Carmen Sandiego Collection - Word Math Time USA World

Special features engage kids' minds and imaginations:

• Multi-player! Up to four players at one computer!
• Players can compete against or collaborate with each other.
• Over 1,000 fascinating questions in seven subject areas.
• Create your own questions to target learning of specific subjects.
• Subject content based on national curriculum standards for grades 4-6.

Outsmarting Carmen Sandiego helps kids expand their knowledge of:

• U.S.A. history
• World history
• Historic events, personalities and achievements
• Ancient civilizations and cultures
• Scientific advances

And develop skills in:

• Deductive reasoning
• Chronological thinking
• Research skills
• Listening comprehension
• Historical analysis

This is a 2 CD-ROM Set!

Where in the USA is Carmen SanDiego?

Kids experience America's cultural and geographic diversity firsthand as they travel to 51 U.S.A. cities and learn interesting facts about each state's geography, history, and people. To solve cases or gather information for school assignments, a rich electronic database is included, featuring narrated video clips, regional music, maps, and comprehensive essays.

Get on the case!
The United States has lost Lincoln's Log Cabin, Seattle's Space Needle, and the Continental Divide. As a detective, your job is to interrogate informants, track clues, and arrest the thief before your battery meter runs out!

Educational Benefits:
Knowledge of U.S. geography
Almanac Reference Skills
Electronic Database Research Skills
Reading and Vocabulary Development
Deductive Reasoning
Map Reading

Electronic Reference Database
Unravel clues using a rich database filled with over 50 video clips, maps, and flags. Essays highlight each state's geography, economy, historic events, landmarks, and most celebrated people. Includes keyword search capability.

Explore Mode™ enables research for school assignments.

51 Locations Nationwide
Beautifully painted landscapes
Regional music
Spoken clues
Over 200 animated characters

Carmen Sandiego Math Detective

Thrilling missions challenge you to achieve math success by mastering essential math skills, geometry, hundreds of word problems and 34 easy-to-use problem-solving strategies.
As you infiltrate forbidden V.I.L.E. hideouts to uncover the secrets of Carmen's pilfering power, you'll practice multiplication and division, convert fractions and decimals, calculate percentages, create 2D models, solve hundreds of word problems, and collect critical codes to deactivate Carmen's Quantum Crystallizer. You'll also be challenged to use math strategies such as estimation and conversion. So boost your brain power and stop Carmen and her sinister shrinking device from stealing the world's most cherished landmarks! Recommended for ages 8 to 14.

The world is in desperate need of your clever mathematical mind! Carmen Sandiego has developed a sinister shrinking device that has already taken the Mount out of Everest and the Grand out of the world's most famous Canyon! To restore these and other cherished landmarks to their rightful size, you must embark on 12 strategic adventures to solve hundreds of skill-building word problems and equations.

Product Features:

• Thousands of exercises
• Over 400 word problems
• 3 levels of difficulty
• Practice mode
• Customizable problem sets
• On-screen Progress Report
• Glossary of math terms
• Strategy Guide with hints and tips
  

Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego?

Discover the World in a Thrilling Crime Stopping Chase!
The world has lost all the salt from the Dead Sea, the gargoyles from Notre Dame, even the steps to the Tango. As a detective, your job is to interrogate informants, track clues with your Electronic Notepad, and arrest the thief before the battery meter runs out!

Product Features:

• Appearances by "The Chief" from PBS
• Electronic database with key-word search
• Spectacular video, photos, and music
• Over 200 animated talking characters
• Guided tours through rich environments

Access a wealth of useful information about the world and USA geography and cultures! ACME Internet Headquarters is an electronic reference tool for use with the game or for school assignments.

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

A Complete Grammar, Spelling, and Vocabulary Program!

The all-in-one language learning adventure! Your mission is to stop Carmen Sandiego and her diabolical Babble-on Machine from destroying the English language! You must successfully complete twelve missions that require you to solve over sixty skill-building activities. Practice mode features thousands of exercises that develop spelling, grammar and vocabulary proficiency. This adventure motivates kids to learn essential language skills. Ages 8 - 14 Key Features and Benefits A complete grammar, spelling and vocabulary program Complete 12 missions that require you to solve over 60 skill-building activities Packed w/skill-building activities & thousands of exercises in Practice Mode Customizable spelling lists 3 levels of difficulty for each activity Electronic dictionary with over 3,000 words Spelling, grammar & vocabulary activities in each mission Infiltrate hideouts, find clues and complete activities to save ACME agents from the sinister Babble-On Machine 18 fact-filled stories shed light on science, history, geography and even the elusive Carmen Sandiego On-screen progress report.

Features:

• Packed with skill-building activities
• Thousands of exercises in Practice Mode
• Customizable spelling lists
• 3 levels of difficulty for each activity
• Electronic dictionary with over 3,000 words
• On-screen Progress Report

System Requirements:
Windows 95/98/ME/XP
Pentium 166 MHz or faster
8x CD-ROM drive
27MB hard drive space
32MB RAM
16 bit high color display

all CDs are new and in shrinkwrapped flatpack