip alias for Studio G) kids sign up and become members to earn points, win prizes, receive messages from Ruff, and customize their experiences on the site.
- Login
Kids can create their own usernames and passwords. Once logged in as members, they can travel the site with their own canine (or feline) companion, a personal greeting from Ruff, and a tally of their total points earned.
Logging in allows members to customize their Web experience all over participating PBS KIDS GO! sites. - Avatar
At G Team Central members can select their own canine (or feline) companion from the "Pick your Pal" area. Their animal avatars will accompany them everywhere on the site. - Points
Once logged in as members, kids can view a tally of their total points earned. They can also view the top scorers for each FETCH! game. - Prizes
Logging in enables members to download printable prizes. Some prizes are awarded for just showing up to the site; while others have to be earned by winning more and more points, playing games and answering the daily challenge quiz questions.
