Sammy's Science House
You can fax a copy of your valid School Purchase Order to:
Attn: Education Technology Services - Internet Division
Fax: 866-539-6077
You can phone your order in by calling:
Tel: 570-459-1400
You can mail your payment or a copy of your valid School Purchase Order to:
Education Technology Services - Internet Division
8 West Broad Street
Suite 304
Hazleton, PA 18201
Item Description:
Sammy's Science House introduces young students to important Early Science and Thinking Skills Sammy helps young scientists build their understanding of biology and time
concepts with two new modules that explore stages of plant development over
time and looking at how different animals age. All seven modules focus on discovering
how to think like a scientist learning how to observe, analyze and test theories. There are 2 versions available. The Content Only version and the Learning Management System Version
Learning Management System 4.0 Information
In order to get the following, you must order the LMS Version of the product you would like.
The LMS ships as a separate CD-ROM. To use the software, the LMS CD must be installed prior to the House Series Program CD.
Benefits of the Learning Management System (LMS)
Ability to do cross-curricular instruction using activities from any House Series (Bailey’s Book House, Millie’s Math House, Sammy’s Science House & Trudy’s Time and Place House) installed program for any or all students with same log-in
Powerful reporting and learning management tools to target each student's individual needs–including real-time progress reports and the ability to assign activities from all House Series programs
Easy-to-administer assessments that help gauge student proficiency and inform the teacher of progress
Expanded accessibility options that can be assigned by student to ensure all students have equal access to learning
Works with other curriculum Riverdeep products like Destination Success
Meets the requirements of IDEA, 5008 and NCLB
Already correlated to many State standards
FEATURES Discover the Wonders of Nature Make Your Own Weather ! Explore the Field Notebook Play with the Order of Things Construct in the Workshop Drop in at the Sorting Station LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES UNIVERSAL ACCESS This product contains Universal Access features including TouchWindow and
Single Switch compatibility to address a variety of learning styles and abilities.
What do shrews eat? Why does a squirrel flick its tail? Visit Acorn Pond during
winter, spring, summer, and fall to explore its fascinating wildlife.
Kids learn weather terms, experiment with temperature, wind, and precipitation,
and see how different variables affect weather.
Kids find great sketches and fun facts about the animals of Acorn Pond. Printing
pages allows kids to share their favorite animals with family and friends.
Lights! Camera! Action! Kids learn about beginnings, middles, and ends and
explore how things in nature change over time as they arrange frames of film
in logical sequences with Make-A-Movie.
Clocks tick, wheels spin, and robots spring to life as kids follow blueprints
or create original machines and toys.
Three horns... it's a triceratops! Kids sort pictures of objects and learn
the names of plants, animals, rocks, and fungi.
******Will work on Vista and OS X.5 with workaround********
An installation workaround is required for the OS X.5 Operating System. Please see the links below for details or contact tech support (Houghton Mifflin) at 800.723.6322
The following link contains a workaround for installing the House Series (Bailey, Millie, Sammy, Trudy) with LMS: http://support.riverdeep.net/fix.asp?isid=45075&prog=1294820976
The following link contains a workaround for installing the House Series (Bailey, Millie, Sammy, Trudy) with Content Only: http://support.riverdeep.net/fix.asp?isid=45847&prog=1294821013
An installation workaround is required for the Vista Operating System. Please see the links below for details or contact tech support (Houghton Mifflin) at 800.723.6322
The following link contains a workaround for installing the House Series (Bailey, Millie, Sammy, Trudy) with LMS: http://support.riverdeep.net/fix.asp?isid=44856&prog=1294820976
The following link contains a workaround for installing the House Series (Bailey, Millie, Sammy, Trudy) with Content Only:
http://support.riverdeep.net/fix.asp?isid=44575&prog=1294821013
Server Operating System:
Windows 2000 Server or Win Server 2003 with latest service Packs or OS 10.4 Server
Stand-alone System Requirements
Platform / OS
Processor
Available RAM
Free hard disk space
CD ROM
Display Required / Other
Win 98, ME, 2000 Professional, XP
Pentium II 200MHz
4MB, 8MB (recommended)
1MB min, 31MB full
2X
SVGA, 640x480, 256 colors
Mac OS 8.6+, OS 10.2.x-10.4.x (Native)
G3 processor
4MB, 8MB (recommended)
1MB min, 59.9MB
2X
13” monitor, 256 colors
Network System Requirements
Server Platforms
Server Hard Disk Space
Client OS
Client Hardware / Display
Client RAM
Client Disk Space
Network Version
Win: NT 4.0, 2000, 2003
150MB
Win: 98, Me, 2000, XP
Pentium 166 MHz, 800 x 600 SVGA display, 256 colors
128MB
50MB
RNV
Mac AppleShare 6.0.3 or later (Macintosh only), or OS X.0.4 Server (Macintosh
only)
150MB
Mac OS 8.6 to OS 9.2.x (classic) and OS 10.1.5- 10.4.x (OS X native)
G3 processor, 800 x 600 display, 256 colors
128MB
50MB
RNV
Novel: Netware 4.11
150MB
