Mockups

From research I've determined that the best way to engage children of the age group we're targeting, is to go away from the whole squares-of-content style of web design. Instead, we need to create an interactive environment which mimics something from the real world. Not only that, but it should include both water and a visual connection with Colorado. The trick is making the environment interactive enough to keep the user's attention for longer than a couple of seconds.

So, I've reworked the index page to the below rough form. Below that is a very primitive version of the species page.



The plan is to incorporate both the navigation and obvious easter eggs, if you will, into each page. So that every page will be an engrossing experience.