Grade Level Appropiateness: 3-6 Subject Appropiateness: Science Description: This software helps children experience with lasers, light rays, electrical gadgets and sound waves. Evaluation Goals: It does a very good job presenting and explaining the science involved in the three highlighted topics. It also exposes children to the basics of the scientific method, encouraging them to hypothesize, experiment, observe and deduce. It also has two learning modes are available in each environment--the Question & Answer Mode, in which the child follows a guided learning path, moving sequentially through multiple levels in each topic, and the Explore Mode for undirected experimentation and learning.

Check out this lesson which can be integrated into your curriulum with this software:

Zap! is at once intriguing and informative. It familiarizes kids with basic scientific principles, reinforces concepts learned in school, and builds critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Requirements for Installing on Computer:

PC: Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or later, 66 MHz or faster cpu, 5 MB free hard drive space, 8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended), 640x480, 256-color display, Double-speed or faster CD-ROM, Windows-compatible sound card

Mac: 7.0.1 or higher, 68040 or faster cpu, or Power PC, 8 MB RAM, 16 MB recommended for Power PC, Double-speed or faster CD-ROM

 Resources:

Teachers College, Ball State Unversity: Muncie, Indiana.

Bracken Library, Ball State Univerisity: Muncie, Indiana.

Please visit your Public Library.