Jumpstart 4th Grade Advanced PC MAC CD math math geography science clues game! Type: Children Platform: Windows/Mac Publisher: Knowledge Adventures Released: 2003 Media: CD The June 2003 release of Knowledge Adventure's new series of eight JumpStart Advanced titles is designed to offer kids from toddler age through sixth grade level a head start in learning. Each of the comprehensive three-CD packs contains fundamental skills for the targeted age group, as well as two additional CDs with various exercises, adventures, and activities. JumpStart Advanced: 4th Grade, for ages eight to ten, features more than 35 separate activities in the areas of fundamental skills, a world field trip, and a mystery adventure. Parental options, progress reports, and a separate Assessment Test allow adults to monitor the usage of the program.Topics in Disc 1, Fundamentals (formerly sold as JumpStart 4th Grade), focus on math, geography, and grammar. An auto-leveling feature adjusts program difficulty for compatibility with each user's skill level. Players join TJ, Sally, and their dog Gizmo, as they explore Sapphire Falls' gem mine, playing games and searching for clues, while trying to solve the mystery of the missing treasure map. Two modes of play are available: Game (play the adventure) and Practice (play games for extra practice in specific areas). Each game offers three difficulty settings.Disc 2, Ultimate Field Trips (known as Far-Out Field Trips in JumpStart Advanced: 3rd Grade), lets players build skills in science, history, art, and more. Players receive 50 tickets to participate in challenges in eight locations, and must earn more in the Deep Sea Danger arcade game to replenish their initial supply. Events include snowboarding (Snowy Mountain), climbing (Rocky Cliff Rock), inline skating (Boardwalk), mountain biking (Bike Trails), skateboarding (Skate Park), surfing (Beach), river rafting (River) and worldwide glide (Observatory). By successfully winning games, players can create two magazine pages with dynamic headlines, facts, articles, advertisements, photos, and song and sound files.Disc 3, Mystery Club Vol. 3: Making of a Mastermind, has players investigating ten mysteries, interviewing 20 subjects, and collecting more than 70 clues. By collecting clues and playing mini-games, players can work their way up through five levels of Academy ranks, with two mysteries per rank. Seven detective styles edutcate users in different areas: logic, music, linguistics, nature, kinesthetic awareness, interpersonal relationships, and spatial skills. Sleuths can use various tools depending on which style they choose, such as a word scrambler, musical tone analyzer, codebreaker, shape puzzler, and more.JumpStart Advanced: 4th Grade teaches more than 50 skills in the areas of language arts, math, social studies, art, music, science, and thinking skills, employing seven expert-identified learning styles. As with all the JumpStart Advanced titles, 4th Grade contains comprehensive on-CD manuals for all three programs, parental or caregiver advice and assistance, and progress reports.For Windows/Mac [*Please review compatibility/platform sections in 'What You Get']
