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Earth Explorer for Macintosh and Windows
Features
Comprehensive
- Includes more than 400 in-depth articles
- Offers a wide variety of environmental games, simulations, and
interactive displays
- Contains more than 1,000 exciting color photos and hundreds of beautiful
graphics
- Features more than 90 minutes of sound and video clips
Interactive
- Lets children discover their own pathways through many different types of
information
- Encourages users to study numerous facets of complex topics
- Provides 21 sets of interactive environmental data
Educational
- Helps develop critical-thinking skills
- Encourages users to draw their own conclusions about environmental issues
- Makes a great reference tool for school reports
- Provides both high-level and detailed articles
- Uses scientific content reviewed by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Created with support from the National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Fun to use
- Features engaging, original games that make environmental topics come
alive
- Presents data in colorful, easy-to-understand charts, graphs, animations,
and videos
- Lets your whole family participate together
Description
Take off on a multimedia tour of the environment!
Earth Explorer gives families the most comprehensive and up-to-date
information about our planet in a fun, easy-to-use format.
Continuing the Apple tradition of making education enjoyable, Earth Explorer
provides a fascinating interactive experience. With this CD-ROM, children
will learn about the natural and human forces affecting Earth through a variety
of informational and exploratory activities: lively articles illustrated with
graphics and movies, simulations based on actual environmental data, animations
that explain basic environmental concepts, and games that will both
challenge and amuse.
One of Earth Explorer's most valuable features is its interactive design.
Children can easily move from topic to topic as they please. They can change
the assumptions in environmental data and view the results, such as how
various life expectancies would affect a country's population growth. They can
compare data of their choice, such as energy use in different countries. With
Earth Explorer, your children learn in the way they most enjoy.
Earth Explorer was designed for users ten years of age and older by
Enteractive, Inc., an award-winning multimedia developer. It was developed in
cooperation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
and with support by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Earth Explorer
offers both objective data and a wide variety of viewpoints on controversial
issues, so it helps children develop critical-thinking skills as they learn
about the world around them.
Earth Explorer: It's the adventure guide to our environment that your children
will come back to again and again.
Technical Specifications
Major topics
- Climate: the sun, water, wind, oceans, and more
- Biosphere: ecosystems, plant and animal communities, and more
- Human impact: land use, energy consumption, attitudes toward nature, and
more
- Future: environmental law, technologies, careers, and more
Articles
- 443 articles, all reviewed for accuracy by the American Association for
the Advancement of Science
- Hierarchical arrangement for easy access to general or detailed
information
- Photos, graphics, quotes, thought-provoking questions, and/or video clips
in each article
- Glossary
Data Sets
- 21 sets of environmental data on such topics as rainfall, population,
whaling, and pollution
- Up to five graphic displays for each data set, including maps, color
graphs, timelines, and interactive graphics
Hot Topics
- Lively discussions of 21 environmental issues such as endangered species,
urban transportation, biodiversity, and nuclear power
- Entertaining first-person format in which fictional characters describe
their dilemmas
- 16 different viewpoints on each issue
Explore screens
- 12 interactive animations on such topics as ocean currents, famous
naturalists, the food chain, and energy usage
- Ideal introduction to environmental concepts for younger
children
System requirements--Macintosh
- Apple Macintosh or PowerBook computer with 68030 or higher processor, or
Apple Power Macintosh computer
- 5MB of RAM
- Macintosh system software 7.0.1 or later
- Hard disk
- 12-inch or larger color monitor (at least 256 colors)
- CD-ROM drive (double-speed drive recommended)
System requirements--Windows
- IBM-compatible computer with 25-MHz 80486 or higher processor
- 8MB of RAM
- Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions, or Windows 3.1
- Hard disk
- 12-inch or larger color monitor
- Video card capable of displaying at least 256 colors
- CD-ROM drive (double-speed drive recommended)
Ordering Information
Earth Explorer for Macintosh, retail version
- In the U.S., Order No. M3781LL/A
- Outside the U.S., Order No. M3781Z/A
- One CD-ROM disc
- User's manual
Earth Explorer for Macintosh, school version
- In the U.S., Order No. M3782LL/A
- One CD-ROM disc
- Teacher's guide, including user's manual and lesson plans
Earth Explorer for Windows, retail version
- In the U.S., Order No. M3783LL/A
- One CD-ROM disc
- User's manual
Product specifications are subject to change. Check
with your Apple reseller for the most current informa-tion about product
specifications and configurations.
Packaging (c) 1995 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights
reserved. Software (c) 1995 Enteractive, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the
Apple logo, Macintosh, and PowerBook are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.,
registered in the U.S.A. and other countries. Power Macintosh is a trademark of
Apple Computer, Inc. Earth Explorer, the Earth Explorer logo, Enteractive, and
the Enteractive logo are trademarks of Enteractive, Inc. Windows is a trademark
of Microsoft Corporation. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational
purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation.
Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or
use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any,
take place between the vendors and the prospective users.
January 1995. Product specifications are subject to change without notice.
Printed in U.S.A.
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