SkyWorks: An Introduction to the Sky from ScienceWorks
The SkyWorks CD-ROM beckons students to step outside and view the daytime sky in a way that is highly interactive, informative and entertaining. The program incorporates breathtaking cloudscape photos by renowned nature photographer Dr. John Day and sky-awareness activities by the founder of "For Spacious Skies", Jack Borden.
Captain Cloud guides your students through cloud history, the water cycle, types of clouds and more while emphasizing the role that the sky, weather, and associated topics play in our everyday lives. The wonderful animation used to explain complicated weather phenomena, many classroom activities and ability to keep a daily journal of sky observations make this a must for all science oriented classrooms. Recommended for grades 3-9.
Educator's Version includes the complete SkyWorks program plus the following extras:
- Multiple SkyViewer applications for computer labs
- Adobe Acrobat(TM) Reader software
- Feature articles from Jack Borden's collection
- Special edition preview versions of additional educational new media software
Geared towards the upper elementary and middle school grades, SkyWorks has already been recognized as an outstanding program that fills an important niche in the area of earth science. Through the use of stunning photography, this CD-ROM program offers explanations of many events associated with clouds, precipitation, optical phenomena and much more.
Highly interactive, the program includes animations, sounds, graphics and easily understood text related to many weather events. Included on the educational version are numerous activities that take students outside to observe the sky in all its glory. Heightened awareness of the role our atmosphere plays in our daily lives is stressed. Students are able to keep a daily sky journal of observations and produce "slide shows" of cloud types that they observe. Already an award winner in its class!
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
- Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP
- 5MB available hard drive space
- 32 MB available RAM (Windows XP requires a minimum of 128MB RAM)
SkyWorks: An Introduction to the Sky from ScienceWorks
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