A compelling new adventure program that helps build a math foundation!
Now with SMART Board compatible content!
On your way home from school, you tumble into a mysterious underground laboratory. To escape the lab, you must solve a series of challenging math puzzles. Hostile blobs, flying critters, blasts of steam and many other obstacles stand in your way. And your sole companion, a nervous PDA named Abacus, has a bad case of memory loss.
That's the premise of The Abacus Project, a compelling new adventure program designed to develop children's math, logic and problem-solving skills. Children spend more time on higher-level thinking than on basic computation. Everyone will enjoy this engaging, entertaining game that helps children build a strong basic math foundation. The program is made up of three game-play modules and a powerful administration utility.
Game-Play Modules:
Puzzle Play
In this module, children solve a series of mathematics puzzles. The puzzles challenge and build children's skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
The puzzles also test and build children's knowledge of:
- place value
- fluid measurements
- sequencing
- ratios
- fractions
- shape, transformations and space
- patterns and relations
- data analysis and probability
When children solve puzzles correctly, they are congratulated by Abacus, their PDA-like guide. If children have trouble solving puzzles, Abacus offers helpful hints.
The puzzles' difficulty level automatically adjusts to children's mathematical ability. Then the program gradually increases the difficulty level. This feature ensures success, yet motivates children to improve their mathematical skills.
Teachers can also adjust the puzzle Difficulty Level for a whole class or for individual children.
Along the way, children receive Participation, Speed and Expert awards for solving puzzles.
Arcade Play
In this module, children engage in an environmental arcade game interspersed with the mathematics puzzles from Puzzle Play.
Children take on the role of a child named Kim. On the way home from school, Kim falls into a mysterious underground laboratory. With help from the sometimes-forgetful Abacus, Kim must find a way out of the lab.
Along the way, Kim must pass through a series of locked security doors. To open a door, children must solve a math puzzle.
Strange forces are on the loose in the lab. Kim must navigate safely past hostile blobs, flying critters, blasts of steam and many other obstacles.
Flash Cards
The Flash Cards module aims to help children increase their speed and accuracy in basic math problems. Children race against time to solve a series of addition, subtraction, multiplication or division problems. Children can choose from 4 time limits and 2 difficulty levels.
Administration Utility
For assessment, a powerful record-keeping module allows teachers to track class and student results in the puzzles and in Flash Cards.
Because school computer-lab time is limited, School Editions of The Abacus Project provide teachers with options to restrict Arcade Play and to create customized Assignments.
The Abacus Project was designed for children ages 7 to 9. However, people of all ages will find it engaging and challenging.
System Requirements:
Windows:
- 166 MHz processor (or better)
- Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4, 2000 or XP
- 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
- 640 x 480 resolution display with 16-bit color (or better)
- CD-ROM drive (required for program installation only)
- 155 MB available hard-disk space
- DirectX version 3 or better
- Windows-compatible sound card (if sound is desired)
Macintosh:
- Power Mac with 133 MHz processor (or better)
- Mac OS 8.6, 9.x, 10.2.x or up
- 64 MB free RAM
- 640 x 480 resolution display with thousands of colors (or better)
- CD-ROM drive (required for program installation only)
- 155 MB available hard-disk space
Linux:
- 166 MHz processor (or better)
- Redhat 8.x or Mandrake 9.x (or better)
- 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
- 640 x 480 resolution display with 16-bit color (or better)
- CD-ROM drive (required for program installation only)
- 155 MB available hard-disk space
- Linux-compatible sound card (if sound is desired)
The Abacus Project from Ingenuity Works
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