KIDS CD-ROM SCIENCE PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED

Lewisville, NC, September 7, 1993 -- Science for Kids announced the
availability of their second interactive CD-ROM school science program
titled FORCES & MOTION.

This new nine-lesson physical sciences program for children ages 8-13 is
now available for Macintosh color computers and comes complete with a
Student Science Journal, a Teacher's Guide, an Science Kit including a
spring scale and three magnets, a CD-ROM disc with interactive lessons
delivered in English and Spanish, and school licensing rights. The CD-ROM
is programmed with MacroMind Director software and includes video, voice,
graphics, photographs, text, music and animation. The complete program is
priced at $289.

FORCES & MOTION follows their August 1992 release of "CELL"EBRATION--a life
science CD-ROM cell biology program for children ages 5-8 -- now in
elementary schools in the U.S., Canada and Australia. "CELL"EBRATION is
available for Macintosh color computers and includes English and Spanish
translations on one CD-ROM disc, a Teacher's Manual, Student Journal,
prepared microscope slides, a 50x microscope, a magnifying glass and
school licensing of the program. It also sells for $289.

"We are pleased with the endorsements given to "CELL"EBRATION by teachers,
media specialists, curriculum coordinators, principals and educational
publications. Most gratifying of all are the candid expressions of many
young children learning to enjoy science with our program" said Dr.
Carolyn F. Moyer, President of Science for Kids. "Our new physical science
program -- FORCES & MOTION -- is very elegant and we are excited by the
interest it is receiving. Our next program -- SIMPLES MACHINES -- will be
out next January and promises to be equally remarkable!"

Science for Kids is a collaboration of scientists, educators,
psychologists, artists, programmers and children who are developing and
publishing multimedia CD-ROM learning programs to deliver science concepts
to children ages 5-14. Their mission is to make science engaging,
meaningful, and fun for children.

Science for Kids
9950 Concord Church Rd, Lewisville, NC 27023
919-945-9000,  fax 919-945-2500

CD-ROM PROGRAM SYNOPSES

The CELL (ages 5-8)                            Now Available

The focus of this program is the Cell, the fundamental construct of all
living organisms. To introduce the children to this concept, children
first discuss the differences between living and non-living things.
Emphasis is placed on the characteristics and processes of living
organisms. Magnifying glasses and microscopes are used as tools to further
investigate living organisms through the power of magnification. This
concept is reinforced by a narrative with scientists Anton van Leeuwenhoek
and Robert Hooke who share their discoveries of microscopic life and cell
structure with the children. Differences and commonalities between
cellular life processes are explored as well as the organization of cells
into tissues, organs, and systems. The program concludes with the children
constructing their own cell from a manu of organelles based on their
understanding of how living things and cells function. Through this
approach relationships between the student's natural world of experience
and the scientific concepts of cellular biology are connected.

FORCES & MOTION (ages 8-13)                   Now Available

This program begins with a discussion of what the students think is meant
by the concept of force and examples of forces are depicted. The students
then investigate different types of forces and ways that forces can act on
matter; moving, stopping, or changing the speed of matter. Then there is
an introduction to the ways forces are measured. Spring scales calibrated
in units called newtons and magnets are introduced and used in hands-on
activities. The students then proceed to learn about gravity and byoyancy
through visits with Galileo and Archimedes, friction with Elijah McCoy,
and the three Laws of Motion with Sir Isaac Newton. Learning about motion
helps the student understand how forces are necessary to cause motion and
in turn how motion can accomplish work. The student learns about the
definition of work, formulates an equation for calculating work, and
undertakes activities to reinforce the definition of work while measuring
the amount of work being accomplished. Throughout this program there are
many opportunities to use mathematical and problem solving skills.

SIMPLE MACHINES (ages 9-14)                     Available 1/94

This program is designed for students to explore the natural world of
forces and the way in which forces help us to do work. Allowing children
to discover and experience some common forces in their environment sets
the stage for the more quantitative concept of work. Work is discussed,
defined, and measured so that the children may use their problem solving
skills to determine the advantage of using simple machines. All six
classes of simple machines, their structure, and the way they function are
part of this program. Students learn to identify these simple machines
through their association with these simple machines in their daily lives.
Playgrounds, schools and homes provide perfect examples of many simple
machines in action. Children will also discover how combinations of simple
machines can be used to make compound machines.

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