Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge

Publisher: Riverdeep
Grade Level: 4-8
Platform: Mac / Win

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Eight detective mysteries challenge students’ social studies knowledge.
Carmen returns! Students build their world geography and problem-solving skills while tackling challenging missions, solving mind-bending puzzles, and uncovering stolen treasures. Through rich graphics, vivid settings, and interactive content, students are immersed into world cultures and learn essential geography facts. The Teacher Resource CD includes a teacher guide and user guide as well as off-computer activities to increase accountability and extend topics introduced in the software.

Features & Benefits

FEATURES

* Fully immersive settings: students experience geographical locations firsthand, and a variety of methods are employed for uncovering clues
* Eight thought-provoking missions with realistic 3D environments and new characters
* In-depth content from National Geographic™
* 16 challenging puzzles from different countries around the world
* Explore mode, exclusive to EEV, allows students to investigate locations and research an expansive database of countries, independent of game-play
* EEV also includes student progress tracking with printable reports
LEARNING BENEFITS

* Expands knowledge of geography, cultures, and landmarks of 50 different countries
* Encourages close observation and deductive reasoning
* Develops skills in decision making, listening and following directions, data collection, database research, and map reading
* Builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills
* Supports state and national social studies standards

System Requirements

Windows® Requires:
Win 3.1/95/98, Me, 2000, XP
Macintosh® Requires:
OS 8.6 - 9.2.2, OS X.2.x-OS X.4.x (Native)

Network requirements:
Win NT 4.0 2000 2003, client Win 98, ME, 2000, XP
Mac AppleShare 6.0.3 or later, OS X.0.4 Server, client Mac OS 8.6 to OS 9.2.x (classic) and OS 10.1.5 - OS 10.4.x (OS X native)

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