ArgoSphere Resources (February 1998)

Title Contents
age 3+
Bo Bear Bo Bear likes to wear
4 games featuring the names of 12 items of clothing.
Club Fashion  
suitable for all ages
Change the textile design of items of clothing worn by 8 club-goers. There are 18 different textile designs.
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age 5+
Nursery Rhyme Time
(Freebie Zone)
A specially-created browser version of one rhyme from Sherston Software's "Nursery Rhyme Time" CD-ROM.
Pooh Country A range of activities set in Pooh Country (Ashdown Forest in East Sussex)
1. Collect your visa

Print out a visa to visit Pooh Country.
2. Repair some silly signs
Correct the misspelled signs. 3 levels of difficulty.
3. Put up some sensible signs
Choose the most appropriate signs to erect in various scenes on Ashdown Forest. 3 levels of difficulty.
4. Mend my map
Replace the missing pieces of a forest map.
5. Check out Ashdown Forest
Information about the setting for A.A.Milne's Pooh books.
6. Visit the picture gallery
Ashdown Forest scenes.
The Sea Stealers A story about two cats who set out to find who is stealing the sea.
15 chapters.
3 levels of difficulty.
An English activity in every chapter.
The Visitor A story about a young alien who is sent to Earth to give his mother a break.
Includes lots of things to do.
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age 8+
Planet Earth A specially-created browser version of a multimedia project by Melrose Primary School.
Looking at Maps An introduction to maps and map reading.
1. Symbols
Click on the synbols on the map to find out what they mean.
2. Grids
Coordinates. Find out how to use 4- and 6-figure grid references.
Whirlers & Swirlers All about hurricames, tornadoes and whirlwinds.
Spotted Cow Lane A collection of silly and unusual place names from around the world. Contributions welcome!!!
Llama World All about llamas and alpacas.
  1. Introduction
  2. Facts cards
  3. Meet some llama enthusiasts
  4. Photo gallery
  5. Your questions
  6. Llamapaedia (link to)
  7. Tell the difference (between llamas and alpacas)
  8. Crossword
  9. Make a llama conversation

     Create a dialogue for two chatting llamas.
10. Read a llama poem
11. Problem solving
     A set of maths problems connected with the weight of packs which llamas can carry.
     3 levels of difficulty.
Countdown to 2001 When does the next millennium begin: 2000 or 2001?
Railway Inspectors A set of maths problems based on the Lavender Line preserved railway in East Sussex.
3 levels of difficulty.
Russia Your chance to ask questions of someone who lives and works in Russia.
Dragon's Lair An environment dedicated to the improvement of children's writing.
1. Armoury
i Slow motion

How to slow down the action in a story to give it much more impact.
ii Chatting
How to improve written conversations.
iii Decoration
Adding those little touches which really bring a story to life.
iv Atmosphere
Painting backdrops in stories.
v Alternatives
Improving a story by using alternative words e.g. strike instead of hit, thrust instead of push.
2. Exercise yard (interactive section)
i Descriptions
Describing people, places and actions.
ii Hyphens
Is a crocodile-hunting man the same as a crocodile hunting man?
iii Said?
Finding alternatives to said.
3. Library
A collection of writings by visitors to Dragon's Lair.
Arthur
(Freebie Zone)
A specially-created browser version of a segment from CSH's 'Arthur' CD-ROM with additional material by ArgoSphere. Features Glastonbury.
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age 13+
The Big Read A Dragon Unleashed is a full-length novel featuring time travel and  magic. The action takes place in an anti-road protest camp in Britain, a penal settlement in Australia, and a manor house in 16th century England.
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adult
Maths: one million worksheets
(Freebie Zone)
A specially-created browser version of CCS's worksheet-creation software. Allows you to create maths worksheets easily.

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