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Clemmitt, Sarah – Science Teacher, 1996
Describes student-friendly data sets accessible over the Internet that enable students to use large sets of real data to create graphs, apply basic statistical techniques, construct models, and draw conclusions about how the earth functions. Lists useful online data sets. (JRH)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Data, Databases, Earth Science

Reich, Carol F.; And Others – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1991
Students at the Lexington School for the Deaf (New York) were immersed in a print environment devoted to the study of earth science, using computers linked into a local area network. Students used databases, a text editor, and electronic mail to receive and submit assignments and messages and to keep logs of daily activities. (JDD)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Computer Networks, Databases, Deafness

Jorstad, Robert B. – Journal of Geological Education, 1990
Reviewed are four computer software packages: "Minerals Data Base"; "Canvas 2.1," a graphics program for producing technical illustrations; "Glossary of Geology Speller"; and "PCUSA," which produces maps and statistical diagrams of the United States. Hardware requirements, functions, cost and availability…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education