Adventure Workshop 6 4th-6th Grade

4 Award Winning Educational Titles  -  Learn the Fun Way!

These award-winning software adventures feature hours of exciting gameplay with some of your child's favorite characters.  Children will have a blast and pick up valuable classroom skills.  Make learning fun for even your child’s toughest subjects! Adventure Workshop 6 4th-6th Grade focuses on the key topics of your child's school curriculum to make history, math, science and reading easier and more fun!   Encourage learning at home in a fun, interactive way! 

Adventure Workshop 4th-6th Grade 6th Edition Adventure Workshop 6 includes four educational software programs to give your child a new perspective on important 4th through 6th Grade lessons.  Ensure your pre-teen’s success in the transition from grade school to high school with this package of award-winning titles:

• Make plans for the long journey and develop ways to help your wagon party survive this historical challenge in The Oregon Trail 5.
• Crack the clues in reading, math and science to solve the mystery in ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures Secret of the Living Volcano.
• Travel to the frontlines of the American Revolution and investigate some of the important events in the country’s history as a reporter for The Pennsylvania Gazette in Liberty’s Kids.
• Chase one of your favorite villains through 50 adventures around the country and explore music and culture in Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego.

Liberty Kids

From the Boston Tea Party to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the Victory at Yorktown, put yourself on the scene of the American Revolution’s most dramatic moments! Become one of Liberty’s Kids – the unflappable young journalists in search of the ultimate cover story. As a reporter for The Pennsylvania Gazette, you’ll write about the events that shaped our nation, encountering soldiers, spies, Indians, Loyalists, statesmen, and townsfolk in a series of incredible historical adventures. An unforgettable hands-on lesson in American history, journalism and more!  Live the adventures of the American Revolution.

Experience the American Revolution as one of Liberty’s Kids – the fearless young reporters determined to get to the truth. Meet fascinating characters, observe great turning points, and witness – first hand – the birth of a nation. You’ll never look at history the same way again!

Features:

• Understand the events surrounding the birth of our nation.
• Learn valuable skills of investigative reporting such as listening, observation, and separating fact from opinion.
• Meet more than 30 interactive characters including famous heroes like Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Abigail Adams and Paul Revere.
• Experience seven replayable events, portrayed from different perspectives.
• Gather facts from an expansive reference guide to people, places, and events.
• Challenge yourself with more than 20 printable puzzles, games, and quizzes.
• Publish and print your own front-page newspaper story!

Skills Learned:

• Journalism Skills
• American History
• Principles of Democracy
• Freedom of the Press

The Oregon Trail 5th Edition

Are you ready to walk in the footsteps of those courageous pioneers? Catch a glimpse of a sunset over Chimney rock? Explore Fort Laramie and ford the Platte River? With The Oregon Trail 5th Edition, you can almost smell the dust from the wagon train!   Kids will build real-life decision-making and problem-solving skills as they choose their wagon party and supplies, read maps, plan their route, and guide their team through the wilderness. Develop solutions to help your friends and family survive the dangers of the long journey, including raging rivers, buffalo stampedes, sickness, and starvation.

Discover a learning adventure that's greater than fiction - about real people with real dreams, facing and overcoming real challenges. Build decision-making and problem-solving skills as you experience the challenge of traveling the trail!  2000 miles of adventure you won't want to miss!

Features:

• Award-winning Oregon Trail expands your child's knowledge of American History, U.S. Geography, and Social Studies.NEW characters, graphics and 3-D environments!
• Storytelling feature combined with compelling simulation adventures.
• Builds on the skills and simplicity of previous versions.
• Play out a different scenario every time!
• Enjoy fishing, foraging and rafting activities.

Skills Learned:

• Problem-solving
• Decision-making
• Critical thinking
• Logical reasoning
• Following directions
• Map reading
• Reading
• Managing a budget
• Handling emergencies

Carmen Sandiego:  Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?

Experience America's cultural and geographic diversity firsthand as you chase Carmen and her gang of gangsters through 50 thrilling adventures!  Expand your knowledge of U.S. geography as you track villains' trails through 50 beautifully painted, scrolling landscapes from around the country, each rich with regional history, culture, and music. Learn more about each state and region you visit through spoken clues from over 200 animated characters you will meet along the way.

Features:

• Learn more fun facts about your state
• Directly access valuable geographic resources on the Internet
• Scroll through 51 locations throughout the United States
• Comprehensive essays from Grolier's Children's Press
• Multimedia Library with keyword search
• More than 200 animated, talking characters

Skills Learned:

• Geography
• Regional History
• Culture
• Music  

ClueFinders Adventures: Secret of the Living Volcano

Plunge into an island adventure with the ClueFinders! When a sudden tsunami shipwrecks the savvy sleuths on an uncharted volcanic island, they need your help to solve a mystery and escape before the volcano blows. Tackle tricky challenges in reading, math, geography and science on a bold adventure across the island, under the sea, and into the volcano!

Features: 

• Get to know the ClueFinders one-on-one with four great challenges that reflect each character’s personality.
• Test your cleverness and courage in Joni’s Last-Chance Labyrinth.
• Satisfy your appetite for adventure in Owen’s Radical Pizza Race.
• Boost your book smarts in Leslie’s Bookerang Library.
• Bounce, flip, and zip your way to victory in Santiago’s Pinball Predicament.

Skills Learned:

• Multiplication
• Division
• Fractions
• Geometry
• Functions
• Reading comprehension
• Spelling
• Vocabulary
• Verb tenses
• Antonyms
• Synonyms
• Physical science
• Life science
• Ecology
• Environmental awareness
• U.S. geography
• Longitude and latitude
• U.S. and world history
• Cultural diversity
• Logic
• Visual reasoning
• Critical thinking

  System Requirements:

• Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 SP4, XP SP 1*
• Pentium II 300 MHz processor or faster
• 64 MB RAM (128 MB RAM for Windows XP)
• 420 MB of free hard disk space1
• 8X CD-ROM drive or faster
• 16-bit color monitor with 800 x 600 resolution or better
• 4 MB DirectX compatible video card
• Windows compatible 16-bit sound card & speakers
• Windows compatible keyboard  and mouse
• Microsoft DirectX 8 (included on CD)
• QuickTime 5 (included on CD)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
• Printer Support: Works with most popular printers (Monochrome and color) supported by Windows.
• 33.6 Kbps modem or faster and Internet service provider account required for Internet access.

System Configuration: The amount of hard-disk space required can vary if you already have one or more required components (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer) installed on your system. If needed Internet Explorer requires an additional 50MB hard-disk space. This may require some minor adjustments to the configuration of your system and/or updates to the hardware component drivers.

User is responsible for all Internet access fees and phone charges.

* Administrator privileges are required to properly install the program on Windows 2000 and Windows XP

Original List Price: $29.95
Ages: 8-12+
Packaging: New Retail Box