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- Software of the Month Club
- February 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide
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- -Windows Education -
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- Feature Program
- Action English 2.1
- Language skills
- Brush up on your verbs, nouns, prepositions and more
- with this challenging program. It gives you extensive
- practice in basic English skills by making you identify
- the parts of a sentence. Pass each section five times
- with a score of 90 percent or higher to move to the
- next level. Perfect for middle school students.
- * Asks 1,800 questions
- * Includes 50 sentences
- * Reviews 36 English topics, including compounds,
- infinitives and punctuation
- * Tracks individual scores for each student
- (Application by David W. King; On start up, each user
- must enter a first, middle and last name)
-
- The Art Quiz 1.0b
- Historical masterpieces
- Test your art history knowledge with this trivia game.
- Answer 25 questions in different categories for each
- level. Categories include famous paintings, famous
- painters, locations and dates.
- * Supports four players
- * Keeps score
- * Extensive help file
- * Different types of questions, like True or False, and
- Multiple Choice
- * Prints certificates for completed rounds
- (Application by Rosemary K. West and Colin J.
- Bailey)
-
- The CONSTITUTION Notebook for Windows 3.4
- We, the people
- The Constitution is possibly the most important
- democratic document ever written. Do you know why?
- This program helps you understand its significance.
- Use the Search feature to quickly locate areas of
- interest. Review its extensive commentary pages to
- gain insight into the Bill of Rights.
- * Make and save your own notes
- * Export function
- * 1,000 word vocabulary list
- * Program tutorial
- (Application by TCNbP Company)
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- Gas Molecule Simulations 3.02
- Animated experiments
- This is a powerful tool for physics students. Simulate
- the motion of molecule particles under different
- conditions. Illustrates simple collision processes
- between two molecules, propagation of pressure
- disturbances, diffusion relationships, the vertical
- distribution of molecules under the influence of gravity
- and more.
- * Configure experiment parameters, including
- pressure and molecular size
- * Track the movement of all molecules
- * Interactive tutorial
- * Extensive help file
- * Control length of experiment
- (Application by Ian Moore)
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- LeXpert 2.0
- Lexicon
- View and organize your own word lists. Great for
- word game enthusiasts.
- * Create custom word lists
- * 33,000 words in 12 word lists
- * View anagrams from word list
- (Application by Smartsoft)
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- Morse Code Made Easy 6.2
- Dots and dashes
- Learn how to communicate in Morse code with this
- handy program. Hear and identify dots and dashes.
- Includes three modes -- lesson, practice and word list.
- * Print international Morse code tables
- * Track test statistics
- * Increase the frequencies of tones
- * Comes with 27 lessons, including special signals
- and punctuation
- * Two practice modules -- hear what you type and
- type what you hear
- (Application by Ken Bradford; Includes both 16-bit
- and 32-bit versions.)
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- Nuclear 1.0
- Introductory tutorial
- This is an excellent introduction for students studying
- nuclear chemistry. The topics include types of nuclear
- decay, half-life, writing and balancing nuclear
- reactions, and the basics of nuclear fission and fusion.
- * Animated sequences clarify difficult concepts
- * Graphical representations of complex math
- problems
- * Includes a testing section
- (Application by Timothy J. Allen)
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- ShareSpell for Windows 2.0
- Full-function spell checker
- Check the spelling of any ASCII document with this
- powerful, interactive spell checker. It displays the text
- as it checks for errors and displays any questionable
- words. Correct the word manually or use the suggested
- spelling. Extremely useful when creating essays,
- research reports and term papers. A valuable tool for
- any student.
- * 80,000-word dictionary
- * Work from the Clipboard
- * Create and modify custom dictionaries
- * Configure spelling suggestions to show common
- spelling errors or phonemes
- (Application by Acropolis Software; Includes both 16-bit
- and 32-bit versions.)