"Open a world of creativity and discovery for your child. With ElastoLab you can play in a world of simulated motion. Springs, elastics, and gravity come to life on your computer screen. The worlds you create can swing, stretch, wobble, and bounce as you play with them interactively. Using a graphical script editor, you can add sounds, respond to keys, and control timers."

"Moon Phase Calculator is simple and easy to use tool that allows you to calculate the phase of the Moon for any time in the past or future and to search for the next or previous full moon, new moon or first or last quarter. The day, month, and year can be changed using the keyboard or mouse buttons on the calculator."

Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris, as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, and schools.

Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps, and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. With Google Earth you can fly from space to your neighborhood--just type in an address and zoom right in, search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions, tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings, save and share your searches and favorites and even add your own annotations.

Note: Google Earth is a broadband, 3D application that not all computers can run. Windows-based desktop PCs older than four years may not be able to run Google Earth and Windows-based notebook PCs older than two years may not be able to run it. .

Coeli Stella 2000 is an astronomy suite that includes a full-featured planetarium. Just about anything you can see in a planetarium, you can also see with this package. They also have friendly little animated characters to help you with pronunciation.

"This program lists the properties of the elements of the modern Periodic Table. A must for Chemistry students."