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Become A History Explorer | 
| From: Avanquest Software
Category: Software
List Price: £9.99
Buy Used: £0.01
You Save: £9.98 (100%)
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 223
Platforms: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Xp, Windows Me, Windows Nt
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5016488100557
ASIN: B00004UCNR
Release Date: June 7, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Excellent condition disk but in cardboard case and not plastic. Sold in conjunction with Daily Newspaper, hence low price.
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Product Description
Bring history alive ! In the "Time Machine" you visit the Greeks, the Romans, the Incas and even the Roaring Twenties. Children love the rescue mission to bring back Professor Timestein and his "Timetrail". Windows 95/98/NT4/2000.
Amazon.co.uk Review
IBecome a History Explorer/I is an excellent CD-ROM in this series, which will turn any child into a budding historian. It's aimed at children aged 6-10 years old and encourages them to find out about eight exciting periods in history, through games, quizzes and information screens.p Children will love the challenge of collecting the pieces of the time trail, so that they can rescue the history professor who has been trapped in time by the time fugitive. Children must travel in the time machine and explore each historical world in order to find all the pieces and become a history explorer. There is an excellent journal in which children can record their travels. This would help to consolidate what they have learnt about each period in history. Having answered questions along the way children are rewarded with stickers, which are kept in their journal. There are also activities to do, for example, design a coat of arms, which can be saved in the journals, along with photos and other souvenirs. There is also an excellent index menu that allows children to view information screens on a very wide range of topics. This would be particularly good to use if children were having trouble answering any of the quiz questions.pIBecome a History Explorer/I would be an excellent buy for children aged 7-11 years old who would love to complete the mission and rescue the history professor, while exploring an extremely good range of historical information. --IAmanda York/I
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 My son likes it! November 23, 2002
5 out of 15 found this review helpful
My son of 6 enjoyed this CD. It is true that sometimes he only paid attention when he knew he was going to get a sticker! He did feel that he learnt something from it too. I would recommend it.
 Why kids enjoy becoming history explorers December 21, 2000
27 out of 33 found this review helpful
Become a History Explorer works both as an exciting game ( finding a mad time-travelling professor by visiting each era and landing on the topic where the piece of time trail is hidden) and as an opportunity for a vivid visit to other places and times. Each era has a main map with interesting illustrations on which children can click to discover more. There are quiz type questions after each bit of information and these provide opportunities to win stickers and make a book with them. There are also other engaging activities such as making a self portrait and having a photo taken at a site in each era. There are games which reward speed with the mouse. It is less dependent on the child's reading skills than some CDRoms so shouldn't demoralise anyone and will be a boon to those whose curiosity is beyond their years. Good for setting some kind of order on past events - I learned things from it, especially about the Incas.
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