The first program in this series, KidsCulture, focuses on eight world cultures, also with hands-on activities and projects. At this time, there are no plans to add new titles to the series. The Great Explorers shows students how people overcame hardships to explore more of our own planet and the world beyond the earth. The featured explorers and adventurers include the first humans who traveled across the Bering Straight, the Australian Aborigines, Islamic traders in Africa, Magellan, Amelia Earhart, and the crew of Apollo 11. All of the accompanying text can be read aloud by a narrator, if that option is selected, making the content available to students with wide age and ability ranges.
Installation is very simple.
On both the Macintosh and Windows systems, the installation process can start itself as soon as the disk is inserted in the disk drive. Students not interested in Terry s narration can silence the bird with a click of the mouse. The exploration adventure is selected from the main screen where a map of the world is displayed. Each explorer has an overview screen with several hot spots for different projects. The exploration overview screen allows users to examine historical information, text, music, and printable art to create the dioramas.