The Quaddle Family Mysteries 3: The Case of the Scarce Scarab - Parlor • Family Room

aka: Quaddle 3/The Case of the Scarce Scarab: "Parlor" and "Family Room"

Moby ID: 204603

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Released

1997 on PlayStation

Credits

158 people

Publishers

Lightspan, Inc.

Developers

Lightspan, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Educational
Perspective: 1st-person
Gameplay: Puzzle elements
Interface: Point and select
Educational: Math / logic
Setting: Contemporary
Narrative: Detective / mystery

Number of Players Supported: 1 Player
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

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Official Description (Ad Blurb)

Your child is invited inside the fascinating Quaddle Museum to help investigate the case of the missing ancient scarab earring. Solving mathematical puzzles and problems in the museum's various rooms will provide clues to the earring's location.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Find the area of a figure by covering it with nonstandard units of measure
Become familiar with units of time, length, area, capacity, temperature, and distance
Estimate time by using nonstandard units of measure
Explore nonstandard units of measure and relative measure
Determine and compare lengths, perimeters, and areas of geometric shapes

Source: Front of Manual (US)

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Credits (PlayStation version)

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Concept by	Joanne Odenthal (Ph.D.)
Story Written by	Steve Hensley
Live-Action Screenplay by	Dan DiStefano
Vice President, Product Design	Margy Hillman
Director, Product Design Technologies	Gregory Olmstead
Lead Content Designer	Kelly Robinson
Content Designers	Ellen Berlfein Linda Bussell Susan DeVanna Ilse Ortabasi Linda Paulson Rebecca Rhea Ann Rybowiak M. Andrea Singer
Senior Program Manager of Curriculum	Sherri Furqueron
Curriculum Specialists	Jacqueline Gianola-Quinn Janice Morton
Editor	Helen Hansen
Curriculum Consultants	Nicholas Branca (Ph.D.) Judith Jacobs (Ph.D.) Larry Lawrence (Ed.D.) Teri Perl (Ph.D.) Johanna Richardson (as Johanna Richardsen) Darlene Tschudy (M.A.)
Interactive Game Coordinator	Kelly Jean Cupp
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Game added August 13, 2023. Last modified October 28, 2023.