Naturalist's Journal CD - Sandra Neill Smith

A NATURALIST'S JOURNAL OF COLORADO CD-ROM

This CD-ROM incorporates wildflower paintings, photography, video, narration and animation to take you on an interactive journey of Colorado.

	Main Menu
	Aspen Cloning
	Flower Page
	Anatomy of a Sunflower
	Deer Tracks
	System Requirements
	Purchasing Information

MAIN MENU

The main menu lets you access two areas of the state: Crested Butte and Purgatiore. Each area includes a narrated slide show with photos. Then the ecosystem, tree, flower, and animal buttons are available for that area.

At the bottom of the main menu page, the buttons take you to the following information:

Geography
- Major land forms
- Location, elevation, and climb classification of the mountains over 14,000 feet
- Rivers and major water tunnels through the continental divide
Ecosystems
- Animated map
- Dominate plants and animals
- Elevation, precipitation, and temperature
Tree Index
- Willow family
  - Animated cloning and pruning in aspen
- Pine family
Flower index
- Sunflower family
  - Animated anatomy of a sunflower
- Mustard family
- Figwort family
- Hellebore family
- Rose family
- Fumitory family
Animal index
- Deer family
  - Video of elk bugling
- Dog family

ASPEN CLONING

The cloning method of reproduction in the aspen tree is created as an animation.

FLOWER PAGE

This is a typical flower page with a painting of the flower and information about it. The menu at the bottom allows access to information about the plant family and habitat. A recipe page is included for medicinal or edible plants.

ANATOMY OF A SUNFLOWER

There is an extensive animation contrasting the ray and disc flowers present in a sunflower with the typical flower. It is narrated with background music.

DEER TRACKS

The track pages animate both the walking and running steps of the animal.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows:

166Mhz Pentium processor
CD-ROM drive
640 x 480 monitor with 16-bit color
12 MB of available RAM
Windows 95

Macintosh:

603, 604, or G3 processor
CD-ROM drive
640 x 480 monitor with 16-bit color
12 MB of available RAM
System 7.5.3

Although the CD is designed to work on these older computers, you will find that it works great on the newer systems EXCEPT for the Intel-based Macs with Leopard X 10.5. I'm looking for a solution for that computer and will post it here.

PURCHASING INFORMATION

The CD can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Children will gravitate to the animation sequences and video. There is plenty of in-depth information on ecosystems and flower anatomy to keep an adult interested. Please email me at sandcastle7@comcast.net for special pricing on multiple copies for classrooms and groups.