Educator's Choice Middle School Excelerator

Combining top-of-the-line software with the ease of learning at their own pace, Middle School Excelerator is the broad-based instructional suite effectively targeting the intermediate curriculum and real-world skills in 6 subjects: Algebra I & II, Geometry, Typing, Spanish, and American History. Whether emphasizing core mathematical study areas, key historical events, or keyboard skills to last a lifetime, the 5 CD-ROMs in Middle School Excelerator provide a tightly focused, step-by-step format offering students the quickest route to higher grades and increased ability!

Why Educator's Choice? 
Educator's Choice has been the biggest selling education software line in years and has sold several million copies. The reason is simple: Each box set is a suite of high quality easy-to-use software, and each title was produced or written by a professional educator. Use what the schools use!

Product Titles Included:

Math Odyssey Algebra I & II and Math Odyssey Geometry (2 CDs)

Embark on a winning, interactive journey on the road to higher mathematics with Math Odyssey's Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. This results-oriented suite is specially designed to provide in-depth, engaging tutorial in these 3 crucial math subjects. With over 100 eye-catching animations & simulations posing more than 1,200 test problems on over 80 topics, your Math Odyssey begins right here!

Algebra I & II
837 Exam Problems on 52 Key Topics Including:

• Natural and Whole Numbers
• Integers
• Polynomial Expressions
• Quadratic Formula and Equations
• Inverse and Exponential Functions
• Graphing Polynomials
• Logarithms and Matrices
• Determinants and Cramer's Rule
• 75 Simulations & Animations

Geometry
403 Exam Problems on 33 Key Topics Including:

• Points and Lines
• Planes and Intersections
• Segments and Rays
• Midpoint and Pythagorean Theorems
• Congruent and Right Triangles
• Polygons, Trapezoids, and Circles
• Surface Area and Volume
• Loci and Symmetry
• 29 Simulations & Animations

Typing Tutor Jr.

It's real-world, skill-building fun with Typing Tutor Jr., the CD-ROM software for pre-teens that uses quick, lively lessons and colorful, thematic games to teach keyboard fundamentals to kids. Let Floater, your animated guide, lead you through the menu of customizable lessons, themed exercises (from skateboarding to spaceships), and favorite book excerpts to improve your typing speed and accuracy. Kids will see improvement right after their very first lesson; they'll even learn proper techniques to minimize wrist and back strain.

Features include:

• 8 Full-color Game Themes from Sports to Outer Space‹ to Build Typing Ability
• Customizable Lessons to Target Weak Areas
• Easily-readable Screens Let You Chart Your Progress
• New Practice Exercises Downloadable from the Web
• Animated Ergonomics Instruction

Spanish Plus

Associating speech and the written word with images and ideas is one of the most effective methods for learning to speak and write a foreign language. Spanish Plus uses pictorial association and fully interactive activities to effectively teach the fundamentals of speaking, reading, writing, and listening.

Over 22 Entertaining Lesson Topics Including:

• Past, Present, and Future Tenses
• Shapes & Colors
• Family Relationships
• Directions

Encyclopedia of the American Civil War

Infamously known as the bloodiest conflict ever fought on American soil, the Civil War is one of the most significant events in our country's history. With reliable, current facts and contributions from over 300 leading scholars and historians, this award-winning-based encyclopedia contains full battle accounts, terminology, references, photographs, and biographies that educate students on the key events and figures of the time.