The Digital Field Trip to the Wetlands
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Publishing/Parent Company: Tangent Scientific Supply, Inc.
System Requirements (Mac/PC): Mac, PC
Subject Covered: Biology of Wetlands
Approximate Grade Level of Appropriate Student: 8-10
Supplemental Materials: The supplemental teacher's guide presents many study guides and field exercises, many of which can be used in an actual field trip setting.
Description: This software is an excellent on-line textbook for exploration of a wetland. The information allows students to jump from one area to another, without being constrained by the linear flow of traditional textbooks.
Evaluation (10 being highest):
Graphics: 10
Interactivity: 8
Ease of Navigation: 9
Treatment of Subject: 9
Development of Critical Thinking Skills: 8
Notes: This software presents a comprehensive introduction to wetlands biology, and would make an excellent supplement to an actual field trip to a wetlands environment, especially because of the software's excellent user-controlled panoramas of wetlan
d scenes.
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