Educational Freeware

Hot Potatoes
Size: 2255K
OS: Win 95/NT
Description: Hot Potatoes is a suite of 5 authoring tools to help educators, teachers and materials-writers putting educational material on the Web. The Hot Potatoes applets create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, gap-fill, crossword and jumbled-sentence exercises using HTML and JavaScript -- but you don't need to know any HTML or JavaScript to use them. This suite includes new versions of JBC, JQuiz and MiniTools, and supercedes previous standalone versions of these apps. This suite is FREEWARE, and is available for Win9x and Macintosh.
Author: Half-Baked Software
Homepage: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/

BK Periodic Library
Size: 362K
OS: Win 95/NT
Description: An interactive Periodic Table of the Elements for Windows. This program takes full advantage of your computer's capabilities to give you an in-depth look at the the elements that make up our earth, the solar system, the galaxy.. well, let's just say everything.
Author: Bill Klein
Homepage: http://www.orbit.org/bkprog/

Physics Collisions
Size: 255K
OS: Win 95
Description: This is a oblique collisions simulator of particles. It shows balls that bounce around the screen and perform oblique collisions. As a result, it also provides a good simulation of the ideal gas laws. The volume can be changed by changing the window size. Temperature can be changed by increasing their kinetic energy. Density can be changed by adding balls. There are other features as well such as changing the restitution of the balls' collisions or changing properties such as the mass of individual balls.
Author: Kevin Tam
Homepage: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~judylam/Physics/physics.html

Grey Olltwit's Guide to the Times Tables
Size: 685K
OS: Win 95
Description: Maths program. 1 to 12 times table. Progress from basic to distinction level. Certificate print out showing progress (Age 5+).
Author: Grey Oltwitt
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/9959/

Weird Math
Size: 1.62M
OS: Win 95
Description: Basically the Chaos theory is finding an order in things and events that seem totally unpredictable. The Sierpinski Triangle is an example of this. Using this program, you can create the famous triangle and other interesting patterns. Just select three points (up to 10 points) in the form of a triangle and then press the Begin button. Then set back and watch the computer do all the work. As the number of dots increase the form will begin to take shape.
Author: Randy Edmonds
Homepage: http://www.sihomeshopper.com/weirdmath/

Choice
Size: 611K
OS: Win 95/NT
Description: Choice is a fast multiple-choice test for your vocabulary that increases learning results by automatically repeating words not guessed. If your exam approaches, strategic avoidance (cleaning the dishes, clearing the house ...) has failed, and the big multimedia trainer is just to big for last minute learning, then Choice is your choice. Supporting fonts: Learn Russian, Greek, Korean ...
Author: Johannes Unnewehr
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/7474/choice.htm

Presidents of the USA
Size: 3.9M
OS: Win 95/NT
Description: Overview information and portraits on all forty-two U.S. Presidents.
Author: Matt Brown
Homepage: http://www.yeahright.co.uk/

Interactive Dental Office
Size: 1164K
OS: Win 95
Description: Our primary objective for distributing this "Interactive Dental Office" is to entertain children while providing them with some important dental information. Components include: tooth time, tooth care, questions and answers, about our office, and a fun game called "Plaque Attack."
Author: @dver@ctive, Inc.
Homepage: http://www.parentsplace.com/readroom/dentist-images/office/

Ray's Letters and Numbers
Size: 760K
OS: Win 95
Description: A free multimedia educational program for children aged 3 to 6. A challenging and entertaining way to learn letters, numbers, the alphabet, simple spelling and much more. Plus a bonus jigsaw game that your child will love. All in a simple, but highly motivating game format, to ensure that your child will really learn these essential skills. Choice of US or UK spellings.
Author: Ray Le Couteur
Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/RayLec/lettersa.htm

PasSpeed
Size: 1.7M
OS: Win 95/NT
Description: PadSpeed is a tool for practicing/testing use of a numeric keypad. PadSpeed is free for non-commercial use. PadSpeed will generate a series of random numbers within a range you specify. You can choose to type the numbers on the numeric keypad at your own pace, or use a preset time limit. As you type the numbers, PadSpeed will record the time, total number of digits and numbers entered. It will then display the number of digits and numbers typed per minute and compute the percentage that were correct.
Author: Clint Sare
Homepage: http://www11.pair.com/sare/software/padspeed.htm


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