4 Award-Winning 4th Grade - 6th Grade Titles in 1 Collection



Adventure Workshop 7 titles focus on reading, critical thinking, math and more to provide your child with a strong foundation in a variety of subjects. Prepare your pre-teen for learning success with Adventure Workshop 7 4th-6th Grade!  

Help solve the mystery of the missing ancient treasures while boosting reading skills and confidence in The ClueFinders Reading Adventures where children develop reading comprehension, spelling, grammar and vocabulary.  Mighty Math Number Heroes takes you on a trip to a math metropolis where friendly number heroes rule the day! Children learn multiplication and division, fractions, patterns and geometry.  Carmen Sandiego’s Great Chase Through Time is a time-travel adventure, and watch as history comes to life! Children explore U.S. history, world history, ancient cultures and scientific discoveries.  With LEGO Chess enjoy the exciting challenge of chess! Play as animated soldiers, pirates or cowboys and test skill against the computer or with friends – from the trusted LEGO family! Children practice logical tactics, strategic thinking, following rules and computer skills.

Enhance learning at home in a fun, interactive way with four full-version favorites in Adventure Workshop!

• LEGO Chess
• Carmen Sandiego Great Chase Through Time
• ClueFinders Reading Adventures 9-12
• Mighty Math Number Heroes

LEGO Chess

With LEGO Chess, you're never too young to enjoy the timeless game of strategy. Popular characters from the LEGO SYSTEM Western and Pirates themes make chess easy and fun to learn and play. The friendly King will explain the rules and turn you from a beginner into a Grand Master. Then go on to take part in exciting adventures, in which your skill at chess will determine the outcome!

Features:

• Use the interactive tutorial to get to know the pieces, learn the moves and discover the rules of the game.
• Adjust the computer's intelligence to make it challenging for players of all abilities.
• Real-time 3-D technology lets your favorite LEGO characters come to life.
• Capture your opponent's pieces and enjoy dozens of unique cartoon animations.
• Do battle on special chess sets starring Western or Pirate Minifigures, or play with a traditional chess set built from LEGO bricks.
• View the amazing 3-D action from an infinite number of angles.
• Challenge your friends to a game, in person or over a network.
• Includes a tutorial section, written by a professional chess teacher.
• Set the scene with a choice of seven different backgrounds.
• Square off against the pirate captain.
• The LEGO King makes learning to play easy.
• It's a Western showdown!

Carmen Sandiego Great Chase Through Time
 
Discover centuries of historically rich events as you try to capture Carmen Sandiego and her crooked cronies. It’s up to you to preserve the world’s historic inheritance. You’ll begin your search in the tombs of ancient Egypt and finish over 3,000 years later with the launching of the first person into space! Over 50 historical figures to meet, and the ACME Chronopedia full of historical information, kids expand knowledge and their imagination.

Skills Learned:

  Outsmarting Carmen Sandiego helps kids expand their knowledge of:

• U.S.A. history
• World history
• Historic events, personalities and achievements
• Ancient civilizations and cultures
• Scientific advances

  and develop skills in:

• Deductive reasoning
• Chronological thinking
• Research skills
• Listening comprehension
• Historical analysis

Features:

• Multi-player! Up to four players at one computer!
• Players can compete against or collaborate with each other.
• Over 1,000 fascinating questions in seven subject areas.
• Create your own questions to target learning of specific subjects.
• Subject content based on national curriculum standards for grades 4-6.

ClueFinders Reading Adventures 9-12

The ClueFinders are transported across the galaxy to rescue a dying planet from the grasp of the sorceress Malicia. Travel from crystal caverns to mystic mountains to the top of Mount Valdrok. Explore and decipher suspicious objects. Investigate mysterious caverns to find the missing amulet. It's up to you and The ClueFinders to uncover the planet's secrets and collect useful clues to unlock the mystery. But beware - not all is as it appears!

The mystery solving doesn't stop when you leave the computer! Customized workbooks and 50 printable activities travel with you in the car, in the bus - wherever you are. And you'll know which areas deserve praise or need improvement with the progress reports.

Unique A.D.A.P.T. Learning Technology - Learning is a journey, and each child learns at a different pace and has a unique set of abilities. The ClueFinders A.D.A.P.T. Learning Technology constantly monitors your child's abilities, develops skills, adjusts difficulty levels, provides help and tracks progress. Always challenging and rewarding, A.D.A.P.T. is the most effective way to build skills, confidence and a life-long love of learning!

Skills Learned:

• Master 25 Essential Reading Skills - Children ages 9-12 build reading comprehension, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills while searching for clues to save the planet from destruction. Prove you're worthy of the cryptic clues.
  
  
• Reading Comprehension - Carefully read the ancient stories to free the Sorrens trapped in stone.
  
  
• Spelling - Use knowledge of common spelling patterns to unlock the gates of Mount Valdrok.
  
  
• Grammar - Guide the stones into the correct columns to gain clues.
  
  
• Critical Thinking - Catch the precious lava rock with the analogy that doesn't belong.

Features:

• 10 language arts activities (only 8 are available in practice mode)
• Games are combinations of arcade and thinking skills, with the emphasis on thinking
• Practice mode for just the activities
• A.D.A.P.T. leveling system that's a step above the previous leveling techniques

Mighty Math Number Heroes

Mighty Math Number Heroes teaches your 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th grader the concepts, facts and thinking skills necessary to build math confidence and develop a strong, lasting understanding of math!  Visit the math metropolis where four friendly Number Heroes host exciting activities that promote investigation and experimentation. Students master fractions, multiplication, division, 2D geometry, and probability as they create dazzling fireworks displays, test their wits at a math game show, solve geometric challenges, and graph data.  Covers all major topics in 3rd-6th grade math curriculums.

Skills Learned:

• Problem Solving
• Addition & Subtraction
• Multiplication & Division
• Fractions (Add, Subtract & Multiply)
• Convert Decimals to Fractions
• Geometry (Angles, Perimeter, Area, Symmetry, etc.)
• Interpret Graphs & Charts
• Patterns & Logic
• Probability (Experiment, Predict & Evaluate)

Features:

• Explore Probabilities with Handsome Chance:  Read graphs and charts, predict outcomes and determine probability as you make action figures of Handsome Chance. Run the probability machine to test your hypotheses.
  
  
• Watch Fractions Become a Blast:  Identify, add, subtract and multiply fractions to make brilliant and explosive fireworks with Fraction Man. This math super-hero also does a bang-up job of teaching you to compare fractions, find equivalent fractions and convert decimals to fractions.
  
  
• Hands-on Geometry with GeoBot:  Use the Geometry Computer to solve the GeoBot's challenging geometric brain teasers. Build geometric shapes and designs while mastering concepts such as perimeter, area, congruence, similarity, symmetry, rotation and tessellations.
  
  
• Turn Math and Logic into Fun and Games:  Star Brilliant, host of Quizzo, challenges you to test your wits in math and logic against wacky contestants or your own friends. Win by solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, analogy, shape identification, sorting and sequencing problems.
  
  
• Special Features:  Includes two unique calculators that display the steps required to solve a problem. They also convert between fractions and decimals, and simplify fractions.