The Digital Field Trip to the Rainforest Deluxe

PC version requires:
386, 8M RAM, 2.5M hard drive, CDx2

Mac version requires:
System 7, 68030/16MHZ, 5MB RAM, 2.5MB HD

Description:

The Digital Field Trip to the Rainforest is an educational program designed to teach the viewer about the ecosystems of different types of rainforests. It includes a field trip to the Blue Creek Rainforest Reserve in Belize, information on other rainforests and a study of the mechanisms and interdependencies of plants and animals.

Upon starting the program, you are given several options of browsing the material offered, such as taking the Field Trip to Belize, studying the rainforest and learning about the forest mechanisms and endangered rainforests. There is a wealth of information here on how the ecosystems of the rainforest are intertwined, such as the relationship of animals to each other and to the plants around them. You can learn about how gaps in the canopy invite the growth of plants that need the sun, how animals use mimicry of other species to avoid being eaten, and special characteristics of plants and animals that enable them to survive in the different seasons of the rainforest. (Note: the school version is available for $100.00 US)

Features:

• Field trip to Belize
• Rainforest ecosystems
• Botany
• Biology
• Facts on Blue Creek's plants and animals
• Student workbook with School version

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Report and Conclusions:

There is also a student workbook (School edition) that is very comprehensive in its content. There are indepth questions on material covered, as well as questions that require further branching out, using the knowledge learned as a sprinboard. Used with other materials, The Digital Field Trip to the Rainforest can be a good asset to any classroom.