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Judy Arzt, Ph.D., Saint Joseph College, CT

 

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Software Evaluation Table of Contents

Evaluations are listed in grade-level order. Numbers in parentheses represent suggested grade level.  Some programs are listed in more than one grade-level category. An * indicates a lesson plan accompanies the evaluation.

Elementary Grades

Middle Grades

High School Grades

 

Smart Notebook (all grades)

Smart Notebook (all grades)

Smart Notebook (all grades)

 

Microsoft Publisher (all grades)

Microsoft Publisher (all grades)

 

Photo Shop CS (7-12)

Photo Shop CS (7-12)

 

Reading Counts (all grades)

Reading Counts (all grades)

Reading Counts (all grades)

 

Elmo's Preschool (PreK) *

 Dr. Jane Goodall: Animals and Environments (3-6)

Eyewitness History of the World (4-12)

 

Science Seekers: Rocks (5-8)

 

Jump Start PreSchool (Pre-K)

The Diary Maker (3-9) Review 1

Hollywood High (4-12)

 

Jump Start PreSchool: Review 2

Virtual Lab: Electricity (6-12)

Virtual Lab: Electricity (6-12)

 

Clifford’s Thinking Adventures (PreK-1)

Synergistic Systems (6-12)

Synergistic Systems (6-12)

 

Dr. Suess's ABC (PreK-1)  Review 1

The Diary Maker (3-9) Review 2

Decisions: The Constitution (5-10) *

 

Dr. Suess’s ABC (PreK-1) Review 2

Hyperstudio (3-9)

TimeLiner 4.0 (5-12)

 

Dr. Suess's ABC  Review 3

5 A Day Adventure (4-7)

Timeliner 5.0 *

 

Millie's Math House (PreK-1)

Math Mysteries-Whole Numbers (4-7)

Tense Busters (5-12) *

 

Bailey's Bookhouse (PreK-1)

Everything Weather ( 4-8) *

Opening Night (5-12)

 

Sammy's Science House (Prek-1)

Everything Weather ( 4-8)  Review 2

Wide World of Animals (5-12)

 

The Cat and the Hat (Prek-1) *

Everything Weather (4-8) Review 3

 

Wide World of Animals
Review 2
*

 

A to Zap (PreK-2) * Review 1

Fraction Attraction (4-8)

Wide World of Animals
 Review 3 *

 

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears (PreK-2) *

Bake and Taste (4-8)

Crocodile Physics (5-12)

 

Mighty Math Countdown Carnival (K-2)

That’s a Fact Jack! Read (4-8)

Decisions: The Environment (6-12)

 

Arthur's Teacher Trouble (PreK-3) Review 1

Arthur’s Toolkit (4-8)

Rainforest Researchers: (8-12) *

Arthur's Teacher Trouble *, Review 2

Graph Master (4-8) *

Rainforest Researchers: (8-12) *

Numbers Uncovered (K-3)

Hot Dog Stand, The Works (4-8)

Mythology: The Great Myths
 of Greece and Rome (6-12) *

Stellaluna (K-3)

GeoSafari, Science, (4-12) Review 1

In My Own Voice(6-12)
Review 1

Kid Pix Studio Deluxe (PreK-4) Review 1 *

GeoSafari, Science Review 2

In My Own Voice Review 2 *

Kid Pix Studio Deluxe Review 2

GeoSafari, Science, Review 3

 Co: Writer (6-12)

Kid Pix Deluxe Review 3

Eyewitness History of the World (4-12)

Success in French (6-12)

Kid Pix Deluxe Review 4*

Hollywood High (4-12)

Learn to Speak French (6-12) **

KidPix 3.0

ADAM: Inside Story (5-8)

Reader Rabbit 1 (K-1)

Nutriquest (5-9)

Ultimate Ride Coaster (6-12)

Kid Phonics 2 (K-3)

Nutrition Connection (5-9)

Grade Builders: Algebra 1 (7-10)

Kidspiration (K-3)

How The West Was One + Three x
Four (4-12)

 Algebra Quest (7-12)

Kidspiration (K-4) Review 2

Prime Time Math: Cliffbound
 (5-7)*
Review 1

Encarta Africana (7-12)

Kidspiration (K-4) Review 3*

PrimeTime Math – Cliffbound!
 
Review 2

Encarta Africana Review 2*

 

Learn About Science: Plants (K-2)

Prime Time Math-Cliffbound! Review 3

His Name Was Lincoln (7-12)

Math Mysteries: Advanced Fractions (4-8)

Math Mysteries: Advanced Fractions (4-8)

His Name Was Lincoln: Review 2

Learn About Earth Science: Weather (K-3)

Where In the World is Carmen
Sandiego? (5-8)

 Eyewitness History of the World (7-12)
Review 1
*

Science Court: Water Cycle (4-6)

Arthur 1st Grade (1)

Rainforest Researchers (5-8)
Review 1

Eyewitness History of the World
(7-12)
Review 2
*

Instant Reader (1)

 Rainforest Researchers
Review 2

The Silk Road (7-12)

 Sunbuddy Math (1-2)

Rainforest Researchers: Review 3 *

The Silk Road Review 2

 Coin Critters (1-2)

Compton's Interactive
World Atlas (5-9) *

Mapmaker's Toolkit (7-12)

 Reader's Rabbit Math (1-3) * Review 1

Encarta (5-12) *

Mapmaker’s Toolkit Review 2

Reader’s Rabbit Math (1-3) Review 2

TimeLiner 4.0 (5-12)

MapMaker’s Toolkit Review 3*

Reader Rabbit Math (1-3) Review 3

Student Writing & Research
Center with Compton’s Concise Encyclopedia (5-12)

Telling Our Stories:
Women In Science (7-12)

 Math Workshop 1 (1-3), Review 1

Wide World of Animals
 (5-12)

 The Writing Trek,
Language Adventures (8-10)

Math Workshop, Review 2

Wide World of Animals
Review 2
*

Concert Tour Entrepreneur (9-12)

Treasure Math Storm (1-3)

Opening Night (5-12)

The Voyager Shakespeare: Macbeth (9-12)

Treasure MathStorm (1-3) Review 2

Tense Busters (5-12) *

Score Builder for the SAT and PSAT,
Verbal (9-12)

Math Missions (K-2)

Decisions: The Constitution

Decisions: The Constitution

Graph Master (4-8) *

Graph Master (4-8) *

TI Interactive (math, science, 9-12)

Graph Master (4-8)

Graph Master (4-8): Review 2

The Trig Explorer (math, 9-12)

Interactive Math Journey (1-4)

Geometer’s Sketchpad (5-12)

Score Builder for the SAT and PSAT,
Math (9-12)

Everyday Math (PreK-6)

The Geometer Sketchpad (8-12)

The Geometer Sketchpad (8-12)

My First Amazing World Explorer (1-4)

Crocodile Physics (5-12)

Inside The SAT, ACT & PSAT
2000 Edition (9-12) *

KidWorks Deluxe (1-4)

Explorers of the New World (5-8) *

Math Advantage (9-12)

The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean (1-5)

PrimeTime Math – Stakeout (6-7)

Learn Latin Now! (9-12)

Storybook Weaver Deluxe (1-6)

In My Own Voice(6-12) Review 1

The Troubled Century (9-12)

The Amazing Writing Machine (1-6) Review 1

Co: Writer (6-12)

 A.D.A. M. , The Inside Story (9-12) Review 1

Amazing Writing Machine Review 2

Utlimate Reader (6-12)

The Human 3D (9-12)

Arthur 2nd Grade

Ultimate Ride Coaster (6-12)

 Nutritionist V (9-12)

Word Munchers Deluxe (K-5)

Master Cook (9-12)

Genetically Engineered Food (5-10)

Genetically Engineered Food (5-10)

Equivalent Fractions (1-5)

Decisions: The Environment (6-12)

 Mythology (11-12) *

On the Playground * (2-4)

Success in French (6-12)

 Mythology (11-12) *

Graph Club 2.0

Graph Club (2-5) Review 1

Learn to Speak French (6-12) *

MPower (9-12)

Graph Club Review 2 *

 

FoodWorks (9-12)

The Graph Club  Review 3

You are What You Eat (7-10)

 Computer Chef (11-12)

Prime Time: Cliffbound (6-8)

Ultimate Writing & Creativity Center
Review 2

Prime Time Math: Emergency
 (7-8) Review 1

 Nutritionist Pro (12+)

Key Skills for Division Practice

Child Development (9-12)

On Your Own in Middleton (9-12)

Ultimate Writing & Creativity Center
Review 3
*

Prime Time: Emergency Review 2 *

Inspiration (9-12)

Inspiration 8.0 (all)

Inspiration 8.0 (4-6)

Inspiration 8.0 (7-8)

Inspiration 8.0 (9-12)

Ultimate Writing & Creativity Center
Review 4

Grade Builders: Algebra 1 (7-10)

Riverdeep (9-12)

Jumpstart 3rd Grade (3)

Algebra Quest (7-12)

 

Schoolhouse Rock, Grammar Rock (2-4)

Telling Our Stories:
Women In Science (7-12)

 

Schoolhouse Rock, Science Rock (2-6) Review 1

Encarta Africana (7-12)

 

Schoolhouse Rock, Science Rock * Review 2

Encarta Africana (7-12) Review 2 *

 

 

Schoolhouse Rock, Science Rock 
 Review 3

His Name Was Lincoln (7-12)

 

Neighborhood Map Machines (2-6)

Eyewitness History of the
World (7-12)
Review 1
*

 

Diorama Designer (2-6)

Eyewitness History of the
World (7-12)
Review 2
*

 

The Ice Cream Truck (

Ice Cream Truck (2-6)

The Silk Road (7-12)

 

Fizz and Martina’s Math Adventures (3-4)

Review 1

The Silk Road Review 2

 

Children's Atlas of the United States (3-5)

Mapmaker's Toolkit (7-12) Review 1

 

Community Construction Kit (2-6) *

Mapmaker’s Toolkit Review 2

 

Community Construction Kit: Review 2

Super Solvers, Outnumbered
Review 1

MapMaker’s Toolkit Review 3*

 

Asia Inspirer (4-12)

Asia Inspirer (4-12)

Asia Inspirer (4-12)

Asia Inspirer (4-12): Review 2

Asia Inspirer (4-12): Review 2

Asia Inspirer (4-12): Review 2

Super Solvers, Outnumbered
Review 2

 The Writing Trek,
Language Adventures (8-10)

 

Thinking Reader: The Giver (5-8)

Thinking Reader: The Giver (5-8)

Super Solvers, Spellbound (3-6)

 

 

Super Solvers, Midnight Rescue (3-6)

 

 

Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue! Review 2

 

 

 Dr. Jane Goodall: Animals
and Environments (3-6)

 

 

The Diary Maker (3-9) Review 1

 

 

The Diary Maker (3-9) Review 2

 

 

Hyperstudio (3-9)

 

 

Prime Time Math: Adrift (4-5)

 

 

Math Mysteries-Whole Numbers (4-7)

 

 

 

Arthur’s Toolkit (4-8)

 

 

Everything Weather ( 4-8)*    

 

 

Everything Weather ( 4-8)  Review 2

 

 

Everything Weather (4-8) Review 3

 

 

 

Graph Master (4-8)

 

 

 

Math Arena (4-8)

 

 

 

Eyewitness History of the World (4-12)

 

 

Hollywood High (4-12)

 

 

Prime Time Math: Cliffbound
 (5-7)*
Review 1

 

 

PrimeTime Math – Cliffbound!
 
Review 2

 

 

Prime Time Math-Cliffbound! Review 3

 

 

 

Great Solar Rescue (5-8)

 

 

Nutriquest (5-9)

 

 

Nutrition Connection (5-9)

PrimeTime Math – Stakeout (6-7)

 

 

 

 

 

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 Last revised: 1/13/08

Judy Arzt

jarzt@sjc.edu

 

 

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