Trip into Space
A New EduWare Release for the Apple II
Programmer, Author and Copyright holder: Alan McRae
Author Email: amcrae@mediaone.net
Program Status: Freeware
Distribution: No restrictions
Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley
GS WorldView Editor
Trip into Space is an educational game for
teaching grade school level
skills in astronomy and space physics.
The package was mailed to me by the programmer and author,
Alan McRae,
for freeware release to Apple II users. It is well made
with hires color
animation and options for selecting the correct answers
to questions by
multiple choice.
The game runs under DOS 3.3 and takes up two full 5.25"
diskette sides,
both of which are bootable. Side 1 has chiefly author
and game
educational information. Side 2 will give you a quicker
idea of the
scope of the game package.
Trip into Space is available here as ShrinkIt
whole-disk archives,
standard .dsk disk image files, and a .zip archive of
the two disk images.
(My special thanks to Rubywand for providing the disk
image files and
the .zip archive.)
I believe that Trip into Space will prove
to be a useful teaching
tool for teachers and parents with access to an Apple
II or Apple II
emulator.
Cheers; Learn and Enjoy!
Tom
Email: cturley@grin.net
Review
by Jay Edwards (obsbedia2@aol.com)
I'd highly recommend everyone take this trip across the
Cosmos by downloading
the program. Alan did an amazing piece of work in the
research and design of
the journey that the disk takes the users on.
I made copies for several classrooms, from first to fifth
grade, along with
the worksheet which keeps the students focused on what's
being presented.
Frequent questions from the program do that, too!
Trip into Space has been well received at
all grade levels. It even saved our
Astronomy Night! (A dozen amateur telescopes, two so
large that they had
to be hauled in on trucks, and we had the first cloudy
night in over a month.
Sheesh.) Astronomy has always been an interest
of mine, but I ended up
learning quite a few things as well.
There are about two hours worth of material on the two
diskette sides. No
fooling. Yet, the way Alan has things organized, you
can play the game for
fifteen minutes a day, stop, and pick things up where
you left off anytime.
Well done, Alan!
All Alan is asking for in return is for you to write him
and tell him what
you think about the program. Give Trip into Space
a try; you'll be amazed
when you do.
(Alan, should I tell them about the game that they get
to play if they
complete all of the levels of the program? No,
keep it a secret? Let those
who are honestly interested find out on their own as
a reward? Alright, if
that's how you feel.)
Jay
Tryout
by Bob (bobryan9@my-deja.com)
I downloaded it and tried it out for about 15 minutes.
This would be a
hit with grade school students.
There are animations, diagrams, and sound effects.
You start from the space ship launchpad and learn a little
about the
escape velocity required to escape earth's gravity, and
then continue
to travel away from earth. The program shows you
a view back towards
the earth once in a while, along with a view of the other
planets as
you begin to see them.
Between each section there is a 'quiz' that asks you questions
about
the information the program just gave to you.
Trip into Space is neat and fun.
Bob
Download Here
AST1dsk.bin
Disk image (.dsk file) Side 1
AST2dsk.bin
Disk image (.dsk file) Side 2
AST12.zip
Disk images in a single .zip file
AST1sdk.bin
ShrinkIt archive (.sdk file) Side 1
AST2sdk.bin
ShrinkIt archive (.sdk file) Side 2
ASTworksheet.JPEG
Worksheet pic
