CD-ROM: Greece / Europe / The World This digital educational geographic material can be used by pupils and teachers in the 7th and 8th Grades. It is distributed in one CD-ROM that includes:
Maps:
- Greece: Separate maps for the coastline, for the rivers, for the lakes, and for the cities and villages. Also, maps showing the political divisions (municipalities and prefectures).
- Thrace: Separate maps for the coastline, for the rivers, for the lakes, for the cities and villages, plus a road map, a topographic map, and a “make-your-own-map” application (an interactive map consisting of six levels). One of the goals of this application is to show the pupil the relationship between the natural and human-made environment.
- Europe: There are several maps for each of the European countries (presented in alphabetical order) showing contour lines, the inhabited areas, the borders, the road network, the railway network, the drainage network, and there is also a 3-D multi-color digital model of the terrain (Digital Elevation Model, or DEM).
- The World: Americas (North, Central, South), Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania and the World. Separate maps for the inhabited areas, the borders, the road network, the railway network, the drainage network, plus a Digital Elevation Model.
Lesson Plans: Eleven plans in a digital, interactive form on the following topics:
- Comparing Maps
- Mountainous versus Flat areas
- Rivers versus Lakes
- The Deserts of Africa
- The Nile River
- Thrace
- European Capitals
- The Amazon River
- The Andes
- The Himalayas
- The Rivers
Flights: Two virtual flights over:
- The Entire Greece : The “plane” takes off from the Evros prefecture (of Thrace) and flies southward, all the way to Crete, where it turns westward and flies over the Peloponnese with destination the northern Greece. The flight ends where it started, i.e., in the Evros prefecture.
- ThraceThe “plane” starts from the northern edge of the Evros prefecture and flies southwards, then it turns westward, flies over Komotini, and ends its flight in Xanthi
The objective for both flights is to show children how the terrain changes from place to place, and to help them develop their sense of direction and orientation.
