The Universe Beyond

Age Range: 11-Adult
Platforms: Windows and Mac
Medium: CDROM
Cost: $89.95 Teacher's Edition (Lab Packs also available)

Company: Mindscape
Phone: (800) 231-3088

Description:

The Universe Beyond provides detailed information on many astronomical subjects with in-depth articles, videos, photos, and animations. Users can view the night sky from a desktop planetarium, watch a meteor crash to Earth, experience a black hole, or spin through Saturn's rings. The program includes perspectives for astronomy, cosmology, myths, legends, and many mysteries of the cosmos.

Unique viewpoints are shared by five guides - an astronomer, a cosmologist, a physicist, a shaman, and a child.

Features

• Eight 3-D fly-throughs are first-person experiences of what we know, and what might be
• View the night sky from a desktop planetarium, annotated star charts, or full-color photographic images captured by the Hubble telescope and Viking probes
• Numerous animations and full-motion movies illustrate the stories of the skies through voices and images of world cultures past and present
• Five guide personalities share their viewpoints while accompanying your students on investigations of our universe

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