Biodisc CD-ROMS on Oceanography

Biodisc offers over 90 educational biology CD-ROMs for teaching concepts in cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, anatomy, ecology, oceanography, anthropology and archaeology.

Ocean interrelationships and ocean life from around the world are featured in our Oceanography educational CD-ROMs.

E-1	CORAL KINGDOM (Hybrid Win/Mac Educational CD-ROM)	$ 99
	This simulation software is designed for inquiry learning of ecological principles. Controlling variables include animal feeding adaptations by analyzing specialization, energetics by creating a food web, animal interrelationships (competition, habitat, symbiosis, survival strategies) and human impacts on complex ecosystems. Learn basic principles of ecology in a meaningful and interesting way by using coral reefs as the vehicle of study in this educational CD-ROM. Principles are taught through 'missions' where the students dive, collect and analyze data from a reef to write a report on their findings. There is a complete catalog of all species for students to use in writing reports and each mission explores a different ecological principle.
O-1	OCEAN LIFE VOLUME 1: (Figi, Tonga and Vanuatu) (Hybrid Win/Mac Educational CD-ROM)	$ 55
	Watch the Southwestern oceans come to life with over an hour of narrated underwater video, original music and extensive underwater photography.
O-2	OCEAN LIFE VOLUME 2: (Micronesia) (Set of two Hybrid Educational CD-ROMs)	$ 55
	This underwater video and photography of more than 150 marine species is the most comprehensive work of its kind including fish behavior on subjects like mating, predation, camouflage, brooding and nesting.
O-3	OCEAN LIFE VOLUME 3: (Hawaii) (Hybrid Win/Mac Educational CD-ROM)	$ 55
	View the Hawaiian archipelago with interactive maps, comprehensive text, photographs and full color video for over 90 species of fish.
O-4	OCEAN LIFE VOLUME 4: (The Great Barrier Reef) (Hybrid Win/Mac Educational CD-ROM)	$ 55
	Three hours of original, narrated underwater video, music and photography highlight the Great Barrier Reef. Extensive text, range maps, photographs and movies for over 200 species of fish are featured.
O-5	OCEAN LIFE VOLUME 5: (The Caribbean) (Windows Educational CD-ROM only)	$ 55
	The Caribbean disc features video for marine plant and animal species with music, range maps, visual index and much more.
O-6	OCEAN LIFE VOLUME 6: (Eastern Pacific) (Hybrid Win/Mac Educational CD-ROM)	$ 55
	Explore the Eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of California in Mexico to the Galapagos Islands, with an hour of underwater video. In addition to the extensive coverage of the fish, invertebrates, rays, sharks and ocean environment of this region, this volume covers the animal life and nature preserves established in the Eastern Pacific. Information on scuba diving in the region is included in this educational CD-ROM.
O-7	FISHES OF THE RED SEA (Windows Educational CD-ROM only)	$ 39
	View a narrated video of each marine species in its natural habitat and learn about habitat, behavior and diet. Search by family or by species and travel through the mangroves, shallow lagoon, reef table, drop off, patch reefs and open water.
O-8	THE WORLD OF SHARKS (Windows Educational CD-ROM only)	$ 39
	Learn about the physiology, behavior and ecology of sharks and rays of the world. All shark and most ray families are covered with details on over 70 species.
O-9	SPONGES (Hybrid Win/Mac Educational CD-ROM)	$ 110
	Intriguing animations show how sponge cells relate to one another and how entire colonies of sponges relate to other organisms. Topics in this educational CD-ROM include: paths of evolution, the definitions of an animal, vertebrate and invertebrate, characteristics of sponges, somatic embryogenesis, theories of multicellular origin, external structures, canal systems, cell types, asexual and sexual reproduction and ecology.
O-10	CNIDARIANS (Hybrid Win/Mac Educational CD-ROM)	$ 144
	Detailed graphics and a comprehensive narration allow students to discover the unique characteristics of this phylum containing corals, sea anemones and jellyfish. Creative animations and illustrations engage students to learn about the unusual strategies the members of this phylum use to eat, move, reproduce and survive. Major topics include: evolutionary history, what makes a Cnidarian an animal, phyllum Cnidaria characteristics, primitive versus advanced features, polyp and medusa body lifecycles, Anthozoans, Scyphozoans and Cubazoans.
O-11	MOLLUSKS (Hybrid Win/Mac Educational CD-ROM)	$ 130
	Vibrant photographs and original three-dimensional artwork reveal the biology of the mollusks from unique evolutionary adaptations of the four major classes to in-depth examinations of unifying organ systems and body structures. Topics include: classifying Mollusks; Mollusk organ systems, specialized structures and appendages; the evolution of Mollusks from Cambrian ancestors, diversity of the classes Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Bivalva and Cephalopoda; Mollusk defense mechanisms, adaptations and the importance of Mollusks to humans as food, pests and jewelry.