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- Page 2 ® With Windows 3.1 or 3.11 ............® With Windows 95 ..............Adjusting the Volume ............... Changing instruments .............. Remote Control ................. Alphabet Activity ..............Photo Album ................Markers ..................Toolbox ..................
- Page 4 It’s THE INCREDIBLE SCIENCE CHASE™ software! This CD-ROM in- troduces kids to early science concepts. Together with aliens Missy and Egon, your child can take an Earth-wide field trip to discover different habitats, animals, plants, and weather. Egon Missy...
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Page 5: With Windows
D). 6. Click “OK”. 7. At THE INCREDIBLE SCIENCE CHASE™ software’s installation screen select the drive you would like the program to install to. The “C” drive is the default. Only change the setting if you would like to install to a drive other than “C”. - Page 6 “INSTALL” icon to load the program to your hard drive. If you have correctly installed the program THE INCREDIBLE SCIENCE CHASE™ software’s icon will now appear in the VTech - Science Chase group in your Program Manager. Double click on this icon to start the program.
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Page 7: Adjusting The Volume
KEY- BOARD to change the instrument sound. Double click on this icon to get information on the program. ® Double clicking on the piano keyboard icon (VTECH Piano option in ® Windows 95) will allow you to play music on the piano keys (please... -
Page 8: Changing Instruments
If you would like greater volume ranges, please click on the ‘read me’ icon, located in the VTech - Science Chase folder, for instructions on adjusting your system’s volume. Changing instruments Use the number keys at the top of the keyboard to select different instrument sounds. - Page 9 After you complete a science experiment you will receive a clue telling you where Scooter went. Go to the next environment as instructed and explore the science experiment. After you visit a variety of envi- ronments you will find Scooter; Missy and Egon will teleport back to the space ship and begin their journey home.
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Page 10: Remote Control
Remote Control The remote control is used mostly in the actual environments. It will appear when it is time for you to move on to a new environment. It allows you to select the next environment you would like to visit by clicking on the appropriate picture. -
Page 11: Photo Album
Photo Album Click on this icon to see a selection of snap shots showing Missy, Egon, and their friends. Markers Click on this icon to see a selection of pictures you can print out and color. Toolbox The toolbox is available in every environment. You can open the toolbox by clicking on it. - Page 12 When you first enter the Arctic Tundra, Missy and Egon will give you a brief introduction to the environment. After this you can move the arrow around the screen looking for objects to click. Every time the arrow turns into a hand, that object can be clicked. One of the ob- jects is a window to this environment’s science experiment.
- Page 13 This environment’s experiment deals with density. Objects which are more dense than water will sink; objects which are less dense than water will float. Zinc the dog wants to get across the water to Missy and Egon, but there is no bridge. You must build a bridge for Zinc by selecting items which will float from the 8 objects displayed at the top of the screen.
- Page 14 You are allowed to experiment with the objects as much as you would like. But once 4 floating objects are chosen Zinc will automatically walk across the bridge. Then one round is completed. At this point you can continue to experiment with density, or click the yellow arrow in the lower left hand corner of the screen to return to the Tundra.
- Page 15 This environment deals with animals. Vicki the Geologist will ask you a series of questions about animals. You could be asked to match a tail with a body, a baby with its parent, a footprint with an animal, or a variety of other questions which all deal with animals. To match the objects just listen to the question then use the SMART KEYS™...
- Page 16 This environment deals with technology. You will meet the friendly Professor What here. He has a horrible problem. One of the ma- chines in his laboratory is acting strange. Every time it shows a pic- ture of a technological device it fragments the image and mixes it up with other items.
- Page 17 The Professor needs you, Missy, and Egon to assemble the fragments back into the original object shown. To do this select each fragment and click it to scroll through some image options. When you see the fragment you need, leave it on the screen and move to the next box. When all the fragments are back together click the “DONE”...
- Page 18 You can make the puzzle more or less difficult by clicking one of the three square icons on the right hand side of the picture machine. Each square is divided to show you how many segments it will divide the picture into. For example, will change the puzzle to 2x2 squares.
- Page 19 This environment explores insects. The silly spider Bo Dangle has a lot of bugs in his greenhouse, and he would like to separate them into groups. To do this, he has created a long table with bins on the end. Each bin is labeled with a special bug trait like color, wings, or type of bug.
- Page 20 the direction Missy and Egon blow by using your mouse or the SMART KEYS™ KEYBOARD unit’s cursor pad to click the directional arrow icons shown at the upper right hand corner of the screen. If you identify the bug correctly, the bin will open and the bug will jump into it.
- Page 21 This environment deals with textiles, measuring, transportation and other topics. Your hosts are Inchy the Worm and a friendly eel. The eel has lost his zap and he needs you to help Missy and Egon answer some questions so he can get it back.
- Page 22 The eel will display an object in the center of the screen. On the right hand side of the screen Inchy the Worm will display 4 answer options to the eel’s question. Select the question’s correct answer from the options Inchy the Worm is offering. Here is how you can select an answer: 1.
- Page 23 This CD-ROM works best with the following computer configuration: 486DX 33 MHz 8 MB RAM 1 MB available hard disk space Double speed CD-ROM drive Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows 95 or higher ® ® ® VGA 640x480, 256 color mode Windows -compatible sound card ®...
- Page 24 ® 1. Certain older drivers shipped with Cirrus Logic video cards may be incompatible with THE INCREDIBLE SCIENCE CHASE™ software. Make sure you have the most updated version of the video driver for your card. Usually, you can get such a driver from your dealer or the card’s manufacturer.
- Page 25 3. Make sure the Virtual Memory is at least 8MB. 4. Windows 3.1 or later has to be run in Enhanced Mode. You can ® check to see if you are in Enhanced Mode by choosing Help in your Program Manager, then going to About Program Manager. If About Program Manager says you are in Standard Mode, exit Windows , then re-enter Windows...
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- Page 27 Microsoft Corporation. THE INCREDIBLE SCIENCE CHASE™ is a trademark of VTECH. Copyright © 1996 VTECH Industries, LLC. 101 E. Palatine Rd., Wheeling, IL. 60090-6500. VTECH Electronics Canada Ltd., Suite 200-7671 Alderbridge Way, Richmond, B. C. V6X 1Z9.