Phytopia
www.bigelow.org/phytopia

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences


This CD-ROM, which can be ordered for a small fee, is an interactive multimedia tools that includes a searchable database of many important planktonic protists from the world's temperate oceans. Satellite images of environmental factors help students understand, in an interactive way, how plankton survive in ever-changing conditions.


Subject: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Marine, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities
Grade Level: Informal
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Ecology