Switched-On-Schoolhouse Software
Science for Grades 3 through 12 -- Exciting Multimedia and learning activities
help students grasp difficult concepts and give them additional practice. Excellent program!
Switched-On Schoolhouse
makes homeschooling easy and fun. Here's a list of curriculum features:
Quick Installation
With
a few clicks, Switched-On Schoolhouse is loaded and ready to use.
Automatic Grading
Parents can
easily keep track of student scores, assignments, grading needed to be completed, and preview assignments. This wonderful
time-saving feature gives parents more hands-on time with students and less time with paperwork!
Revised Content
Unlike traditional textbooks, Switched-On Schoolhouse brings your child up-to-date information, more activities, new problems,
and text changes.
Enriching Games
Exciting learning activities help students grasp difficult concepts
with fun, colorful, educational games. Games include Farmer Frank, All Right, Alpha 14, and Spelling Bee.
Custom
Curriculum and Projects
Parents can customize curriculum by combining, adding, or removing units and assignments.
You can also create additional exercises like field trips.
Advanced Lesson Planning
Put away that
bulky lesson planner! Each child can have a personalized lesson plan to pace him correctly and it can be modified day-by-day
if needed.
Practice Lessons
This feature walks students through a lesson and explains different
features so they understand how the curriculum works.
Book Reports
In grades 3-8 of Language Arts,
student projects feature genre highlights, book lists, and links to additional resources.
Message Center
Switched-On Schoolhouse allows you to attach messages to each problem or add instructions for your child in a personal electronic
mailbox.
Built-in Calendar
The calendar features allow you to assign/unassign school days, exclude
date ranges, and add/remove events like field trips or holidays.
Video Clips
Integrated into the
curriculum, videos give students an up-close look at subject topics.
Printing Options
Students
or parents can easily print entire assignments, lessons, problems, records, and vocabulary lists.
Resource Center
A calculator, interactive periodic table of elements, and a dictionary are provided for student convenience.
Voice
Automated Lesson Text
With this text-to-speech feature, students simply choose a passage or the entire lesson
and have it read aloud to them.
Highlighting Tool
Students can choose colors and highlight text
for easy studying.
Help Button
This feature offers specific assistance for working different types
of question formats.
