My toy is Laser Baseball. It has to be played in the dark. It has the light on the screen on the baseball bat. The screen tells what is happening on the baseball game. When you are batting, there will be a laser going through the dark room. You have to hit it with the bat to hit the ball when batting. There will also be laser bases. The screen will show where the ball is and where the other team is throwing the ball and doing stuff on defense. At the start of the game, to pick your team, You say the team you want to be. Then, you say the team the computer will be. Then, you pick if you want to be the home team or the visiting team by saying home or visiting. You can't play against a friend. You can only play against the computer. On defense, you say throw to first, second, third, or home to throw. Then, even if you aren't on the base, you run left to go left and all other ways to run on defense to tag the runner. To get a fly out, there will be a laser going where it will land. Go on it before the ball comes down to catch it. The screen will show the timing of when it's going to land. Say pause if you want to pause the game. Say scoreboard if you want to see the scoreboard. Say resume to resume the game. It also works with pause. You can only play single games.
Project design and organization by Nancy Jones, Second Grade teacher for Germantown Academy. Technical assistance and page design furnished by Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist for Germantown Academy.
November, 1999