Backyard
Bugs – The Monarch
CD-ROM
Windows/Macintosh
Ages:
5 - 10

$24.95
plus $3.00 S&H

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Discovery-based
Life Science Explorations.
Major learning outcomes are correlated to National Science Education
Standards.
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Educational Benefits:
Explore the natural history of the monarch butterfly.
Inquire about the monarch's basic needs, structures, life cycle,
inherited characteristics and interactions with its environment.
Use virtual tools to conduct simple investigations.
Use a science journal to record and explain findings.
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WindowsÒ
CD-ROM: MicrosoftÒ Windows 98 or above
IntelÒ PentiumÒ
II processor-based computer CD-ROM Drive 64 MB RAM Mouse Sound Card
MicrosoftÒ Internet Explorer 5 or above
QuickTime Player 5.0 (provided) AdobeÒ
AcrobatÒ Reader (provided)
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Macintosh
CD-ROM: Power MacintoshÒ Power PC
processor (G3 or higher recommended) OS 8.5 or above CD-ROM Drive 64
MB RAM Mouse Sound Card MicrosoftÒ
Internet Explorer 5 or above QuickTime Player 5.0 (provided) AdobeÒ
AcrobatÒ Reader (provided)
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Science
Snoops – The Case of the Missing Monarchs
CD-ROM
Windows/Macintosh
Ages:
12 - 16

$24.95 plus
$3.00 S&H

Software
Features:
20
Monarch video clips*
20 interactive screens
70 interactive live-action videos of scientists
Teacher's guide
Student science journal
* (including film and video footage from the Mexican Monarch
over wintering site El Rosario.)
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Inquiry-based
Life Science Explorations.
Major Learning Outcomes are correlated to National Science
Education Standards.
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Educational
Benefits:
Recognize questions that can be answered through scientific
investigations.
Design and conduct a scientific investigation.
Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and
interpret data.
Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models
using evidence.
Think critically and logically to connect evidence and
explanations.
Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions.
Communicate scientific procedures and explanations. Use
mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
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WindowsÒ
CD-ROM: MicrosoftÒ Windows 98 or above
IntelÒ PentiumÒ
II processor-based computer CD-ROM Drive 64 MB RAM Mouse Sound Card
MicrosoftÒ Internet Explorer 5 or above
QuickTime Player 5.0 (provided) AdobeÒ
AcrobatÒ Reader (provided)
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Macintosh
CD-ROM: Power MacintoshÒ Power PC
processor (G3 or higher recommended) OS 8.5 or above CD-ROM Drive 64
MB RAM Mouse Sound Card MicrosoftÒ
Internet Explorer 5 or above QuickTime Player 5.0 (provided) AdobeÒ
AcrobatÒ Reader (provided)
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