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More Than just Frogs and Field trips
While we at Digital Frog International are known for frog dissections and digital field trips, our educational software covers much, much more. From anatomy to the flow of matter and energy. From adaptation to geology, our software covers a wide range of topics you teach in your classroom.
Use this chart to help you evaluate which products best fit with your curriculum needs.
This page can also be downloaded as a printable PDF.
✓ - detailed study | • - supporting materials
The Living Environment
| SPECIFIC TOPICS | The Digital Frog 2.5 | The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands | The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest | The Digital Field Trip to The Desert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DIVERSITY OF LIFE |
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Animal comparisons |
✓ |
✓✓ |
✓✓✓ |
✓✓✓✓ |
Animal adaptations |
✓ |
✓✓ |
✓✓✓ |
✓✓✓✓ |
Plant comparisons |
✓✓ |
✓✓✓ |
✓✓✓✓ |
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Plant adaptations |
✓✓ |
✓✓✓ |
✓✓✓✓ |
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Sort living things |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Plants vs. animals |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Plant structure & function |
✓ |
✓✓✓ |
✓✓ |
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Animal structure & function |
✓✓✓✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
Classification according to internal & external features |
✓ |
• |
• |
• |
Species |
✓ |
• |
✓✓ |
• |
Global food web |
• |
• |
• |
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Variation within species & their survival under changed conditions |
✓✓ |
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INTERDEPENDENCE OF LIFE |
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Animal dependencies (food, shelter, nesting, pollination, dispersal) |
✓ |
✓✓✓ |
✓✓ |
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Biodiversity |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
✓ |
Adaptations: survival success of different animals in a given environment |
✓ |
✓✓✓ |
✓✓✓ |
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Detritivores: insects & other organisms |
✓ |
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Habitat changes: harmful or beneficial |
✓ |
✓✓ |
✓✓ |
✓✓ |
Microorganisms: beneficial decomposers |
✓ |
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Competition for resources |
✓ |
✓✓ |
✓✓✓ |
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Physical/abiotic conditions determine growth & survival |
✓✓ |
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Interactions/relationships (eg. producer/consumer, predator/prey) |
✓✓ |
✓✓ |
✓✓ |
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Ecosystems: change (climate/new species) |
✓ |
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Ecosystems & humans (human impact) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
✓✓✓ |
FLOW OF MATTER & ENERGY |
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Plant & animal requirements |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
Material recycling |
✓ |
✓ |
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Animal food originates with plants |
✓✓ |
✓ |
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Energy needed for life & growth |
✓✓ |
• |
• |
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Organisms are constantly growing, reproducing, dying, decaying |
✓ |
• |
• |
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Food: building materials, energy/fuel |
✓ |
• |
• |
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Food: photosynthesis |
✓✓ |
• |
✓ |
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Food: breakdown for energy & materials |
✓✓ |
• |
• |
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Energy: food energy from plants |
✓✓✓ |
• |
✓ |
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Energy: animals oxidize food for energy, most energy lost as heat |
✓ |
• |
• |
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Fossil fuels |
✓ |
✓ |
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Life limited by abiotic factors |
✓ |
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Nutrient cycles |
✓✓ |
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Human impact reduces fertility of land |
✓✓✓ |
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Sunlight energy fuels food web |
✓✓ |
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EVOLUTION |
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Different organisms have different features to help them survive in different kinds of places |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Differences within a species may lead to an advantage in surviving & reproducing |
✓✓ |
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How species change: environmental conditions |
✓✓ |
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Natural selection |
• |
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✓ - detailed study
• - supporting materials
The Human Organism
| SPECIFIC TOPICS | The Digital Frog 2.5 | The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands | The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest | The Digital Field Trip to The Desert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASIC FUNCTIONS | ||||
| Circulatory system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Digestive system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Musculoskeletal system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Control system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Immune system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Urogenital system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Endocrine system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Respiratory system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Nervous system | ✓✓✓✓ |
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| Interacting systems | ✓✓✓✓ |
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✓ - detailed study
The Digital Frog 2.5 looks at each frog system in detail & compares
it to humans.
The Physical Setting
| SPECIFIC TOPICS | The Digital Frog 2.5 | The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands | The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest | The Digital Field Trip to The Desert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
THE EARTH |
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Water cycling & climate |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Fresh water sources & protection |
✓ |
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Ocean currents - climate |
✓ |
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Earth’s resources & conservation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Life’s adaptations (gravity, atmosphere, sun’s radiation) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Weather & climate (winds & ocean currents) |
✓ |
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PROCESSES THAT SHAPE THE EARTH |
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Rock classification |
• |
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Plants & animals may cause change |
✓ |
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Waves, wind & water (erosion & deposition) |
✓ |
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Rocks, minerals & soil |
✓✓ |
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Changes in earth’s surface: slow & fast |
• |
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Sedimentary rock |
✓ |
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Metamorphic rock |
✓ |
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Rock & its history: minerals, temperatures, forces |
✓ |
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Rock layers: folding, breaking, uplifting |
✓ |
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Soil composition |
✓ |
✓ |
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Human impact on the environment & ecosystems |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
✓✓✓ |
Plants’ role in atmosphere |
• |
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Rock cycle |
✓ |
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✓ - detailed study
• - supporting materials
