On 1/9/11 8:01 PM, Albert Carter wrote:
Hi,
If people can respond to this on list it would be great. For Christmas I
gave my middle school son a G4 iBook 1.0 Ghz with 756MB of RAM and OS X
10.5.x. I was also wondering what software is available for a child of
his age on a G4 Mac.
Thank You,
Albert
free software...
OOo4Kids [OpenOffice.org for children]
educational apps:
aTypeTrainer4Mac, BrainTease, BrainTeaseII, cocoAspell, crittersim,
CSoMMathPractice, EbonyIvory, ExamBrain, explore, Genius, Geodes,
GeoGebra, geomac, GeometryOSX, iMark, LittleGeometry,
LongDivisionGenerator, MasterSpell, math-practice, MathQuiz,
Smell-O-Mints, SoYouKnowCapitals, stellarium, TypeTrainer4Mac
arcade game apps:
3DAsteroids, doukutsu, gltron, glypha, lbreakout, Maelstrom,
MissileCommand, PogoSticker, primateplunge, rRootage, ShootThings, Solarian.
card/board game apps:
amoebax, Aqua_Mines, boggle, CatalystDeluxe, CocoaMines, Connect4Fisa,
Double, Enigma, FarmersMahJongg, Fillets, FindAWord, FishieFishie,
freecell, Goban, GoOllie, Gridlock, ishizume, Ivory, Jahtzee,
klondikeforever, MacCrackAttack, maciago, MacSolitaire, MyMahj,
MySokoban, OneCard, patience, Pontoon, pov, pyramids, PySol, PySol,
reversi-unlimited, Reversi, rocksndiamonds, scrabbalize, Solitude,
Tahtzee, TintinYahtzee, uothello.
iSwiff for playing .swf files [Flash Games] offline. Plus the games will
run faster off the hard drive. Get Flash games from websites that offer
them, get them out of the cache after they load, or use the Download
Helper plug-in for the FireFox browser.
Game system console emulators [you'd need ROMs] include snes9x,
generator, kigb, sixtyforce, smsplus.
If the child has Internet Access...
[haven't tested these in some time, but *most* should still work]
CHEMISTRY
Chemistry Links
http://www.highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/secondary_curriculum/chemistry/
Chemistry Skool http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage3.aspx?id=64
Mirror Molecules http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/molecule/
Pictorial Periodic Table
http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html
Polymers
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/plastics/index.html
Chemistry Activities http://www.quia.com/shared/
2nd Law of Thermodynamics http://secondlaw.oxy.edu/
Tanner’s General Chemistry http://www.tannerm.com/
Teacher’s TV Chemistry Videos http://www.teachers.tv/video/3519
Periodic Table of Comic Books http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
The Atoms Family http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
Visual Elements http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/
ECONOMICS/FINANCE
Change Maker http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/cashreg/
Learning Bank http://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/learning/index.html
Kids & Money http://ndsuext.nodak.edu/extnews/pipeline/d-parent.htm
Kids Money Advice http://www.kidsmoney.org/advice.htm#Advkids
KidsBank http://www.kidsbank.com/
Lemonade Stand http://www.lemonadegame.com/
The Business of Babysitting
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/babysitting/index.html
The Stock Market Game http://www.smg2000.org/index.html
Universal Currency Converter http://www.smg2000.org/index.html
GEOGRAPHY
Around the World in 80 Days http://library.thinkquest.org/J002459F/
China Virtual Tours http://www.chinavista.com/travel/virtualtours.html
Chinese Embassy http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/
Cities of the World Population http://www.citypopulation.de/
Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Discovering Antarctica http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/
GeoGlobe Game http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/
Geographia http://www.geographia.com/
Geography All The Way http://www.geographyalltheway.com/
National Geographic http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
MapZone Games http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift (Java/Javascript Games)
http://www.quia.com/jg/514.html
Richter Scale Info
http://www.kie.berkeley.edu/ned/data/E01-980211-001/full.html
The San Andreas Fault http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/
Statistics of Canada http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html
The Bermuda Triangle http://octopus.gma.org/Tidings/myths/bermuda.html
Types of Land in USA
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/typesofland/typesofland.html
UN Cartography (Maps)
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
US Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
World Monuments Map Puzzle http://www.yourchildlearns.com/monuments.htm
Your Climate Your Life http://www.yourclimateyourlife.org.uk/
GEOLOGY
Big Bend TX Virtual Tour http://www.maroon.com/bigbend/
Doc Brown's Geological Earth Science
http://www.docbrown.info/page21/GeoChangesANS.htm
Doc Brown's Earth Science Quiz
http://www.docbrown.info/page21/GeoSci/GeoQmcF.htm
Mineralogy Database http://www.webmineral.com/
SoilNet http://www.soil-net.com/
Virtual Quarry http://www.virtualquarry.co.uk/
HISTORY
Berlin Wall http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/
Midieval Resources http://Www.netserf.org/
Midieval Studies http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/
Castles for Kids http://www.castlesontheweb.com/search/Castle_Kids/
Colonial Kids http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/
Explorers/Discoverers http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/
Encyclopedia of the Orient http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm
Ancient World Cultures http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
HistoryNet.com http://www.historynet.com/
Mummies Unwrapped http://library.thinkquest.org/J003409/
Reference Desk History Encyclopedia http://www.refdesk.com/history.html
Pompeii http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/index.html
Show Me Games http://www.show.me.uk/
Holocaust http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/
WWI http://www.worldwar1.com/reflib.htm
Vikings http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/
Kids History Games http://www.ohiokids.org/
MATH
10Ticks http://www.10ticks.co.uk/
AAA Math http://www.aaamath.com/
Abacus http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/%7Eelf/abacus/
Absurd Math Games http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/
APlus Math http://www.aplusmath.com/
Figure This http://www.figurethis.org/
Ricks Math http://www.ricksmath.com/
Geometry http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/docs/reference/CRC-formulas/
Geometry Junkyard http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/topic.html
Geometry Search http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/search/
Happy Child Math http://www.happychild.org.uk/wks/math/
Math Advantage Games http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html
SuperKids http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/multiply/
WebMath Homework Help http://www.webmath.com/
Eric
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