EcoDisc

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The EcoDisc is a simulation of a real nature reserve in which students are free to explore and experiment for themselves. The disk is aimed mainly at students aged 14-18 who are studying ecology.

The project, an off-shoot of the Domesday Project, it was 2 years in the making includes 4000 photographs, 150 video sequences and over 1000 kilobytes of software." It is about a real nature reserve at Slapton Ley in Devon, you have the opportunity to explore the reserve and its inhabitants and to manage it.

The material is based on the original BBC Ecodisc (LV-ROM version), produced by Peter Bratt and Stewart Atkins. CD-ROM for the Apple Macintosh produced by the BBC Interactive Television Unit.

Designed to run directly from CD-ROM

Platform: Apple Macintosh Plus or SE or II minimum 1 Mb RAM 80Mb CD-ROM Hard Disk

Mac OS

Hypercard supplied on CD-ROM

Application Software (AS:) Educational

Version: 1989

Platform :	Apple Mac Compact
Format :	CD-ROM
Publisher :	ESM
Authors :	Matthew Vosburgh, Mark Wilson, Karen Frazer
Date :	1989
Product Code :

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