The Digital Field Trip to the Desert
Learning about Desert Ecology
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The Digital Field Trip to the Desert transports you to five North American desert locations using QuickTime Virtual Reality. Visit the surprisingly lush, green Sonoran Desert, the brightly colored landscape of the Painted Desert and the Cattail Falls oasis in Big Bend National Park. Explore the barren landscape of the Black Rock Desert or experience the blinding glare and oppressive heat of Death Valley - without the heat stroke.
And that's just for starters!
Did you know that not all deserts are hot and sandy? Enjoy spectacular and varied desert scenery from around the world, learn about desert landscape formation and erosion, and test your knowledge with the Climatic Influences Quiz.
Discover the many intriguing ways in which organisms have evolved to cope with harsh desert conditions. Learn why pinacate beetles are so well adapted to the extreme desert environment. See how millipedes drink
(you'll be surprised). Find out why some cacti jump out
at unsuspecting passers-by.
Play the Build-a-Desert game and meet the challenge of creating a balance ecosystem with a wide variety of organisms and limited resources. Investigate how animals internally regulate and/or conform to different environments through homeostasis.
Examine how human impact and desertification shapes and distorts these lands and how deserts contribute to the overall health of our entire planet.
However, the field trip is just the starting point. Students and nature enthusiasts will learn about all aspects of desert ecology in four other major sections of this comprehensive package:
Desert Types
Discover what makes a desert a desert. Learn about all of the world's major desert regions, including pictures collected from all over the planet.
Desert Mechanisms
See the processes that formed and shape the deserts. Topics include: rocks and minerals, how wind and water can affect the landscape, weathering and a landforms quiz.
Desert Study
The Desert Study includes an extensive section on the ways desert plants and animals are adapted to survive the challenges of living in arid regions. You can also create your own desert ecosystem in the Build-a-Desert game using the more than 50 organisms featured in The Digital Field Trip to the Desert. Also in this section is a primer on homeostasis.
Other Features
Like all Digital Frog International products, The Digital Field Trip to the Desert also includes a host of other features:
- An interactive map
- Definitions of every word and pronunciations of scientific words
- Ability to bookmark favorite screens
- Online updates