Grades 5-10

Easy to navigate ... full of engaging subject matter. Informative and easy-to-use guide'
CD-ROM Today
Deserts are home to an extraordinary web of wildlife, from mammals to cacti, from reptiles to wildflowers. Despite their harsh conditions, deserts are varied, exciting and economically useful ecosystems, which give us an understanding of how living organisms become adapted to adverse environments.

Life in the Desert includes an wide array of photographs of desert regions and desert wildlife, together with extensive maps of the world's deserts, and animations explaining how deserts area formed and maintained. An encyclopedia section details many of the plant and animal species of desert regions together with video sequences of desert animals and desert terrain. Interviews with workers preserving the deserts of the southwestern USA explains how these some times hostile but also fragile regions are threatened by the encroachment of man.

Information on native American peoples of the desert is also included.

With its emphasis on the concepts of adaptation and conservation brought to life with stunning photography and detailed text, Life in the Desert is an ideal companion product to The Rainforest.

 


Grades 5-10

Any Macintosh with system software OS 10 & Native

Any Windows with system software XP