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ConDrift Pre-release 1.0
Acknowledgements.
Thanks are due to Tony Cheal of Ace Computing for providing me with
'Tween' to produce this and other films for use within the Electronic
Scientific Support Material(ESSM) project. Ace Computing are at 27
Victoria Road, Cambridge, CB4 3BW.
Thanks are also due to Computer Concpets for providing me with a
copy of their document processor 'Impression'. Some of the utilities
supplied with Impression have been used in the production of ConDrfit.
Computer Concepts are at Gaddesden Place, Hemel Hempstead, Herts., HP2
6EX.
Some of the pictures have been produced with the aid of Computer
Concepts 'Scan Light Junior'. The scanner was provided by ECS Computers,
Kettlewell House, Kettlewell Lane, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, to whom I owe many
thanks for their help and support in this project to produce Electronic
Scientific Support Material.
About ConDrfit
Please note that this is a pre-release version of ConDrift and
due to certain innacuracies would not normally be distributed.
However, comments from a number of teachers having to teach Earth
Science for the first time has suggested that there is an urgent need for
material such as this. So although the disc is not complete I have
decided to release it. Therefore, if you feel that this file may be of
use to any colleagues please copy it and pass it on. I hope that a new
and more accurate version of the film will be available in 3 to 6
months time. There should also be a short ReadMe file accompanying the
disc giving a brief explanation of Continental Drift.
ConDrift is a loop of film showing how the continents have moved
during the past 250 million years. The film is based on 6 maps which
were originally produced in the late 60's early 70's and the thoughts
and knowledge of the experts has progressed since then. Although I
believe that the changes are mainly fine tuning rather than any
dramatic changes and so the film is, at a general level, accurate.
Except for India, however, part of which actually slides under the
Eurasian plate. There are also definite innacuracies with the movement
of the Eurasia plate during its collision with India. In addition
'minor' (?) islands e.g. Japan are not shown. There is also a slight
problem in interpreting the film, for instance Australia does not look
like Australia because it shows the continental plate at about 100
meters below sea level. So the continental plate consists of both the
land masses of Australia and New Zealand.
ConDrift is part of a teaching course intended to help Science
teachers, and others, teach 'Earth Science'. I hope that the course
will be completed in June 1991.
Although Electronic Scientific Support Material produces mainly
posters and pupil information sheets projects such as Tween films will
be undertaken and released as public domain material from time to
time.
****HELP****
Producing this type of material takes a great deal of time and
money. If you have any expertise in producing written scientific
material, art work or editorial skills or reviewing draft material I
would greatly appreciate your help. If you feel inclined to offer
sponsorship of some sorts I would also be grateful.
If you have any other ideas, comments or information
please contact me at the address given below.
Electronic Scientific Support Material (ESSM).
ESSM is aimed at the science teacher. Its purpose is to produce
high quality scientific pictures, worksheets, posters and at a later
stage technical pictures that are stored on disc. This material can
then be used and altered by teachers to suit their own needs. The
material is copyright free, it may copied and passed on providing the
copyright notice (see below) is observed. The cost of the material is
intended to be about the price of a disc.
In the past teachers have spent many hours producing printed
information/worksheets/diagrams for pupils. Subsequently other
teachers have used them but found that they did not quite meet their
own requirements, or the original author found that the 'goal posts'
had been moved, necessitating the material to be re-written. It
occurred to me that if this work was done on a computer then it would
be easier to tailor the material to suit individual needs. Until
recently such work has been limited to text only, but with the
development of the Archimedes and cheap, high quality, easy to use
scanners such as Computer Concepts 'Scan Light' and 'Scan Junior',
pictures can easily be put into a computer.
Now pictures and text can be combined using desk top publishing
(DTP) software, such as Computer Concepts 'Impression', (which is
technically a document processor, capable of wordprocessing and desk
top publishing) to produce a printed illustrated document. However, as
the information is also on disc it can be easily altered to suit an
individual teachers needs.
Copyright Notice.
The contents of this disc is intended as public domain software
(PDS). It is copyright free and copies of the disc may be made for
free distribution, providing all ReadMe files that are on the original
disc are present on any copied discs. The end user may modify the
contents of the disc to suit their own particular needs, providing
that any alterations are indicated (e.g. within a ReadMe file).
Nicholas Horn. 2nd. of February 1991
Rosemary Musker High School,
Croxton Road,
Thetford,
Norfolk.