Take a Digital Field Trip to Some Wetlands
        
        
        
        The first in a series,                  Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands                  uses QuickTime VR to bring locations of                  ecological interest into classrooms. The CD lets                  students explore the Cloud Lake bog in Algonquin                  Park, Ontario, Canada, and includes various                  sections focusing on different aspects of wetlands                  study.
                                    The Study of a Bog                  includes the Bog Food Web, Plant/ Animal                  Adaptations, Formation/ Succession and                  Photosynthesis. Wetlands Types covers                  classifications, similarities and differences, and                  Mechanisms of a Wetland addresses nutrient cycles,                  erosion, groundwater, productivity and flooding.                  Another section deals with conservation issues,                  habitat, pollution and the importance of wetlands                  in migratory routes for birds.
                                    
                                    Digital Field Trip to The                  Wetlands has a Teacher/Student Workbook that offers                  a structured exploration of the CD. Digital Frog                  Int'l., Inc., Puslinch, Ontario, Canada,                  (519) 766-1097, www.digitalfrog.com.                  WM