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Become A Science Explorer

by Avanquest Software
Platform:   Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / 95
2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Platform:   Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / 95
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features

  • Dazzling animations and 3D effects make learning fun
  • Interactive games and activities help to develop science skills
  • Scientific observations can be recorded in a secret personal workbook
  • Easy-to-use search engines and fact boxes
  • Virtual stickers and badges to collect
  • Supports Key Stages 1-2 of the National Curriculum in England, Wales and Ireland and the Scottish 5-14 Curriculum
  • Covers curriculum specific topics including electricity, forces and energy, light and sound, living things, materials, reactions, simple machines and space
  • Educational games, quizzes and follow-on activities motivate children to learn
  • Developed and tested by educational experts

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Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Become a Science Explorer is another excellent CD-ROM from Dorling Kindersley aimed at children aged 6-10 years old. Children will love the challenge of going on a mission and trying to become a Science Explorer.

Fizz, the helpful ball of energy, guides children around the different environments where children can carry out activities, answer questions or look at information screens. The graphics are excellent and there is a wealth of scientific information for children to find out in a variety of interesting ways. Children's learning is also cleverly extended when they're given further explanations once they have answered a question.

Children are rewarded with prizes, badges, stickers, rosettes, medals and the ultimate prize of becoming a Science Explorer. They can use their Science Workbook to make scientific observations, answer questions and collect stickers--guaranteed to turn any child into a budding scientist.

There is a range of science experiments that can be printed out and undertaken. These would be ideal for parents to go through with younger children using the comprehensive parents' guide. There are also some very good worksheets, which would help to consolidate children's learning.

Become a Science Explorer is a fantastic CD-ROM that really supports the science curriculum in schools. This would be an excellent buy for parents or teachers of children aged 6-10 years old. --Amanda York



Product Description

Science made simple! - Written in simple language which is easily understood by younger children. Topics such as heat, sound, forces, electricity, living things, materials and simple machines are covered with inspired graphics. Windows 95/98/XP

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A nightmare to install - but fairly educational, 10 Aug 2005
This software was a nightmare to install, I should have learned from the last GSP offering but I didn't. If you have XP service pack 2 you will still need to download the patch for service pack 1 once that is loaded you will then need to download another patch from the read me file! that done it will be neccesary to update your audio drivers and then re install the CD again! What a nightmare, still apparently if I buy any DK / GSP software in the future I will not need to do all of it again! Hmmmm right.

The reason we bought this was because my daughter's school had been using it and my daughter wanted to complete it to get her rewards (on the disc) It struck me as a bit boring at times but she stuck to it and finished the tutorials and the whole disc in one day, well 3 hours actually, + the 2 hours to install it!

For a younger child who is starting out on year 2 studies it will probably take longer as they will not have covered some of the topics (my daughter is 7) so aim for 6 year olds and you will be fine.

Overall it gets a 3 because it was educational and it did work eventually.

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62 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 20 Dec 2004
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I've bought excellent kids' CDs from Dorling Kindersley before, and thought this one would be of the same quality. Unfortunately, it isn't.

The graphics are very static, except for Fizz, the "ball of energy" who acts as an anchor through the various activities, and who speaks in an American accent with a very irritating speech impairment.

There seems to be less games to go round than in other DK software I have, and my 6-year old had completed all the activities within a weekend. She hasn't played it since.

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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Not Scientific, 30 Jan 2007
By D. N. Brown (UK) - See all my reviews
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I came across the following statement in the text: "Temperature is measured using a thermometer. Temperature can be measured in either Celsius or Fahrenheit." If this supposed to be educating the scientists of the future, why is confusing them with the Fahrenheit scale? Even American scientists don't use that any more.
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