It contains 10 thematic categories from waterways to wetlands to business and industry. This section shines because its origin is the Canadian resource, Natural Resources Canada, which has spent years developing maps and an archival database of place names, waterway routes, political boundaries, historic facts, and a wealth of other information about Canada. For dessert, Canadian Geographic Magazine articles and National Film Board video clips are linked to areas of interest on the maps. Adventure Canada is a CD-ROM that allows you to explore Canada like never before. Point and click your way through the culture, people and history of Canada.
Kids actually use geographic skill and knowledge to make decision and solve problems.
Along the way, children develop their geographic literacy-the relationships between places, goods and regions. And an understanding of their place in it. The Yukon Trail software program transports student to the Klondike gold rush of 1897-98. Embarking from Seattle, students choose a partner, buy supplies, and make their way to Dawson City in remote northwestern Canada. Along the way, students must make decisions based on information they pick up in conversations with historical figures.