Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere-Space Explorer [CD-ROM]

EOA Scientific Systems Inc. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 2000

Earth and Space Sciences - Grades 6-12, Ages 11-18 This CD-ROM engages the user to learn science while having fun, experiencing science concepts rather than memorizing them. It will improve test results and increase students' attention and involvement in science topics.

This CD-ROM product presents several topics including:

-The Earth as a system - Newton's laws, changes through time

-Astronomy - planets, the Moon, and Earth

-Life sciences - oxygen balance, atmosphere, plants and animals

-Plate tectonics - plate motion, convection, earthquakes

-Oceanography - ocean layers, coastal zones, waves, tides

-Meteorology - hurricanes, tornadoes, deadly storms

-Weather forecasting - forecasting, meteorology, creating your own weather station

-Comprehensive text providing full explanation of science terms

-Full movies showcasing science phenomena within Earth and Space Sciences

-Customized animations, teaching aspects of science difficult to explain through text and impossible to capture on film (e.g. atomic theory, inside a tornado)

-Several dozen interactive exercises, science experiments, projects, and virtual labs, allowing students to learn science through experimentation and analysis rather than through memorization

Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere-Space Explorer TM is a multimedia, educational journey of the Earth's through the eyes of Earth scientists. The CD is the ideal product for students who require an overview of all the different divisions of earth science. Subjects such as Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology and Satellite Remote Sensing are covered in this product in a fully interactive way.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Producing top-notch CD-ROM software on the environment and science has catapulted EOA Scientific into the stratosphere." -- Atlantic Business Journal, Pamela McCaughey, [e-mail], Summer 2000

"This CD is amazing. It gives the interactivity and presentation of solidly thought-out learning outcomes. An excellent product." -- Steve Moroney, Geography Teacher, Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1998

Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere-Space Explorer; feature far more than a simple repurposing of material otherwise destined for a text. -- Visual Convergence, Volume 3, Number 4 - July/August 2000

From the Publisher

-Glossary includes definitions for over 2500 science terms

-30,000 word glossary is a great test builder - assisting in creating clues and answers

-Includes expansive lesson-planning applications

-Includes free access to the EarthStation Internet Campus - a website that provides the user with daily-updated links to the top science websites and most current science news

-Self-paced study - Users can learn at their own pace, through their preferred learning style, using their own skills to understand concepts

-The best value-for-dollar resource to increase students' interest and grades in Earth and Space Sciences

PC/MAC

PC

Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT
Pentium or equivalent (133MHz+ recommended)
2X CD-ROM (higher speed recommended)
16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
20 MB hard disk space
16 bit graphics card (24 bit recommended)
SVGA monitor,
16 bit Sound Card and speakers (recommended)

Macintosh

Macintosh OS System 7.1
Recent PPC/PowerMAC/IMAC/G3 (~1997+)
2X CD-ROM (higher speed recommended)
16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
20 MB hard disk space
16 bit graphics card (24 bit recommended)
multimedia capabilities and speakers (recommended)

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Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: EOA Scientififc Systems, Inc. (October 20, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 1552410102
• ISBN-13: 978-1552410103
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,057,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere-Space Explorer, Version 5.0, March 17, 2001

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Loretta A. Leist (Miami, FL., USA, 33149-1098) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere-Space Explorer (CD-ROM)

The purpose of this educational CD-ROM is to teach and review skills and concepts for basic earth and space science classes. Its 300,000 words of text are divided into 14 lessons organized into five sections: Earth System; Geology; Hydrology and Oceanography; Weather and Climate; and Satellite Remote Sensing. The software also includes 25 appendices, 25 minutes of digital video, dozens of interactive projects and virtual labs, narration and music, a link to the EarthStation web channel, and a teacher's manual.

In addition to the textbook information and assignments, each section provides interesting facts, videos and animations, pictures, charts, and interactive exercises. The lessons also usually provide a student assessment tool and an associated appendix where more detailed information on the topics can be found for curious students.

High school and undergraduate instructors will find the variety of the lessons useful in introductory and basic classes. Instructors will also find that the details of the appendices and the easy-to-find organization of the topics, exercises, and videos permit the disc to be used as a review or outline in upper-level specific classes such as petrology, mineralogy, and sedimentology.

The interactive exercises provide a clever and amusing way to teach important skills and concepts that can be difficult to explain. For example, instead of merely defining the Coriolis effect, the CD also presents the user with a game in which the player must consider the deflection caused by the rotating earth to hit a target at high latitudes from a location at the equator. Other concepts and skills successfully demonstrated by the software's interactive exercises include radioactive decay and the geological activity of plate boundaries.

Fully interactive virtual labs such as the Rock & Mineral ID Lab allow students to choose between 16 minerals on which to run a battery of tests, including hardness, streak, acid reaction, luster, magnetism, cleavage/fracture, color, luminescence, and specific gravity. The software supplies all of the virtual equipment and provides a Mineral Data Sheet printout form for students to see the results of their testing. The entire lab also sets up and tears down in less than 10 seconds.

E-O-A-S Explorer, Version 5.0 is a useful teaching aid. The software's multimedia features are extensive and include online links and reference material. The interactive exercises are meaningful, and challenging concepts are built into the lesson design to give teachers/students at different levels opportunities to extend learning in many ways.

- Loretta A. Leist, research staff member, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL 33149-1098.

Review also available in the Journal of College Science Teaching, December 2000/January 2001, Volume XXX, Number 4

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Advanced Earth Science Studies, November 27, 2001

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K. Lambert (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere-Space Explorer (CD-ROM)

I purchased this CD to use as an 8th Grade Earth Science curriculum. The material is far too advanced for that grade level. This would probably be a good study supplement for a high school or college level earth science course.

2.0 out of 5 stars Graphically Deficient, November 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere-Space Explorer (CD-ROM)

I am an Earth Science teacher and recently purchased this software for use in our curriculum. My colleagues and I reviewed the CD and concur that although the disk presents a lot of information, the presentation, and most specifically, the graphics in the videos and animations, pictures, charts, and interactive exercises are so amateurish that students are not going to be able to learn very much from it. Almost all of the graphics are poorly drawn animations. The Rocks and Minerals Lab was the only activity that we felt was salvageable.