Children's Technology Review

National Geographic Explore VR

$10, Oculus Rift

Teaches: geography, history, Puru

CTR Rating: 92%

NES Classic Edition

$60, Smart Toy, TV

Teaches: classic video games, interactive design, Nintendo history

Blue Planet Tales, Educational Children's Bookshelf

iPad, Android

Teaches: history, science, nature

Buzz Monster

$5.99, iPad

Teaches: trivia: math, science, english, history and geography

CTR Rating: 88%

Hitstory Kids - Columbus Sails

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Requires iOS 4.0 or later, 350 MB)

Teaches: American History, Columbus

CTR Rating: 80%

You Are Stardust

$4.99, iPad

Teaches: science, history

CTR Rating: 80%

Ansel & Clair's Adventures in Africa

$4.99, iPad

Teaches: geography, history, science

Save the Dinosaurs

$3020, Windows XP and Vista

Teaches: science, dinosaurs, history, reading

CTR Rating: 94%

AWE Station (Early Literacy Station 3.0)

$2440, Win XP

Teaches: computers, reading, math, science, history, creativity

CTR Rating: 92%

Hieroglyphic: A Computer Font of Egyptian Hieroglyphics

$23.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: language, writing, creativity, history

Artus Contre le Demon du Musee

Win, Mac

Teaches: art appreciation, history

Adiboo: Discover Nature, Animals & Planets

$30, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: science, history, listening

Spell, Paint & Learn Super Series 1

$14.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: science, creativity, geography, history

Putt-Putt Deluxe Pack (Travels Through Time & Balloon-O-Rama)

Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: gaming, history, dinosaurs, medieval times, old West, logic

NationalGeographic.com/kids

Internet Site

Teaches: geography, history, science

CTR Rating: 52.5%

JuniorNet 2.0

$9.95, Win 95, 98 (CD-ROM)

Teaches: reading, science, history, animals, music, language

Magic World of Beatrix Potter, The

$19.99, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: reading: history, storytelling; all about Beatrix Potter

Fun to Learn CD-ROM 5 Pack

$19.99, Win 95, Win 3.1 (CD-ROM)

Teaches: science, animals, history, anatomy

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time

$19.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: history, dinosaurs, medieval times, old West, logic

Let�s Pretend! Vol. 5: The Past is Our Playground

$19.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: history, vocabulary, creativity

Kids and Science

$70, Win 95, Win 3.1 (CD-ROM)

Teaches: science, technology and history

Morgan�s Adventures in Ancient Greece

$34.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: history

Morgan�s Adventures in Ancient Egypt

$34.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: history

Morgan�s Adventures in Colonial America

$34.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: history

Ozzie's Travels - Destination: Japan

$19.95, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM (multi-platform)

Teaches: facts about the culture and history of Japan

Ozzie's Travels - Destination: Mexico

$19.95, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM (multi-platform)

Teaches: various facts about the culture and history of Mexico

Multimedia Cats

$34.95, CD ROM Mac/Windows

Teaches: history of cat breeds, grooming, behaviors

Gus Goes to CyberStone Park

$24.95, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM (multi platform)

Teaches: matching, trivia, history

American Heritage: Lincoln and the Civil War

$39.95, Win 95, Win 3.1 (CD-ROM)

Teaches: history: Lincoln and the American Civil War

Gus Goes to Cyberopolis

$25, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM (multi platform)

Teaches: matching, trivia, history