Laboratory Biology: Digital Field Trip: Desert (Unlimited License)

Digital Field Trip: Desert (Unlimited License)

Quench your thirst for knowledge with our newest CD-ROM, The Digital Field Trip to The Desert. Let us transport you to five North American desert locations using QuickTime Virtual Reality. Visit the surprisingly lush, green Sonoran Desert, the brightly colored landscape of the Painted Desert and the Cattail Falls oasis in Big Bend National Park. Explore the barren landscape of the Black Rock Desert or experience the blinding glare and oppressive heat of Death Valleyâ without the heat stroke.

However, like our other award-winning CD-ROMs, the field trip is just the starting point. Students and nature enthusiasts will learn about all aspects of desert ecology in four other major sections of this comprehensive package:

Desert Types Discover what makes a desert a desert. Learn about all of the world's major desert regions, including pictures collected from all over the planet.

Desert Mechanisms

See the processes that formed and shape the deserts. Topics include: rocks and minerals, how wind and water can affect the landscape, weathering and a landforms quiz.

Desert Study

The Desert Study includes an extensive section on the ways desert plants and animals are adapted to survive the challenges of living in arid regions. You can also create your own desert ecosystem in the Build-a-Desert game using the more than 50 organisms featured in The Digital Field Trip to The Desert. Also in this section is a primer on homeostasis.

Human Impact

Examine how human impact and desertification shape and distort deserts, and how arid lands contribute to the over-all health of the planet.

Other Features

Like all Digital Frog International products, The Digital Field Trip to The Desert also includes a host of other features:

An interactive map
Definitions of every word and pronunciations of scientific words
Ability to bookmark favorite screens
Online updates

Workbook materials

Student and teacher materials are included on the CD in a variety of formats allowing you to print just what you need, when you need it. The workbook materials act as an excellent study guide, leading students through the CD-ROM with tips, suggestions and quizzes. The accompanying teacher's guide includes answers, as well as teaching suggestions and even offers graphic resources for K-3 activities. And if the workbook doesn't fit your needs exactly, change it. PDFClick here for a downloadable sample workbook page...

Multi-platform

The Digital Field Trip to The Desert is a hybrid discâthe same disc runs on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.

Minimum system requirements

Windows

Pentium II with Windows 2000, XP or Vista
(Pentium III recommended)
32 MB of RAM (64 or more recommended)
75 MB of hard drive space for QuickTime

Macintosh

G3 300 with CD drive
Mac OSX 10.3.9 or later
30 MB of available RA

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Digital Field Trip: Desert (Unlimited License)

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