For students from 7th grade to 12th grade
With Microsoft® Student with Encarta® Premium 2008, your teenager will find easy–to–access information and tools to help with the toughest aspects of Math, English, Literature, Geography, Science, Art and Music. There is also a section with safe, age–appropriate information for 7–to–12 year olds called Encarta Kids.
Find out more about these top features:
This collection of math tools, tutorials and instructions helps your student solve those tough math and science problems.
Encarta Premium 2008
The full version of the #1 best–selling multimedia encyclopedia brand – Encarta 2008– comes with Microsoft Student. It’s information you can trust.
Foreign Language Help
With this tool, students can use Microsoft Word for foreign language assignments.
Learning Essentials
Students can create high–quality reports and presentations with Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® (sold separately).
Is your arithmetic a little rusty? Don’t worry. Your kids will have all the help they need to confidently tackle the most difficult problems in trigonometry, calculus, chemistry and physics using Microsoft Math. These tools include:
Step–by–step Equation Solver
This tool provides students with step–by–step solutions to many math problems encountered in both middle– and high–school, including:
This tool provides more than 100 textbooks via instant and free access to Hotmath—a subscription worth up to $49 per year. Students get help solving a specific problem from their textbook by selecting the:
This powerful tool functions more efficiently than many stand–alone calculators costing up to $100. Work can be saved to finish later, added to Word or PowerPoint documents, or shared with study groups.
The graphing calculator also provides:
Tools for graphing scientific formulas and math equations from simple math to Calculus
Enhanced 3D technology
Changeable skins
Triangle Solver
This tool develops Geometry skills. Now students can easily input their own values.
The calculator:
Determines the missing information
Draws the triangle to scale
Provides the math rules it used to compute the missing values
Equation Library
Equation Library contains more than 125 interactive common math equations and formulas. Students can type in live inputs and the Library will provide the missing variable–and in some cases even graph the equation!
Unit Conversion Tool
This tool is extremely useful in both math and sciences by making it easy for students to quickly convert units of measure such as:
Other features of Encarta Premium 2008 include:
2D and 3D virtual tours that make history come alive!
Encarta Kids with content for younger learners
32 high–quality videos from the Discovery Channel
Interactive World Atlas
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Foreign Language Help
This tool, plus Microsoft Word, means that your student will have access to translation dictionaries that go from English to French and French to English
It also supports:
Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint work together with Learning Essentials to provide templates and tutorials that will help your student create top–quality reports and presentations.
Learning Essentials includes:
Templates for different types of compositions, from Social Studies reports to informative essays
Organizational tools for applying to college
Tutorials on:
View the hints and steps for actual math homework problems from textbooks. Proven to improve math scores. Select subject at left to find your textbook.
Hotmath, Inc. was founded in 2000 and today serves over a million students with instant explanations for odd–numbered homework problems for over 150 math textbooks. We have partnerships with Microsoft (Encarta), Texas Instruments, and leading math textbook publishers.
Independent scientific research shows that tutorial help with homework improves math learning. Math scores have improved when Hotmath is used. We have been the topic of an education journal article and a teacher article. Math teachers support the use of Hotmath. Please review our awards and testimonials.
In addition to helping with math homework, Hotmath.com offers resources for graphing calculators, math workbooks, remediation, math games, personal tutoring, and review lessons.
To use Microsoft® Student with Encarta® Premium 2008, you need:
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