Eight detective mysteries challenge students’ social studies knowledge.
Carmen returns! Students build their world geography and problem-solving skills while tackling challenging missions, solving mind-bending puzzles, and uncovering stolen treasures. Through rich graphics, vivid settings, and interactive content, students are immersed into world cultures and learn essential geography facts. The Teacher Resource CD includes a teacher guide and user guide as well as off-computer activities to increase accountability and extend topics introduced in the software.
Features:
Fully immersive settings: students experience geographical locations firsthand, and a variety of methods are employed for uncovering clues
Eight thought-provoking missions with realistic 3D environments and new characters
In-depth content from National Geographic™
16 challenging puzzles from different countries around the world
Explore mode, exclusive to EEV, allows students to investigate locations and research an expansive database of countries, independent of game-play
EEV also includes student progress tracking with printable reports
Learning Benefits:
Expands knowledge of geography, cultures, and landmarks of 50 different countries
Encourages close observation and deductive reasoning
Develops skills in decision making, listening and following directions, data collection, database research, and map reading
Builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Supports state and national social studies standards