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Thinkin'
Things
Award
winning
programs
which
use
colourful
animation/graphics
to
encourage
critical
thinking
for
various
levels.
Thinkin'
Things®
Collection
1:
helps
students
think
analytically,
solve
problems,
creatively,
and
have
fun
learning.
They
build
on
memory,
logic,
musical,
spatial
and
kinaesthetic
thinking
skills.
Intended
for
preK-
3rd
Grade.
Thinkin'
Things®
Collection
2:
five
different
activities
helps
to
students
advance
their
musical
and
artistic
creativity,
memory,
visual,
and
spatial
awareness,
listening
and
problem
solving
skills.
Intended
for
2nd-5th
Grade.
Thinkin'
Things®
Collection
3:
challenges
students
to
develop
logical
reasoning,
analyze
and
synthesize
information,
and
build
key
problem-solving
skills.
Intended
for
3rd-8th
Grade.
Thinkin'
Things®
Sky
Island
Mysteries®:
students
engage
themselves
in
a
quest
to
solve
14
individual
mysteries.
Educational
activities
teach
cause
and
effect,
communication
using
multimedia,
deductive
reasoning,
examination
of
critical
attributes,
decision
making,
resource
management,
and
the
understanding
and
control
of
complex
systems.
Students
build
key
critical-thinking
and
problem-solving
skills.
Intended
for
3rd-8th
Grade.
Thinkin'
Science®:
five
environments
introduce
students
to
the
scientific
methods
and
concepts
needed
to
understand
basic
Earth
life
and
physical
sciences.
Intended
for
K-2nd
Grade.
Thinkin'
Science®
ZAP!*:
working
with
laser
beams,
electrical
circuits,
and
"visible"
sound
waves,
students
practice
valuable
thinking
skills
-
observation,
prediction,
deductive
reasoning,
conceptual
modeling,
theory
building,
and
hypothesis
-
while
experimenting
within
a
highly
scientifically
accurate
environment.
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by:
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Riverdeep
P.O.
Box
97021
Redmond,
WA
98073-9721
Telephone:
(800)
362-2890
Fax:
(425)
556-8430
Web
site:
www.learningneeds.com
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Canadian
Distributors:
Bridges/Betacom
Tash
International
Inc.
Description
of
Resource:
CD-ROMs
-
available
in
Macintosh
and
Windows
Approximate
Cost:
Each
Program:
$89.00
(Canadian)
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