Recommended
for grades 3-6, Logical Journey of the Zoombinis is a mathematics
CD-ROM for Macintosh or Windows. A traveling band of Zoombinis,
whimsical blue creatures with intriguing hair and eye variations,
works its way through a series of mathematically puzzling adventures
in its quest for a new homeland. Developers at TERC, an educational
research and development center in Cambridge, MA, note that in its
mathematical structure a Zoombini is similar to a record in a database,
a base-5 number, and other mathematical objects such as a vector.
The logical journey challenges the user to analyze data, apply logic,
develop sets, categorize by characteristic, and think in mathematically
relevant ways. Basically, however, the game is fun. The CD-ROM can
be purchased by itself, in a lab pack, or in a school edition that
includes a teacher's guide, tutorials, lesson plans, and transparencies.
For price and ordering information, contact:
Broderbund
PO Box 6125
Novato, CA 94948-6125
1-800-474-8840
More GEMS
The
GEMS guide Learning About Learning for grades 6-8 presents 10 sessions
designed to help students gain insight into their own learning.
Students take the role of investigative scientists as they explore
such concepts as health and safety, product testing, animal behavior,
ethics, the nervous system, and the brain. A condensed version of
one activity from this guide, "Learning a Maze," is presented on
page 6. For price and ordering information contact:
GEMS
(Great Exploration in Math & Science)
Lawrence Hall of Science University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
1-510-642-7771
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