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Software and Games : Software Categories : Education & Reference : Brands : The Times : Key Stages One to Three
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The Times Key Stage 3 Physics is a very easy-to-use and well-presented multimedia CD-ROM that would appeal to children aged 11-14.The program consists of two CD-ROMs that cover forces, motion and energy changes (including work on measuring forces and heat transfer processes) and electricity and magnetism (including work on circuit components and magnets and magnetic fields).
There is a section for parents that shows the objectives for each unit of work and gives answers. Parents can view the answers that children have given to questions.
Children are given an explanation of each unit of work and then undertake a quick quiz to test their understanding. For example, children have to fill in a table by calculating the turning moments of different masses on a pivot. Children work towards playing the bonus games and the mega quiz. These are revision exercises in the form of games that test the child's knowledge of all the topics covered on the CD.
Children can also practise their labelling skills by working through the labelling zone and labelling diagrams from each of the sections (for example, electric circuits) in order to earn a certificate.
There is also an extended question zone that has 15 questions requiring longer answers. Unfortunately, there are no answers provided for this section, but it would give good practice.
The Times Key Stage 3 Physics would be a good resource to use with children aged 11-14 to consolidate what they have been learning at school or as a revision aid. The format would appeal to this age range of children and allow them to work independently. --Amanda York
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The Times Key Stage 3 Chemistry is a very easy-to-use and well-presented multimedia CD-ROM that would appeal to children aged 11-14.The program consists of two CDs that cover classifying materials (including particle theory explanation and the periodic table) and patterns of behaviour (including chemical reactions and reactions of metals and non-metals).
There is a section for parents that shows the objectives for each unit of work and gives answers. Parents can view the answers that children have given to questions.
Children are given an explanation of each unit of work and then undertake a quick quiz to test their understanding. For example, children have to fill in a table by dragging and dropping the correct words to describe a metalic or non--metalic element. Children work towards playing the bonus games and the mega quiz which are revision exercises in the form of games and test the child's knowledge of all the topics covered on the CD.
Children can also practise their labelling skills in the labelling zone. There is also an extended question zone which consists of 15 questions requiring longer answers. Unfortunately, no answers are provided for this section, but it would give children good practice.
The Times Key Stage 3 Chemistry would be good to use with children aged 11-14 to consolidate what they have been learning at school or as a revision aid. The slick presentation and 3-D animation would appeal to this age range. --Amanda York
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The Times English for Ages 7-11 is aimed at Key Stage 2 children providing a wide range of games to cover work done in schools as part of the National Literacy Strategy. Ace Monkey guides children through explanations of, for example, nouns, adverbs, adjectives and so on, and then introduces activities such as filling in the missing words and identifying adverbs to consolidate their understanding. On completion of each activity children can print out a certificate.Children can also visit the fun house where they can play games to consolidate what they have learned in each of the sections. They can shoot the words, navigate their way around a maze looking for nouns or go on Ace's Water Adventure looking for adjectives, verbs etc.
There is a guidance section for parents that explains each game clearly and advises how the program is best used with children.
Although the graphics in this program are good and a child would find it easy to navigate the different games, the actual content is not really challenging enough for a Key Stage 2 child. Most of the activities cover levels that would be more appropriate for 6-7 year olds. --Amanda York
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The Times Science for Ages 7-11 is aimed at Key Stage 2 children providing a wide range of games to cover work done in schools as part of the Science curriculum. Ace Monkey introduces activities, such as labelling body and plant parts, identifying what plants need to grow and labelling the planets. On completion of each activity children can print out a certificate.Children can also visit the fun house where they can play games to consolidate what they have learned in each of the sections. They can escape from the maze in Ace adventure by answering questions or play Ace invaders.
There is a guidance section for parents that explains each game clearly and advises how the program is best used with children.
Although the graphics in this program are good and a child would find it easy to navigate around the different games, the actual content is not really challenging enough for a Key Stage 2 child. Most of the activities cover levels that would be more appropriate for 6-7 year olds. --Amanda York
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The Times Key Stage 3 Maths is a very easy-to-use and well-presented multimedia CD ROM that would appeal to children aged 11-14.The program consists of three CD-ROMs that cover measures, properties of shapes and properties of position, movement and transformation. Children can choose whether to work at National Curriculum Levels 3-5, 4-6 or 5-7, which allows for progression and for this CD-ROM to be used by more than one child.
There is a section for parents that shows the objectives for each unit of work and gives answers. Children are given explanations, for example, of how to find the area of a parallelogram or the circumference and area of a circle. They then carry out an exercise or an activity, such as finding areas of other parallelograms and circles or plotting co-ordinates on a graph.
Many of the activities require children to drag and drop information or click the answer. At the end of each unit of work there is a game that helps to consolidate the child's learning. Children can also play the games at three levels--no time limit, three lives and three lives with a time constraint.
The Time Key Stage 3 Maths would be good to use with children aged 11-14 to consolidate what they have been learning at school or as a revision aid. --Amanda York
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