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Virtual Human Body

Professor Scientifix's mansion
Middle school
CédéromWindows Macintosh 



  • A virtual science-capade -and a real scream!



  • DESCRIPTION


    The Professor Scientifix’s Mansion is an educational game in which the player discovers scientific concepts and principles through intuition, humour, and entertainment.






    The CD comes with pedagogical files. These files, which have been developed and compiled by teachers and pedagogical counsellors, provide lines of thought worth exploring, questions to bring up with the students, experiments, and even full-fledged class projects.


    The following topics are considered:
  • The kingdoms of the different life-forms
  • The systems of the human body
  • Soap
  • Instruments used by a doctor to perform diagnoses
  • Microscopic life-forms found in food
  • Density of nutritional liquids
  • The sense of taste
  • Energy conservation
  • Recycling
  • Plant life

  • CARACTÉRISTIQUES

  • An intuitive approach to learning through experiments, problem-solving, and games
  • Fascinating and well-explained information
  • ‘Teacher files’ paired with ‘student’ files for printing out and photocopying
  • A context that is both humorous and educational

  • CONFIGURATIONS TECHNIQUES

    Windows
  • Win98, Pentium II, 64MB
  • Win2K, Win XP Pentium III, 128MB
  • Internet Explorer 6sp1, 5.5sp2, 5.01sp2, Netscape 7.1

    Macintosh Classic
  • Power Macintosh G3, OS 9.2
  • 64 MB RAM
  • Internet Explorer 5.1

    Macintosh OS X
  • Power Macintosh G3 running OS 10.1.5, 10.2.6, 10.3
  • 128 MB of RAM
  • Internet Explorer 5.2 or more, Netscape 7.1, Safari