| Name | Catalog Short Description | Reviews | Ages | Win Compatibility | Mac Compatibility |
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| I Love Science! 1.1 | Send science grades soaring and have a blast doing it! Students will discover amazing facts and important principles about the everyday science that’s all around them by running their own virtual experiments. Learn about biology while investigating the human body, plants, animals and the environment. In the physics lab students can toss a ball into outer space or build a car to experiment with electricity, forces, heat, light and sound. By testing, mixing, heating and measuring materials, students can also create a working chemistry lab. |
National Parenting Center Seal of Approval Popular Science: “One of the widest ranging science CDs” Media & Methods Magazine: “What every science teacher dreams of...engaging and interactive tool.” FamilyPC: "With its signature Dorling Kindersley graphics and clever interactive games, this CD-ROM more than lives up to its name...The program features a special section for parents, including tips for supporting kids' science exploration." Learning Magazine’s Teacher's Choice Award (four stars)**** - Children’s Software Revue Family Life: "The animated presentations make such topics as friction and crystals come alive – a good way to entice kids to dabble in science.” |
7-10 | Win 98 Win ME Win XP Win 2000 Vista |
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| My Amazing Human Body 1.2 | Join Seemore Skinless, a mischievous 3D skeleton, in a variety of games and activities aimed at answering commonly asked questions about the human body. In the "Take Me Apart" section, students can explode and then reassemble Seemore’s body by snapping his individual pieces back into place! Students can also build a body of their own in an entertaining and challenging quiz which has a rewarding surprise at the end. In "What am I Made Of" students can use a fun analyzing machine to examine 3D organs and body parts. In "Me and My Day" students can use an interactive control panel to take Seemore through his day while learning about the importance of health, sleep, exercise, and good nutrition! | US NEWS: “This inventive and sexless anatomy program introduces kids to an animated skeleton… who lets them take him apart bone by bone and reconstruct him, complete with 3-D organs.” Parenting: "Well-written, humorously animated program" Discoveryschool.com: (Award of Excellence- Rating 9 of 10): "wonderfully multilayered. There are so many things to do in this program “ Children’s Software Revue “All Star Software” ASCD “Only the Best” Selection Better Homes and Gardens Year's Best Educational Software |
6-10 | Win 98 Win 2000 Win XP Win ME Vista |
Mac 10.2+ |
| My First Amazing Science Explorer 2.1 | Learn basic scientific concepts, all explained with simple language and accompanied by colorful illustrations, animations and interactive learning environments. Students then implement their basic understanding of just-learned concepts by conducting experiments, researching answers and recording their findings and observations. |
The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval Child Magazine Best Software Today’s Librarian: “The content and scope are admirable. The explanations are clear and suited to the cognitive abilities of the target age group.” Oppenheim Toy Award Portfolio Platinum Award |
5-9 | Win 98 Win XP Win ME Win 2000 Vista |