The Lightspan games was a strategic partnership with Sony, San Diego-based educational software and Internet company Lightspan has cornered the K-8 market on video games in the classroom. Created under the guidance of educators and adhering to national educational objectives and standards, the company’s Lightspan Achieve Now series consists of 80 ‘adventures’ that hinge on lessons in reading, language arts and math.
PlayStation produces all of Lightspan’s software at Sony Disc Manufacturing, and Sony charges license fees for the use of its gaming platform for a for-profit venture. Launched back in 1996, today more than 3,600 schools in 43 states are using Lightspan systems, according to the Interactive Digital Software Assocation.
Lightspan - The Quaddle Family Mysteries 1: The first game in the The Quaddle Family Mysteries series of educational video games produced for the PlayStation by Lightspan.
Your child is invited inside the fascinating Quaddle museum to help investigate the case of the missing scarab earring. Solving mathematical puzzles and problems in the museum's various rooms will provide clues to the earring's location.
Features:
- Read and interpret information in a chart
- Estimate and add money amounts
- Use computation and counting skills to make change
- Measure capacity to complete recipes
- Relate Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures to real-world situations
- Sort items by weight
As with all Lightspan games, this title was not released to retail to the general public. Instead, it was only available to schools for educational purposes.
Manufacturer's description:
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Nature & Educational themes.
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