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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Knowledge Adventure
EAN: 0798936836137
Format: CD
Item Dimensions: 4040044400
Label: Knowledge Adventure
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Knowledge Adventure
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 144 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 108 months
MPN: L5JS5TGRAJ
Platform: Windows
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure
Studio: Knowledge Adventure
Features:- For Ages 9 - 12
- Kids Learn: Reading Comprehension, Addition, Subtraction
- Multiplication, & Division, Geometry, Fractions, Decimals
- Art, History, Geography, Critical Thinking, Reference Skills
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
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Product Description:
Find the clues that lead to the capture ofDr. X
Use your 5th Grade problem-solving skills to stop the villainous Dr. X fromdestroying the City! Pack extreme fun and exciting adventure into learningwhile you search out the clues, unlock secret codes, and expose the villain'smenacing plan. Master over 25 skills in Math, Reading, History, Scienceand more.
Enter the world of Jo Hammet, a 5th grade gumshoe who's hot on a case. While visiting the museum on a field trip, she uncovers a sinister plotto destroy all of the city's factories! Her mission is to find clues leading to the capture of the mad genius Dr. X. Armed with her wits and her skateboard,Jo plays curriculum-building games while dodging Dr. X's goons and searching for clues to unravel the mystery.
- Reading Comprehension
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Geometry
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Environmental Science
- Art History and Appreciation
- U.S. History
- Geography
- Critical Thinking and Reference Skills
Endless Fun
- Creative Games
- Challenging Activities
- Exciting Adventures
- Keeps children involved for hours of learning fun
Continuous Challenge
- Auto-leveling helps children learn at the pace that suits them
- Windows 2000, XP, Vista
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
My daughter loves the 3rd grade and 4th grade disks, and begged for this one.
She has spent a lot of time playing with this game, so I'm glad that we bought it, but of the Jump Start nth grade series, it is by far the weakest. The biggest issue is the art history sections and crossword puzzles, full of painters that I've never heard of and trivia that seems largely irrelevant, over the head of most adults, let alone kids. There's no instructional material before the puzzles that introduces the kids to these painters, either; they're just expected to know it. I can tell that a lot of parents felt the same way, because whenever I googled to find an answer, I found that someone had already posed that exact, obscure question and gotten it answered online.
So maybe that's the point of this game. To teach your 5th grader-to-be about the power of online search. I suppose at that, it would be a success... but only if your child has the ability to access Google while playing, and/or if you the parent are willing to help with those puzzles.
We also had some trouble figuring out how to do the complex math problems, multiplying multiple digit by multiple digit numbers. Only after much trial and error did we finally realize you were intended to do the whole problem on the computer, showing each step and then add them together, rather than just enter the final answer, as you did with every previous level of difficulty. An example problem or more specific help would have saved us about 40 minutes of frustration.
Rating:  -
While this was a little advanced for my kids at first (they just finished second and fourth grade) they BOTH enjoy the game, now, and are less intimidated by the advanced information. Kids learn fast! And since they were toddlers, I've been most happy with Jumpstart educational games above all other brands.
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