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Software and Games : Software Categories : Education & Reference : Educational Subjects : Physics
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GSP
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Focus Multimedia Ltd
System Explorer Experiments to entertain, excite and inform! Have you ever wondered how rockets work? Whats the difference between a star and a planet? How does the sun warm the Earth? Well nows your chance to find out! Try out 100 interactive experiments on your computer as you join the team of Smart Kids in a virtual laboratory. Experience all the fun without any of the mess! If you do decide you want to get your hands dirty, you can always print out a list of everything you need with full instructions on how to recreate all the experiments in your own home. Making science fun! Take part in exciting experiments based around energy, light and sound, living in space and astronomy, exploration and mechanics. Each one is bursting with cool and intriguing facts that will help you understand more about how
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Idigicon
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The Times
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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OATMedia
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OATMedia
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Idigicon
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Dorling Kindersley
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Avanquest Software
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Tivola
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The Times
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Aircom
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Europress
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Europress
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Europress
Written by senior Physics teachers, the AS/A2 Level Physics interactive CD-ROM is suitable for all examining boards and has been designed to help A level student revise coursework and prepare for end of year examinations.The opening menu--your only options are the Revision Notes and Exam Questions buttons--is a good indicator of how focused the product is, and once you've clicked on your choice you can follow the AS or A2 level curriculum depending on where you are in the course. The A2 module for example, includes sections on astrophysics, fields, oscillations and waves, as well as quantum effects and relativity. Clicking on any of the main headings takes you straight into a scrollable list of all the subjects covered in the chapter, which allows you to work your way through systematically or jump from topic to topic as necessary. In terms of text, it's cleverly reduced to short paragraphs and bullet points (remember this is for revision, so things are best kept short) lavishly illustrated with diagrams and other supporting visual material. You can print out sections of the revision notes or search for a particular word by clicking the magnifying glass icon.
The exam papers are a cross section of genuine questions set by different examining boards over the last few years and as such are extremely useful to practice on. The best way to "sit" them is to print out the question and then write the answer in the space provided. When you've finished, go back to the program and click the "eye" button and you'll see the examiner's answer.
One last point. The program authors point out that "While every effort has been made to place each topic in its appropriate AS or A2 category, different boards have, on occasions, placed topics in different modules and year groups". In other words, if you can't find something where you expect it to be, use the search tool and you'll probably find it.
The use of multimedia is a bit disappointing, but elsewhere there's evidence of considerable care and most particularly, focus on providing an efficient aid to revision and some good exam practice for those who need to know the difference between their quarks and their antiquarks. --Rob Beattie
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Aircom
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Knowledge Adventure
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Letts
The Letts range of GCSE titles are revision courses on CD-ROM covering every exam board. Each title is designed with the specific course in mind--you cannot revise the same way for each subject (as there are no set "right" or "wrong" answers in English, unlike Chemistry for example). Once the program has been installed (please note you will still need to put the CD in the drive due to the large amount of content) you will need to log in as a user. Multiple users can be entered and all individual scores and progress will be stored. You're now ready to revise. The main screen provides three main options-Revision, Progress and Mock Exam. "Revision" is broken into the main study sections and includes exam and revision hints and tips. "Progress" is where you'll find the records of results, how much content you've covered and which areas need more practice. The "Mock Exam" includes the answers, so you can test yourself first or run through the paper and view the answers at the same time. As well, the software comes with a manual that's also available online within the program, a timer which allows you to set limits for revision sessions and a pop-up notebook. Titles available in the Letts GCSE range are Maths, English, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, French, German and Spanish.