| You will LOVE this 4-pack of popular titles from the Dorling Kindersley "I Love" series. All of these programs are top sellers and guarantee satisfaction. See each program description below:
I Love the USA 1.1
Explore all 50 states! Make learning fun with this Mystery Adventure. Visit states and landmarks through stunning videos and animations! Build critical thinking skills with maps, puzzles and games! Includes geography, history, culture, capitals and more.
Get packed! You're needed for a secret mission. Track down clues from coast to coast to solve the mystery. Along the way, relive the rich history of the East Coast, whoop it up in the Midwest, or explore the mountain ranges of the West. Chase down geo-facts and discover the people, places, and pastimes of the USA.
Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP (Does not work on Vista)
Skills Learned:
* Shapes
* Names
* Capitals
* Key Facts
* Map Reading
* Critical Thinking Skills
* Weather Patterns and Predictions
* Language Arts Skills * and more!
Key Benefits:
* 25 animated map screens
* More than 500 fun-fact pop-ups
* 250 quiz questions
* 30 collectable stickers
* Over 30,000 words
I Love Spelling 1.1
Turn those words, "I Hate Spelling" into "I Love Spelling!" with this unique learning adventure! I Love Spelling is a spectacular animated adventure that teaches and tests spelling for children aged 7-11.
Players take part in an intergalactic game show adventure, playing challenging spelling games on weird and wonderful planets, and meeting their funny inhabitants. Children can customize the games by choosing special word groups to play with - names of their favorite animals, parts of the body, country names and many more. Teachers and parents have access to more than 50 spelling-pattern word groups that target key spelling problem areas. Packed with hundreds of hilarious animations and jokes, I Love Spelling makes learning to spell more fun than it's ever been!
Windows 98, NT4, 2000, Me, XP (THIS TITLE DOES NOT RUN ON VISTA)
Macintosh OS 7.0–9.2, OS X Classic
SKILLS LEARNED:
Short Vowels
Long Vowels
Prefixes and Suffixes
Compound Words
ie Words
Double Consonants
sh Words
Silent Letters
Homophones
Irregular Plurals
and much more!
PRODUCT FEATURES:
Planet Aquatica - Burst bubbles to spell the words you hear on Aquatica!
Planet Amphibia - Ready for a spelling spree? It's guess-the-mystery-word time!
Planet Anagrama - Can you sort out the jumbled-up letters to make a word on Anagrama?
Shooting Stars - Burst a star and test your spelling to win extra points
Planet Arachna - Spell the words you hear on batty, buzzing Arachna. But watch out for the spiders.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
* 5,000 essential spelling words graded into three difficulty levels
* 50 spelling-pattern word groups that target key spelling problem areas
* More than 100 fun, themed work groups that children love!
* Misspelled words automatically recycled and practiced
* Intelligent tracking software allows you to target words you have problems with
I Love Math!
A unique learning adventure for children aged 7-11 developed by education experts! I Love Math is a spectacular animated time-travel adventure. No matter what your child's level of math comprehension, I Love Math will reinforce skills in key curriculum areas, increase understanding of concepts such as fractions, geometry and measurements, and develop the real-world math and critical-thinking skills essential to success in school and beyond.
Kids have fun with six exciting games, thousands of math problems, more than 1000 animations, and is for one or two players. I Love Math blends a solid curriculum-oriented content and incentive-driven gameplay - all brought to life by zany characters and wacky situations.
Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP , (Does not work with Vista)
SKILLS LEARNED:
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Shapes and geometry
Fractions and decimals
Percentages and ratios
Word problems
Measures and measurement
Time and money
Analyzing data, graphs, and tables
Pre-algebra
and many more
PRODUCT FEATURES:
Aztec - Work with geometric shapes to unlock the secrets of an Aztec temple.
Number Crunch - Solve rapid-fire arithmetic problems to build number skills.
Greece - Learn about measurements as a judge at the Measurement Olympics.
Chance - Learn about data handling by extracting information from maps, graphs, tables and charts.
Egypt - Use mathematical symbols and terminology in real-life situations by solving the Pharaoh's pyramid riddles.
Atlantis - Learn fractions by laying pipes to save the underwater kingdom of Atlantis from drying up.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
* Over 250 core math topics covered in depth
* Covers Curricula for grades 2-5
* 3,000 curriculum-based problems prepared by math experts
* 2 million mental arithmetic questions
* 6,000 help pop-ups give step-by-step math tuition tailored to each problem
* Intelligent tracking software adjusts the pace of learning for each player
* Individually targets players' problem areas for extra reinforcement
* Customize the games to cover the exact topics your child is studying at school
I Love Science
I Love Science is a fully interactive science lab that teaches science in the most fun and effective manner possible: by letting young players discover the principles of science for themselves. Three friendly animated characters guide you through one hundred exciting experiments and science activities, each with a challenging question-and-answer session and full science reference.
From the smallest molecule to the largest galaxy, explore science like you never have before. Find out such things as: What happens when you add each of these things to water, then pour the mixture through a piece of filter paper. Experiment with trying to turn the switches on the circuit on and off in different combinations, or why would a tiger want to blend in with its surroundings? These are just a few of the numerous facts you will learn with the "I Love Science" CD.
Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP , (Does not work with Vista)
PRODUCT FEATURES:
* Teaches over 100 science topics covered in school such as energy and forces, life and matter
* Funny animated characters guide children through 100 exciting experiments and activities
* Challenging question-and-answer sessions
* Comprehensive reference section and hundreds of science reference screens
* Let loose in the lab by testing, mixing, heating, building and measuring materials - in both the virtual lab of the program and dozens of experiments to try at home!
FUN ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
Mo's Workshop
A physics lab where you can experiment with electricity, forces, heat, light and sound.
Rosie's Treehouse
Learn biology s you investigate the human body, plants, animals and the environment.
Al's Kitchen
Learn all about materials by testing, mixing, heating and more in a working chemistry lab. |
