I Love the USA by Global Software Publishing

Description

Mystery! Adventure! Geography! (Plus, history, culture, capitals and more!) Get packed! You’re needed to deliver an important secret package. And you’ll track down clues from coast to coast to solve the mystery. Along the way, you’ll relive the rich history of the East Coast. Whoop it up in the rollicking Midwest. Or explore the vast mountain ranges of the West, all while chasing down geo-facts and discovering the people, places and pastimes of these fifty fabulous US states. Learn the capitals of all 50 states as you scramble to collect clues to solve the mystery. Make your own maps and even send postcards to your friends as you take an exciting and in-depth journey across the United States. The beautifully animated and illustrated maps will capture the imagination and instill a love of history and geography.

Platforms

Windows NT, Mac, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Mac OS X, Windows, Windows 95

Product Features

• Learn the capitals of all 50 states as you scramble to collect clues to solve the mystery.
• More than 500 fun-fact pop ups
• More than 30,000 words of text
• 250 quiz questions

Editorial Review

Uncover geo-facts and discover the people, places, and pastimes of all 50 U.S. states. Track down clues from coast to coast to solve a social studies mystery. Relive the rich history of the East Coast. Whoop it up in the Midwest. Explore the vast mountain ranges of the West Coast. Experience all this and much more with the award-winning social studies software program I Love the USA.

Designed for ages 6 to 9, kids learn about the states as well as their capitals, culture, and history. Raise the Flag quizzes let kids test their knowledge as they go. The perfect children's title for travel in the U.S., kids identify states by shape, visit landmarks, view travel videos, and track the weather throughout the U.S. Animated map screens, puzzles, games, and more than 500 pop-up geo-facts keep kids thinking. They can even win 30 stickers and earn special medals and certificates. Plus, kids can make their own state maps using the map feature, which also lets them print their map as a post card, or e-mail it to a friend.