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2000
This CD-ROM, designed for students in grades K-2, explores the world of weather. Students investigate weather to learn about climate and the seasons, how animals adapt to weather changes, how clouds tell us about conditions, and how weather plays a part in our everyday lives. The weather calendar lets students record and write about conditions…
Descriptors: Climate, Elementary Education, Lesson Plans, Meteorology
2000
This CD-ROM, designed for students in grades K-2, explores the world of simple machines. It allows students to delve into the mechanical world and learn the ways in which simple machines make work easier. Animated demonstrations are provided of the lever, pulley, wheel, screw, wedge, and inclined plane. Activities include practical matching and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Hands on Science, Lesson Plans, Mechanics (Physics)
2000
This CD-ROM, designed for students in grades K-2, explores the world of plants. From small seeds to tall trees, students learn what plants are, what their parts are called, and what conditions they need to grow. Three extension activities include simple and part/whole matching exercises, a sequencing activity involving the dimension of time, and a…
Descriptors: Botany, Elementary Education, Lesson Plans, Optical Data Disks
1998
These interactive curriculum-based study programs in U.S. history, world history, European history, and global studies were created by teachers to align with national and state frameworks and curriculum standards. The interactive programs include graded tests, document-based questions, essays, and skill development projects. Each CD-ROM based…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, European History, Global Approach, Global Education
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI. – 2000
This CD-ROM helps learners discover forests in Hawaii and around the world through many science activities. Activities include climbing to the canopy where the calls of unusual birds can be heard; discovering bizarre creatures that dwell in dark, damp lava tubes; spinning the globe and meeting extraordinary forest plants and animals; and creating…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education
1997
This CD-ROM product is an interactive supplement to Shakespeare's text of "Romeo and Juliet." It contains an interactive cast of characters and the entire script of the play with an accessible audio performance. Other features include: "Dr. Wacko"--a feature that calls the student's attention to the more subtle nuances of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
1999
This high school physics resource is a simulator for optics, electronics, force, motion, and sound. Students can study oscillations, look at sound waves, and use probes to graph a wide variety of quantities. Over 100 activities are pre-written, and students can easily create their own additional activities using the multimedia editor. (WRM)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Demonstrations (Science)
1999
This high school chemistry resource is an on-screen chemistry lab. In the program, students can experiment with a huge range of chemicals, choosing the form, quantity and concentrations. Dangerous or difficult experiments can be investigated safely and easily. A vast range of equipment can be set up, and complex simulations can be put together and…
Descriptors: Chemical Bonding, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction
Fleming, Stephen; Hiple, David; Ning, Cynthia – 2000
This compact disc (CD) offers 20 lessons based on selected Chinese language video clips. Filmed on location in Beijing, these naturalistic video clips consist mainly of unrehearsed interviews with ordinary people. The learner is lead through a series of activities aiding comprehension and learning that sharpen communication strategies and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Fleming, Stephen; Hiple, David; Ning, Cynthia – 2000
This compact disc offers several lessons in Chinese, including a photo feature from a Chinese newspaper, the service directory from a Chinese hotel room, a pamphlet for travelers from Taiwan, a family letter, an introduction to Chinese cuisine, an article about a hijacking, a letter of agreement between institutions, an odyssey of a teenaged boy,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Fleming, Stephen; Hipley, David; Ning, Cynthia – 1999
This compact disc includes video clips covering six topics for the learner of Chinese: personal information, commercial transactions, travel and leisure, health and sports, food and school. Filmed on location in Beijing, these naturalistic video clips consist mainly of unrehearsed interviews of ordinary people. The learner is lead through a series…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Joo, H.; Yuen, Soo-ah Kim; Hiple, David – 1999
This compact disc offers 15 Korean lessons from a variety of authentic sources including notes found on the family refrigerator, traditional folk tales, modern poetry, and Web journal articles about politics, technology, and popular culture. The learner is lead through a series of activities aiding comprehension and learning that sharpen…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study
Joo, H.; Choo, M.; Yeun, Soo-ah Kim; Hiple, David – 1999
This compact disc offers 10 Korean lessons from a variety of authentic sources, including the following: television commercials and scenes from a soap opera, news reports on politics, sports, the environment, and a book fair; and scenes from a Korean film, "Our Twisted Hero." The learner is lead through a series of activities aiding…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study