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Ties the drilling of geography facts to a spy-mission theme.

Publisher: EdVenture Software Category/Genre: Computer Software - Educational Platform: Mac/Windows Price: $29.95 Graphics: Not sophisticated Playability: Easy to play with lots of geography content Reading Level: 4th grade-up Release Date: 04/10/2004 ESRB Rating: E

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This is not sophisticated software but it does provide an interesting way to drill geography facts on the computer. The spy theme is only loosely associated to the geography drill -- kids are not allowed to participate in the storyline since they affect it only by answering questions. If they answer geography questions correctly, the mission moves forward. If they answer incorrectly, their spy may stumble or fail in their mission.

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Reviewed By: Jinny Gudmundsen

Knowing geography helps kids to understand what is happening in the world.

A child's geographical awareness (including countries, capitals, cities, rivers, deserts, lakes, oceans, mountains, and famous sites), can be enhanced by playing Mission Possible World Geography. The software uses a spy mission theme to make the learning of geography facts more palatable. Kids infiltrate a research facility to rescue important data about global warming. Their mission's success is directly correlated to how well they can answer a series of geography questions. If they answer correctly, they watch a video of their spy character moving forward in the mission.

The questions take many formats, including simple multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, unscrambling words, and identifying places on a map. Kids can practice learning the facts in a tutorial mode before taking on the less-forgiving mission mode.

Mission Possible is not sophisticated software. Its graphics are somewhat crude by today's standards, and it has slow transitions between scenes. It won?t keep track of what you don?t know in order to quiz you later -- its questions are simply random. It won?t even save your mission if you leave in the middle. But it will provide a more interactive way of drilling geography facts than simply studying maps or running through a series of flash cards.

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