Spectacular Programs for the BBC Microcomputer from Acornsoft
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Education , Graphics languages Games Business and Home Books - Spectacular programs for the BBC Microcomputer from Acornsoft Autumn 1983 Acomsoft Introduction Acomsoft's spectacular programs open your eyes to the exciting world of personal computing. Specially designed program packs covering games, educational and home and business applications are available for your BBC Micro. You can teach yourself to program. Do your own accounting. Run your home life more efficiently. Design your garden. Play an active part in your children's education. And generally increase the pleasure you get from your computer. If games are your passion, Acornsoft offers a variety of scintillating games for all the 'children' in your family. By looking at our special symbols, you can tell in what form the programs are available. on cassette on disc via plug-in Read Only Memory IROMI which can be specially fitted by your dealer* suitable for Model A suitable for Model B indicates you can use joysticks *To use ROM software. your computer should be fitted with the 1.0 Machine Operating System, or later versions This will be supplied free of charge if required Acornsoft Education The Acornsoft educational range based on sound educational been researched and developed includes specially developed techniques. Putting the emphasis in conjunction with specialist programs for children of primary' on making learning more teachers. school and secondary school age, entertaining. each program has Acornsoft Education The Word Hunt Sentence Sequencing following programsESM have been developed in conjunction with (Educational Software for Microcomputers), and offers a range of exercises for younger students of English language annd elementary mathematics For all age groups Age range 7-9 years Word Hunt will provide teachers This pack consists of two Word Sequencing with an endless source of programs designed to test the instructive-but-fun teaching student's ability to order material material. Each Word Hunt in a logical sequence program contains a list of nine Each program presents a series Age range 5-8 years words. Select one word from each of jumbled sentences which must group, and then to try to create as This series of programs presents be re-arranged to form a nursery many smaller words as possible exercises which help young rhyme or a logical sequence of from the selected word students develop an awareness sentences Sentences to be of sentence structure. In each WORD HUNT l — words included moved are first located and program the student is asked to are Abroad, Arctic Earth, Europe, selected using the cursor up and put words in the correct order to Foreign. Ocean, Orbit, Travel, cursor down keys, and the make up whole sentences or Water. sentences are then moved to the phrases. correct position WORD HUNT 2 — words included In each program a series of are Flower, Forest, Great, jumbled words must be arranged Hexagon. Island Plough, Primary , to form either a proverb, nursery Think, Weight rhyme title or a sensible WORD HUNT 3 — words included sentence. Words are first located and selected using the cursor are Delight, Direct, Gifted, keys. and can then be moved to Heather, Holiday Insect. the correct position. Machine, Magnify , Teapot. WORD HUNT 4 — words included are Careful, Castle, Fertile, Foreman, Fragile, General, Glacier, Harvest, Orange Acornsoft Education Number Balance Missing Signs Tree of Knowledge Age range 5-8 years Age range 5-10 years For all age groups The two programs in this pack These three programs will serve Tree of Knowledge is an give practice in simple as an introduction to simple interactive program teaching mathematical operations for equations, providing practice in categorisation. It illustrates some numbers 1 to '20. The object of addition, subtraction, of the more practical aspects of the exercise is to make a balance multiplication and division. computing in that the pupil first level by, inputting the correct educates the computer, building PUT IN THE SIGNS presents the missing number into one side of a up a database or 'expert' system pupil with incomplete sums into simple equation. Incorrect by answering the computer's which he or she must insert the answers will tilt the balance in th questions, and the database is sign which will make the e appropriate direction; after three then used to play games of calculation correct. If two incorrect attempts the program deduction and logic. Databases incorrect attempts are made the responds with the correct answer can be saved and loaded from program provides the correct within the program, and two answer sample databases are supplied The two MISSING SIGNS with the pack. programs present equations which have the balancing sign missing. The child must calculate both sides of the equation and decide whether the missing sign is greater than (ie > ) or less than (ie < ) or equal to (ie =). The equations contain one and two digit numbers. Acornsoft Education Algebraic Manipulation Peeko-Computer Jars Age range 15-18 years For all age groups Age range 7-13 years This set of four programs Peeko-Computer simulates the It is widely recognised by perforrn a wide range of algebraic operation of a simplified educationalists that practice with manipulations and is intended microcomputer in order to teach estimation gives a child a feel for for use in mathematics teaching the fundamentals of machine- mathematical principles, and Jars or research code programming The aims to present what are usually. Peeko-Computer has ten thought of as purely numerical POLYNOM can expand, simplify, easily-learned instructions. and problems in a visual way. differentiate or integrate a the display, gives a visual analogy polynomial expression into the The program is in two parts the of the operation of a real equNalent first of which gives practice in microcomputer Programs can be estimating the volumes of liquids RATIONAL can expand and entered single-stepped or run. in jars The child is asked to simplify. an expression of rational With the memory and register estimate the volume as a simple terms into the equivalent ratio of contents being displayed at every fraction and is then asked to two polynomials, reduced to step. To aid comprehension each estimate the volume in absolute lowest terms instruction mnemonic is terms and also to work out how displayed as it is encountered TRIGONOM can expand simplify much more liquid is needed to fill differentiate or integrate a Peeko-Computer comes the jar trigonometric expression complete with a 16-page The second part of the program is including ratios of trigonometric instruction manual including an exercise in simple arithmetic terms, into the equivalent exercises and examples, and Using the computer keys two jars standard form includes the demonstration can be filled or emptied and Peeko-Computer programs FOURIER can perform liquid poured from one to the trigonometric transformations other until one of the jars into a linear combination of sines contains an amount specified by and cosines of integer multiples the computer Problems are of X divideddifficulty. into two levels of Exercises can be arranged by teacher or parent to give a progression of problems in order of difficulty. Success partial success or failure is noted by a scoring system and suitable comments Sound effects can be switched off if not required Acornsott Education Chemical Analysis Chemical Simulations Chemical Structures Age range 15-18 years Age range 15-18 years Age range 15-18 years These three programs are These three programs present These two programs encourage designed to provide practice in simulations of standard the student to learn about the identifying chemical elements, experiments in A-level chemistry. formation of chemical inorganic compounds, and compounds. A representation of The programs come complete organic groups. bonding type, or 3-D structures of with a booklet containing molecules are drawn on the The programs come complete instructions, and explanatory screen in response to the with a booklet containing notes for each program. student's choice of elements. instructions, and explanatory IR provides an introduction to notes for each program. The programs come complete infra-red spectroscopy by with a booklet containing ELEMENTS presents a series of presenting the spectra of some instructions, and explanatory mystery elements which the very simple organic compounds. notes for each program. student is asked to identify by The student works out the performing tests selected from a number of atoms of each element In BONDING the student menu. contained in one molecule of chooses two elements from the compound first 18 elements in the periodic INORGANIC presents a series of table, one of which must be a inorganic substances which the PH is a four-part simulation of the non-metal. The computer student can identify by titration of acids against bases decides whether the simplest performing tests selected from a Part 1 gives a basic review compound formed by the two menu of standard tests. together with a graph plotting chosen elements is ionic or facility. Part 2 is a test on ORGANIC deals with organic covalent and then proceeds to elementary theory and Part 3 is a compounds By selecting draw the structure showing the test on the mathematical theory standard tests from a menu the outer shells of electrons. on pH curves Part 4 sets graded student can discover which random problems with model SHAPE explores the three- functional group is present. answers. dimensional structures of molecules. As with BONDING, ORGANAL is a simulation of an the computer draws the organic functional group analysis molecular structure of the By doing tests with selected compound formed by the two reagents, the student can identify elements chosen by the student the compound Functional group reactions are summarised in the Basic Review Acornsoft Education Business Games Age range 12-18 years Two business games designed for economics, business or general studies teaching.