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Encyclopedia Britannica - My
Body, Myself
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Item # 28351
Ages: 7 - 12
Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica
Original List Price: $29.95
Runs Under: Windows
Condition: New
Format: CD-ROM
Packaging:
Jewel Case
Our
Price: $ 16.95
(Other Science
Software)
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Discover How
and
Why Your Body Works
PRODUCT INFORMATION
My
Body, Myself presents a virtual museum with interactive exhibits and
information on the health structure, and processes of the human body.
In the entrance hall of the museum, you can select any of six main
topics, each of which is oriented in its own hall.
Proceed into the hall of your choice, and you will find provocative
questions that invite you to seek information on subjects that range
from the way
the heart worked to changes that the body undergoes during puberty.
All this information makes up a knowledge base that combines with
project-oriented investigations to provide a focused, interactive
environment for exploring the human body.
Includes
- Topics
- Explore the processes of the body by searching the knowledge base
- Search
- Quickly search by using Glossary Listing or the Search Windows
- Investigation
- Challenge yourself with self-studies and activities
- 3-D
Models - Further your options with the provided Internet links
- Toolbar
- Use toolbars with ease! The upper section contains shortcut buttons
for various functions, and the lower section stores minimized windows
as icons
- Image
& Narration - Enlarge many images to full screen and listen to the
narrated feature presentations
Product
Features
Energy
How does the body create energy from food? Watch the digestive system
at work!
Growth and Development
How does a baby grow into adulthood? Search here to unravel the mystery
of human development!
Information Processing
How does the brain receive information and respond? Observe the nervous
system's role!
Circulation
What is blood? Find out here while accompanying blood cells on a
journey through the human body!
Defense
What keep us from getting sick? Study topics from the role of blood
cells to germ research.
Movement
What occurs in a step? A jump? Click here to view bone movements in
interactive 3-D modes, and see muscles, bones, and joints function in
the body.
Requirements
- Windows
- Windows
95/98/Me/2000/XP
- Pentium
233MHz (500MHz for XP)
- 64MB
RAM (128MB RAM for Windows 2000 and XP)
- 3D
accelerator (recommended)
- AGP
Graphics card with 4MB memory (8MB recommended)
- Color
depth 16 bits - resolution 600x800
- 8X
Speed CD-ROM Drive
- Sound
card 16 bits
- Mouse
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