Loadin’ the rom includes information on topics such as wages, trade unions and training.
Age: 14-18. Mac and PC, pound;40. Details from Allice Hocking, WMLPU, Wolverley House, 18 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6BJ.; 0121 633 4071 e-mail: allice@wmlowpay.org.uk The RAF Careers and Army Careers CD-Roms helps students match their talents with careers.
Age: 14-19. Mac and PC.
RAF Helpline: 01202 244033 Army Helpline: 01202 244037.
e-mail: sarahs@ed-youth.com Let’s Go With Katy helps primary school children explore the concepts of direction and position.
Mac and PC, pound;29.99. Scottish Council for Educational Technology, 74 Victoria Crescent Road, Glasgow G12 9JN; 0141 337 5000.
e-mail: enquiries@scet.com Quest Range ‘98 is an environmental research program.
Key Stages 3 and 4. PC, pound;7.50 plus VAT.
British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA), Kings Buildings, Smith Square, London SW1P 3JJ; 0171 828 5111.
e-mail: bama@compuserve.com Children take on the role of explorer as they travel through exotic climates in the Really Wild Show CD-Rom.
Age: 7+. PC, pound;24.99. Orderline: 01483 204450.
Making the Grade is an interactive business simulation for students.
Age: 16+. PC, pound;40. BP Educational Service, PO Box 934, Poole, BH17 7BR.; 01202 244041.
e-mail: sarahs@ed-youth.com EcoCal is an environmental health check program that measures a household’s ‘greenness’.
PC, schools under 1,000 pupils pound;10; more than 1,000 pound;25 (plus pound;2 p amp; p). Going for Green (EcoCal), PO Box 2100, Manchester M60 3GN.
e-mail: gfg@dircon.co.uk website: www.gfg.iclnet.co.uk Mastering Mapwork helps students understand maps.
For key stages 1-3. pound;39.99 (single); pound;59.99 (1-10 users); pound;99.99 (11+ users). The CD-Rom version is due this month. MJP Geopacks, 92-104 Carnwath Road, London SW6 3HW; 0990 133168.
e-mail: mjp@geopacks.demon.co.uk
