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Our Environment, Threats and Protection
The relentless advance of technology in nearly all areas of life, together with consequences that more
often than not exert an influence on our natural make-up, represent a steadily increasing threat to
the environment. Comprehensive environmental protection is therefore urgently needed. The new
school curricula reflect this need, by including chapters on “Environment, Environmental Threats, En-
vironmental Protection”. This CD attempts to provide a vivid support to such classroom work. Based
on representative examples in the areas of Landscape, Soil, Water and Air, it shows which activities
threaten the make-up of our natural environment and how the resulting perils can be confronted.
9982-1004285
Biotopes und Ecosystems
Habitats left in their natural state are becoming increasingly rare. Using selected examples, these hab-
itats’ wealth of species, the problems of preserving them and the importance for the overall ecologi-
cal framework even of small biotopes are documented and discussed. This CD aims at presenting the
animal and plant populations of these habitats using typical examples, dealing with their adaptations
and their place in the ecosystem. Nearly all photographs were taken in situ, in order to preserve au-
thenticity. The accompanying texts provide detailed explanations on the biology of each species and
the emergence and ecology of each habitat. Animal and plant population of a fishpond and a puddle.
tarn, moor, timber forest, mountain meadows, shallow coastal waters.
9982-1004288
Life in Water
The fascinating underwater world first reveals its diversity when seen under the microscope. The pho-
tographs of this CD unveil the multitude of interesting living organisms that can be found in a single
drop of water taken from a pond. It is like a window into a new, wonderful world: the fascinating, im-
probably rich realm of the smallest living beings. The astonishment caused by things invisible to the
naked eye and the joy of watching these tiny creations of Nature provide the basis and stimulus for a
lively schoolroom teaching experience. Simultaneously, these small creatures constitute the first link
in a feeding chain which leads through small crustaceans and ever larger water animals to humans.
The interaction between the tiniest organisms and fishes is sensitive even to small habitat alterations,
such as changes in water temperature or in oxygen content.
9982-1004289
Further interactive CD-ROMs for teaching in school
and education
9985-1004881
ISBN 978-3-8294-0001-5
CD-ROM Histopathology, English (Macintosh/Windows)
This presentation of a histopathology course unites the view of microscopic
illustrations with spoken explanations in a handy manner. The program ac-
companies medical students through the entire course of histopathology
but it also allows the experienced practitioner to revise basic knowledge.
9982-1004881
9982-1004298 Our Waters, Pollution, Protection
and Recycling
9982-1004299 The Origin of Life and Evolution
9982-1004300 Embryology and Development
9982-1004301 Evolution in Examples
9982-1004302 Anatomy of Phanerogams
9982-1004303 Anatomy of Cryptogams
9982-1004304 Human Parasites and Diseases
9982-1004305 The Forest as a Habitat
9982-1004306 The World of Butterflies
9982-1004307 Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms
9982-1004308 Healing and Poisonous Plants
9982-1004309 Art Forms in Nature – The Realm of
the Infinitesimal
9982-1004310 The Structure of Matter, Part I:
Fundamentals
9982-1004311 The Structure of Matter, Part II:
Petrography and Mineralogy
