Starry Night. Imaginova.STARRY star·ry adj. star·ri·er, star·ri·est 1. Marked or set with stars or starlike objects. 2. Shining or glittering like stars. 3. Shaped like a star. 4. Illuminated by stars; starlit. NIGHT. Imaginova. (284 Richmond Street East, Suite 300, Toronto, Ont. Canada M5A 1P4; (800) 252-5417; http://store.starrynightstore.com/education.html.) c2005. Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. , 500 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. min. Macintosh OSX See Mac OS X. 10.3 min, G3; for both: monitor res. 1024x 768 pixels min., 128MB, 500MB hard disk space. Middle school (gr. 6-8): 3 CD-ROMS, teacher's guide. 1-894395-45-X. $99.95. High school (gr. 9-12): 4 CD-ROMS, teacher's guide. 1894395-44-1. $169.95. JS Starry Night provides an appealing and interesting way for students to explore astronomy. Included in each package are the DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Skytheater, featuring movies and web tie-ins; the Starry Night software: and a teacher's guide. Seven movies on Skytheater introduce various astronomical topics, with commentary by scientists and absorbing visuals. One class period is enough to view each movie in its entirety. Smaller five-minute segments can be interspersed within a lesson. Web links to space.com complement these movies with current events and news about space exploration: however, caution should be exercised, as advertising is present throughout the site. The teacher's guide explains how to get started, shows correlations to science learning standards Learning Standards is a term used to describe standards applied to education content, particularly in the US K-12 space. The Learning Standards themselves can can be found on the individual web sites for states [1] for all states, and provides ready-to-use assessments and a large section of lesson plans and activities for use with the software. The main navigation window of the software is a large pane displaying the night sky. Users can alter the way they view the sky by using the Options tab on the side pane. For example, constellations can be seen as simply star formations or with connecting lines between the stars as well as with overlaying illustrations. The side pane includes options for searching the database for specific items, creating favorites lists, viewing additional information on selected objects in the sky view, going to LiveSky, which collects current astronomical images from observatories and satellites via the Web, activating Skyguide for a guided tour guided tour guide n → visite guidée; what time does the guided tour start? → la visite guidée commence à quelle heure? of the night sky, or selecting Calendar, which "contains a current chronological list of upcoming events and regional star parties." The Sky View tool bar adjusts the view of the sky based on local coordinates Local coordinates are measurement indices into a local coordinate system or a local coordinate space. A simple example is using house numbers to locate a house on a street; the street is a local coordinate system within a larger system composed of city townships, . Also on the tool bar is a Time Flow Rate button, which controls the speed at which time is passing in the sky. Starry Night is a dynamic multimedia program that would complement and enhance classroom teaching and library research on the subject of astronomy. Ernie Cox, Libn., St. Timothy's School St. Timothy's School (HDGHS) is a four-year private all-girls boarding high school in Stevenson in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school is located just north of Baltimore City in Baltimore County less than a mile north of I-695, the Baltimore Beltway. , Raleigh, NC J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. *--The asterisk highlights exceptional books. |
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