Prairie Explorer- The Biomes of North America
© 2000 Great Wave Software
A must-have program for classrooms studying prairie life, this software is packed with interesting information and engaging activities. Kids can explore a scrolling panorama, play a prairie restoration simulation and experience what it's like to see with a coyote's vision. They can also construct food webs, classify plants and animals according to their adaptations and use onscreen tools like a magnifying lens and scale to closely examine prairie life. The prairies represented here are those found in the US 200 years ago and over 100 plants and animals are profiled. Note that the program is totally reading dependent (both a strength and a weakness) and has only artists' renderings of the plants and animals— photos are sorely missed. A teacher's edition with lesson plans and reproducibles is available for $39.95.
$29.95, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: geography, history, science