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Butterflies, Bugs and other Beasties is a fun look at minibeasts in the garden, with games, puzzles, reference and ideas for activities. Suitable for ages 6 - 10, Butterflies, Bugs and other Beasties combines fact-filled reference sections, featuring 67 video clips, over 400 photos and 150 screens of information including how to look after minibeasts as pets and ideas for activities, with a game section using engaging illustrations and animations to visit different parts of the garden during day and night. Let Lucy Ladybird help you collect minibeasts for the garden - if you collect enough minibeasts, the Golden Butterfly will come! The game section includes 15 fun and educational mini games at different levels of difficulty, plus a guided tour of the ant nest! An INTERNATIONAL version of Butterflies, Bugs and other Beasties is also available. It features exactly the same games and activities as the UK version, but the reference sections feature minibeasts from the USA, Canada, South Africa, Singapore and Australia. Choose your nearest country at the start for regionalised vocabulary and spelling. When you buy you will automatically receive the International version if your address is outside the UK. Click the pictures to enlarge.... |
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Evaluated by TEEM: Reviews & comments: "Butterflies, Bugs & other Beasties is an excellent cd-rom for children aged 6-10. It contains a thorough and informative reference section, complete with pictures, films and text copying facilities, on dozens of tiny creatures from the devil's coach horse to the wolf spider. Another section gives advice on looking after them, reminding you how to keep woodlice from getting waterlogged and avoiding the smell of dead crickets. And lots of delightful games test your knowledge and your IT skills as you sing with grasshoppers, collect aphids and steer bees towards nectar-rich flowers." Times Educational Supplement "The combination of high-quality reference material and appropriate games makes this a valuable resource for nature study at Key Stage 2 and is sufficiently fun to be recommended for home use." Computer Shopper "This is a lovely little program, perfect for bug-loving kids or for classrooms studying insects and butterflies." Childrens Software Revue (www.childrenssoftware.com) Though it is not designed for children with special needs, the program can be successfully used with older special needs pupils. Here are extracts from an evaluation by a teacher at Harford Manor School who tested the cd-rom with a class of KS3 pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties: "My class enjoyed the program. They all have special needs and any program has to be good to keep their attention, which this program did. The graphics and video are colourful and interesting, and the use of children to speak key texts helps to keep other children's interest. The games were particularly good. They were all varied, good fun and educational. It was the games that my pupils particularly enjoyed and they learned key facts as they played them. The success of the program is evidenced by my pupils wanting to play it again after I had finished presenting it........Overall I thought that this program was excellent and would help to reinforce practical science work in the real environment and give pupils real knowledge about minibeasts in a fun way." |
System requirements: Macintosh- OS X with 128 MB of available RAM and 16 MB free hard drive space. Minimum 640x480 display and 12-speed CD-ROM drive. |
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