Explore the wonders
of science with Sammy!
PRODUCT INFORMATION
In
five fascinating activities students build early science skills and
practice
important scientific processes.
Students also expand their science vocabulary as they learn about
plants, animals, seasons, and weather.
Special features include graphical and spoken instructions, questions,
and feedback, which allow students to work independently and enhance
comprehension, and a Field Notebook from which students can print
creations and pages.
SKILLS LEARNED
- Discriminate Attributes
- Construct Objects
- Follow Patterns
- Manipulate Weather Variables
- Investigate Animal Habitats
- Observe Seasonal Changes
- Explore Classifications
- Name Plants, Animals, Rocks and Fungi
- Build Logical Sequences
Product Features
Discover the Wonders of Nature
What do shrews eat? Why does a squirrel flick its tail? Visit Acorn
Pond
during winter, spring, summer, and fall to explore its fascinating
wildlife.
Make Your Own Weather!
Kids learn weather terms, experiment with temperature, wind, and
precipitation, and see how different variables affect weather.
Explore the Field Notebook
Kids find great sketches and fun facts about the animals of Acorn Pond.
Printing pages allows kids to share their favorite animals with family
and
friends.
Play with the Order of Things
Lights! Camera! Action! Kids learn about beginnings, middles, and ends
and explore how things in nature change over time as they arrange
frames of film
in logical sequences to Make-A-Movie.
Construct in the Workshop
Clocks tick, wheels spin, and robots spring to life as kids follow
blueprints
or create original machines and toys.
Drop in at the Sorting Station
Three horns . . . it's a triceratops! Kids sort pictures of objects and
learn the names of plants, animals, rocks and fungi.
Requirements - Windows
- Windows 95/98/Me/XP (not WIN 2000 or Vista compatible)
- 486, Pentium or better (33 MHz or faster)
- Hard disk with 5 MB free
- 8 MB memory (RAM)
- 640x480, 256-color monitor
- Double-speed (2X) or faster CD-ROM drive
- Mouse
- Windows-compatible sound card
Requirements
- Macintosh
- Mac 7.5.6 to 9. (* NOT
COMPATIBLE WITH OS X)
- 68040 or 68030 processor (25 MHz or faster recommended) or
PowerPC
- 8 MB memory (RAM), 16 MB recommended
- 640x480, 256-color monitor
- Double-speed (2X) or faster CD-ROM drive
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