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Educational Software
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The educational software designed and produced
by TASA Graphic Arts, Inc., is ideal for
students who prefer self-directed study
opportunities when prepping for standardized
tests and academic competitions, or to fulfill a
strong desire to simply learn more about the
particular topics of study. Other Worlds has
chosen to offer several of these exemplary
educational software programs to assist students
in developing map reading skills and enhancing
their understanding of the theory of plate
tectonics and the atmosphere of the earth. |
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Introduction to
Topographic Maps CD-Rom
Your students will learn
how to read and interpret topographic maps using
professionally developed earth science educational
software emphasizing:
- General Topographic
Map Information
- Map Scale
- Location: Latitude and
Longitude
- Location:
Public
Land Survey
- Location: Universal
Transverse Mercator
- Principles of Contour
Lines
- Using Contour Lines
- Topographic Profiles
- Drawing a Contour Map
- Topographic Maps,
Aerial Photographs, and Satellite Images
Product # 300001 : $54.95
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Earths Atmosphere and Its
Seasons CD-Rom
Your students will
investigate earth’s atmosphere and weather using
professionally developed earth science educational
software emphasizing:
- Different types of
weather and how it impacts them.
- Differences between
weather and climate.
- The composition of
air, and the important roles of water vapor and
carbon dioxide.
- Why we have seasons.
- Earth's motions and
orientation in relation to the Sun.
- Why the amount of
solar energy received on Earth varies for
different latitudes.
- The nature of solar
radiation.
- Paths taken by solar
radiation.
- The greenhouse
effect.
- How color influences
the amount of light reflected by a surface.
- how to convert
Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures.
- why land and water
heat up and cool off differently
- how ocean currents,
altitude, and prevailing winds influence
temperature
Product # 300003 : $54.95
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The Theory of Plate
Tectonics CD-Rom
The Theory of Plate
Tectonics Version 2.1 is a dynamic
exploration of how Earth's lithospheric plates change
through time. This CD-Rom has been designed to
accommodate both intermediate and advanced students. An
outline of both immediate and advanced levels have been
included in the outlines below.
Table of Contents
(Intermediate)
- Introduction
- Continental Drift: An
Idea Before Its Time
- Fit of the Continents
- Fossil Evidence
- Evidence from Rocks
- Climatic Evidence
- The Great Debate
- Exploring Continental
Drift
- Applying the Evidence
- A Closer Look
- Earth's Interior
- New Evidence: Mapping
the Ocean Floor
- Plate Tectonics: A
Scientific Revolution Unfolds
- Divergent Plate
Boundaries
- Convergent Plate
Boundaries
- Transform Fault
Boundaries
- A Closer Look at Plate
Boundaries
- Testing the Plate
Tectonics Model
- Evidence from Ocean
Drilling
- Earthquake Patterns
- Hot Spots and Mantle
Plumes
- What Drives Plate
Motions?
- Pangaea: Before and
After
- Table of Contents
(Advanced)
- Introduction
- Continental Drift: An
Idea Before Its Time
- Fit of the Continents
- Fossil Evidence
- Evidence from Rocks
- Paleoclimatic Evidence
- The Great Debate
- A Scientific
Revolution Begins
- Continental Drift and
Paleomagnetism
- Seafloor Spreading
- Plate Tectonics: The
New Paradigm
- Divergent Plate
Boundaries
- Oceanic Ridges and
Seafloor Spreading
- Continental Rifts
- Convergent Plate
Boundaries
- Oceanic-Continental
Convergence
- Oceanic-Oceanic
Convergence
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Continental-Continental Convergence
- Transform Fault
Boundaries
- Testing the Plate
Tectonics Model
- Evidence from Ocean
Drilling
- Earthquake Patterns
- Hot Spots and Mantle
Plumes
- Magnetic Reversals and
Seafloor Spreading
- What Drives Plate
Motions?
- Pangaea: Before and
After
- Formation and Breakup
of Pangaea
Plate Tectonics into the Future
Product # 300010 : $54.95
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