Interfact Plants

Reviewed by Cynthia A. Sorrels
Published by Two-Can

Age Group: Age 4 to 8, Age 8 and Up
Type: Science
Price: $15

Requires: Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95 - 386/33 Mhz, 4M RAM MAC: 68020 processor, OS 7.0, 4M RAM

Description:

Interfact Plants includes a 48 page spiral book that's packed with information and a CD-ROM that enhances the lessons with seven challenging activities, quizzes and games.

The games include:

  • Green Fingers - grow a virtual pea plant on screen
  • Glossary Game - save the fly from the Venus Flytrap by guessing the mystery word
  • The Green Globe - Look at interesting plants from around the world
  • Know-All Gnomes - ask the Gnomes your questions
  • Tree-mendous - label the parts of a tree, then learn about them
  • Pot Luck a match-up game that teaches about seeds, bulbs and tubers.
  • Buzz Off - a plant quiz (multiple choice questions)

Features:

  • For ages 7-12
  • 15 hours of fun
  • The book and CD-ROM are nicely integrated
  • Great depth of content

Technical Aspects:

This program installed quickly and ran with no problems on our iMac DV SE, which has a G3 processor, 400Mhz and 128M RAM. The program seems to be quite stable and I don't doubt it would run well on a much lesser machine. The book includes an Index, Glossary and Troubleshooting area - as well as several pages for notes.

Report and Conclusions:

This title would be appropriate for use in homeschools as well as school science labs. The comprehensive information is presented in an interactive, eye-catching manner, and the various parts of the program support the main ideas presented in the book.

The book also presents a number of projects to be done without the computer, such as growing sprouts, dyeing eggs and a few experiments to be tried in the classroom or at home.




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