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- Captivating gameplay: enjoy hours and hours of perplexing puzzles. 7 perilous puzzles , 3 levels of challenge.
- Maths without numbers or equations: solving Zoombinis puzzles uses the process of mathematical thinking. This process includes organising information, reasoning with evidence and testing systematically.
- Introduces science concepts including astronomy, mechanics, cryptography and life sciences
- Practice mode and helpful puzzle clues
- Parent’s guide
- Puzzle reformulation – a new game each adventure!
- For ages 7 and up
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Join the Zoombinis as they battle to restore the delicate ecosystem on Zoombinis Isle. The Bloats have wreaked havoc, destroying the essential bugs, the "Zerbles", who kept the delicate ecological system intact. Your child must now help restore that balance, by guiding the Zoombinis and their caterpillars through the puzzles and tasks.
The puzzles and tasks take place in the island environment: Zoombinis must decipher hieroglyphs to open gates and guide moths across flower beds, for example, and the activities eventually take them to the Zerble home. At this point, another Zoombini crew begins the journey, following a different path and new activities and tasks. In total, 240 Zoombinis must make the journey to play the grand finale and complete the game. This means children must play at least 20 times (progress can be saved) before reaching this level, and even though this may mean only the most persistent actually finish, there are plenty of learning activities to keep them busy along the way.
Skills covered include decoding, patterns, sequencing, estimating, calculating speed and velocity, using Venn diagrams, organising information, reasoning with evidence, and much more to test and hone mathematical expertise through that most effective method: repetition!
Aimed at children aged 7 years and above, parents may need to help with some of the tasks (and don't worry, a Parent's Guide is included for when you get stuck!). However, with guidance and persistence, even the more difficult activities will prove stimulating and ultimately rewarding. This is a package that really will test children at Maths Key Stage 2 and early Key Stage 3 level, but without the formulaic style of the classroom. --Susan Naylor
Manufacturer's Description
Save the Zerbles!Collecting data and data analysis Graphing and mapping Logical reasoning Modular arithmetic Pattern finding Problem solving Theory formulation and testing Astronomy Mechanics Cryptography Ecology Genetics Life cycles
Team up with a determined band of Zoombinis as they bravely return to their ravaged homeland. The Bloats have left the island after destroying the natural habitat, leaving the Zerbles and other wildlife struggling for survival. By completing maths and logic puzzles and exploring science, you can help restore Zoombini Isle to it's original splendour and ensure the survival of the wild Zerbles!
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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The striking thing about Zoombinis is you never see a number on screen, just mechanisms and patterns and things to solve. From my point of view, the approach means it is stimulating and training *how they think*, rather than their rote ability to do calculations. From the kids' point of view, it means this feels like just a game, not an educational CD at all. Lots of CDs aim or claim to make education *FUN!!* but most fail, usually in an irritating, patronising way. Zoombinis deliver: my 6 and 8 year old boys play these almost obsessively (the younger one watching and suggesting, which isn't always peaceful!) as if it was some video game designed *solely* for fun. Whoever put these together really knows how to get players hooked. If you need to improve their times tables or number bonds directly, go somewhere else, but if you want them to enjoy learning, be intrigued, and be already comfortable with many concepts when they encounter them in the classroom, start here. My elder son asked me the other day what a cube would look like in four dimensions (I had no idea, but I'm told it would be drawn like the Aquacube in this CD), so I think they work! Oh, and one excellent detail: they custom-design their Zoombinis at the start, just like you can design characters in Playstation etc games. This might seem cosmetic and superficial to an adult, but I think it is very important to the kids. My boys' ones always have shades and mohicans, but there are enough pink trainers and ponytails available to make the girliest of little girls feel at home too.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This is brilliant software. It keeps the kids amused and at the same time makes them think. To progress through the game your child needs to solve problems, simple at first and then building to "dad, can you give me a hand please". The ensuing interaction is great fun in itself, hilarious.
If only more games could be this educational!
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:CD-ROM
This is really shaming... I'm seventeen and I love this game!! I'm not alone, I was introduced to this version by some friends who are also 'too old'. I loved the first version of Zoombinis, but it won't run on modern computers (there you go.. I'm showing my age!) Zoombinis can be challenging even for older people, and you don't realise it's educational (or maybe that's cos it isn't really for me!) I suppose I first played the original in school, but I never realised it was for younger children. Also, my mum used to love playing on my old version (although she hasn't tried this one) So, this is a great buy, educational for the kids, and hours of fun for you (!)
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