Students Investigate Environmental Science

With the Environmental Science: Field Laboratory CD–;ROM, students simulate the collection, evaluation and analysis of real environmental data.

Module to¼cs are: stream pollution, minerals for society, energy from coal, radiation, legal control of the environment, streams and floods, and geology of homesite selection.

Each investigation emphasizes the proper steps of scientific research, including field sampling and writing reports. Scores can be printed out or saved to a disk.

Educators qualify for a free 30–;day preview of Environmental Science. Falcon Software, Inc., Wellesley, MA, (617) 235–;1767, www.falconsoftware.com. W

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