Picture the wonder and excitement of a child playing with a favorite toy. Bring some of that excitement to your classroom with The Joy of Toys CD-ROM while teaching important chemistry concepts. In The Joy of Toys the Journal of Chemical Education has collected its most popular toy-related resources into a single, convenient CD at an affordable price. Teachers of all grade levels, outreach leaders, and parents looking for enrichment for their children will be interested in this collection.What Is on The Joy of Toys?The Joy of Toys CD-ROM is a collection of resources that describes the use of toys to illustrate chemical principles and properties in the classroom and laboratory. It contains more than 100 resources from the Journal of Chemical Education including video relating to 11 different toys with 30 individual movie files from the popular Chemistry Comes Alive! CD-ROM series and balloon explosions of 14 different elements, two problems from the General Chemistry Multimedia Problems collection, 12 ready-to-use Classroom Activities, and 42 articles from past issues of JCE, including a special issue dedicated to the American Chemical Society’s celebration of National Chemistry Week 2005 with the theme “The Joy of Toys”. Topics include ideas for activities, demonstrations, experiments, and informational articles all related to the joy of toys. How Can I Use The Joy of Toys?The CD is well organized! Busy teachers can search by a specific type of toy, by curriculum topics that align to science content standards, or by type of curriculum item (demonstration, experiment, etc.). A Curriculum Guide provides suggestions for integrating some of the toys and their chemistry concepts into a chemistry classroom. Those planning outreach programs will find many useful suggestions and ideas for hands-on experiments and activities and for demonstrations that can be included in their programs. Parents will find interesting connections between toys and chemistry that will help their children realize that chemistry is everywhere. 
Price and OrderingPrice for this CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows: Single user on a single machine: $19.95 U.S./$29.95 non-U.S. Discount of 10% for orders of 10–49 copies; 15% for orders of 50 or more copies. Additional prices for libraries and networks as well as other information may be obtained by contacting JCE Software, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1396; phone; 608/262-5153 or 800/991-5534 (U.S.); fax: 608/265-8094. An order form is inserted in this issue that also provides prices and other ordering information. Information about all JCE publications (including abstracts, descriptions, updates) is available from our Web site. Or purchase the Joy of Toys Compilation CD-ROM at the JCE Online Store. Table 1. Hardware and Software Requirements for the Joy of Toys CD-ROM| Computer | Macintosh | Windows compatible |
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| CPU | PowerPC G3 or later | Pentium > 800 MHz |
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| RAM | 512 MB |
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| Drives | CD-ROM |
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| Graphics | colors: thousands
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| System Software | Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later | Windows XP, 2000 |
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