The computer presents a number of dilemma related to the costs and benefits of urbanization for a small town. Students take the role of an advertising executive for a company sponsoring a controversial television program about life in a gang-infested urban neighborhood. The program is on CD-ROM or disk. Milton Teens are introduced to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology and Astronomy while performing crucial missions and experiments during an action based space adventure. Offers a comprehensive reference database as well as a large full color map of Mars.
Students read selections and answer multiple choice questions based on key words and inferences.
The native-speaker program practices parts of speech. Each lesson focuses on a particular grammar skill, is self correcting, and allows students to advance without teacher intervention. Each graded set has 30 cloze passages grouped in three readability levels. The nonfiction passages use a multiple-choice exercise format. The cloze stories are content-based with literature, science, and social studies themes.