Thinkin' Things Collection 3 [CD-ROM] Galactic Brain Benders : Student Edition Version 3.0 : Develop Thinking Skills Essential for Learning Success

Stanger, Donna

Clough, Scott

Series: Thinkin' Things
Notes
Become a strong thinker with this collection and build thinking skills you can use wherever you are in anything you do! Challenge students to develop logical reasoning, analyse and synthesize information, and build key problem-solving skills. With Thinkin’ Things students build thinking skills they can use wherever they are, in anything they do. Special features include helpful hint buttons, which provide encouragement and direction and as students succeed, Grow Slides automatically advance the level of difficulty. Make trades with brokers from around the world, program a half-time show and solve the Case of the Empty Fripple House. You will improve deductive and inductive reasoning, synthesis and analysis, while building problem-solving skills essential for success!
Contents
Contents : Assess, Deduce and Trade [with Stocktopus as your broker, exchange items with traders from around the world. Make the trade sequences required to achieve your ‘portfolio’ goals. Next step : Wall St!]; Strengthen Deductive Reasoning [Put your detective cap on and solve the case of the Empty Fripple House. The Fripples can’t move in until you read the clues in each room, synthesise the information and determine where each Fripple belongs]; Carving BLOX [Enter a world where balls roll and collide on virtual metal that you shape and drill. Send balls up inclines, through grooves and down holes as you experiment with friction, motion and inertia]; Build Programming Skills [It’s footbal season, and its up to you to create the half-time show. Develop beginning computer programming skills as you link command tiles and control moving formations of marching bands, football players and cheerleaders]; Manipulate Special Effects [Tiny green aliens, equipped with 22 special effects tools, have changed a photograph. Analyse the picture and line up the alien team that faded, dented and twisted it. Use their tools to create you own outrageous images]; Grow with your Child [as your child succeeds, Grow Slides automatically increase the level of difficulty. You can track your child’s progress and adjust the slides from within the activities]; Learning Opportunities; Strengthen deductive and inductive reasoning; analyse and synthesise information; examine and interpret evidence; build early computer programming skills; predict a series of outcomes; identify relevant information; explore gravity, friction, motion and inertia; interpret and test rules;
Additional Info
For Windows and Macintosh
This Home / Student version contains one CD-ROM and a single user, single computer licence. Not upgradeable to multi-user.
Supplied by Spectronics New Zealand, PO Box 20 1186 Auckland Airport, Manukau City 2150, New Zealand. Ph. 09 275 5744
Location edition Bar Code due date
Individual Needs TR10848