04/01/01
Maths Circus Act 3!
Maths Circus Act 3 is a new educational CD-ROM from Greygum Software. The UK / European version is being exclusively published and supported by 4Mation. This new CD-ROM joins the already successfully established Maths Circus series and is sure to be a hit with teachers, children and parents.
Maths Circus Act 3 offers twelve further mathematical puzzles, but this time there are two degrees of challenge (Basic and Advanced). The five Basic levels of each puzzle are designed for children in the first two years of schooling, but can also serve as an introduction for older children. The five Advanced levels are designed for children in middle and upper primary, right through to adult. In total Maths Circus Act 3 contains 120 individual tasks, twice the number in each of the earlier Maths Circus packages. A much wider ability range has been provided and the top levels will provide a real challenge to children of any age!
Range of Skills
Like its predecessors Maths Circus Act 3 provides practice and enhancement for a wide range of maths skills. These include -
- spatial awareness
- three-dimensional geometry
- addition and multiplication
- investigate direction and angle
- compass bearings, time and vectors
- positive and negative numbers
- planning a sequence of moves in advance, and executing them later on
Teacher controls and special needs
Teachers can control which puzzles and levels are available, and can inspect and print progress reports. The software can also be driven by a touch screen or a single or double switch. The CD-ROM also contains a set of printable worksheets and a manual containing the solutions for each puzzle.