Synopses & Reviews
First launched in 1992, Brain Quest is the curriculum-based learning tool that's helped over 14 million kids get ahead in the classroom. Now, with 50 percent new material keyed to what students in grades 1-7 need to know today, Brain Quest is ready to help a new generation review their current grades and preview the next in a colorful, challenging format that makes learning fun.
With bolder colors, new illustrations, full-color icons, and a more energetic design, Brain Quest looks as smart as it is. And of course each Brain Quest deck is still as portable as ever. In the car, at the beach, on the couch-kids can turn to Brain Quest anywhere, anytime.
Each title includes:
- The most current information across a range of disciplines
- Broader and more intellectually challenging questions in all subjects
- A better balance between questions kids should be able to answer and those that will expand what they know.
Synopsis
It's O.K. to Be Smart!
You're getting smarter and so is Brain Quest. With 50% new material, broader subject matter and more challenging questions, Brain Quest is the up-to-date educational bestseller that quizzes you on the stuff you want to know---when you want to know it.
How to Play Brain Quest
Pick your favorite subject category or play the whole card.
Pencil and paper are allowed, but give your brain a chance to do it all!
Play with a partner, in teams or by yourself.
Keep score or not-the choice is yours.
Synopsis
Smarter. Fresher. Better.
And now with new content, and new packaging.
Announcing the relaunch of Brain Quest, America’s #1 educational bestseller with over 23.7 million copies in print. Featuring a complete updating of the content and an eye-catching, brainy-retro new look, this is a dazzling makeover, inside and out.
For kids, it’s fun unplugged. For parents, it’s the easiest, most trusted way to know if their children are keeping pace. Assisting in the relaunch is an advisory panel of ten of America’s top educators, each of them winners of Teacher of the Year or Milken National Educator Awards. The result: completely revised questions and answers, with up to 20%new material, to bring each deck up to the standards of today’s curricula. The content is the same that kids will find on standardized tests, handled in such a way that it promotes mental flexibility.
Synopsis
It's O.K To Be Smart!
Smart, fresher, better than ever. Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest school standards, BRAIN QUEST is the fast-paced educational bestseller that quizzes you on the stuff you need to know, when you need to know it.
CURRICULUM-BASED!
TEACHER APPROVED BY THE BRAIN QUEST PANEL OF AWARD WINNING EDUCATORS.
Synopsis
In what country can you visit the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh? How many cells does an amoeba have? Find a tall building in the letters w-r-o-t-e. Plus prefixes and suffixes, measurements, geography, presidents, the elements, percentages, homophones, Grab Bag, and: Ivan the Great ruled Russia from 1462 to 1505. How many years did he reign? Brain Quest Grade 6 quizzes kids on the stuff they need to know when they need to know it, with 1,500 curriculum-based questions and answers reflecting the latest school standards.
Vetted by a panel of America's highest award-winning teachers, and embraced by kids and parents because it flat-out works, Brain Quest opens a world of information and education with its fast-paced question-and-answer format, bright full-color illustrations, and lively attitude.
About the Author
Chris Welles Feder has spent a great part of her life working in the field of education and is known to many as a writer for the children's educational series
Brain Quest. She lives with her husband in New York City.
Workman Publishing Company has been producing award-winning calendars, cookbooks, parenting guides, and children’s titles, as well as gardening, humor, self-help, and business books, since 1968. From our What to Expect® pregnancy and parenting series and Page-A-Day® Calendars to the iconic 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and Brain Quest® children's products, our wide range of high-quality non-fiction titles and products inspire, educate, and entertain readers around the globe.