Solar System Simulator: Edu Edition - For Mac OS 9.2 & OS X (Other platform tools as well)

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:35:04 GMT, John Steinberg wrote:


http://sssim.com/en/product/edu/manual/index.html


*****Personal remarks:******

I happened across this the other day and have spent just a short time
exploring its capabilities. An impressive package that is probably
worth a gander by all interested in software of this type. Could be a
nice tool for educators, in particular, but also of possible interest
to those who enjoy seeing astronomical phenomena rendered in real and
hyper-real time. Entertaining and educational. Why, it's edutainment!

One word summary: Cool.

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It is very nice. I use the Studio version in the classroom. It handles multiple
displays nicely, so you can run a planetarium type show with an LCD projector
and control it off-screen.

For those using Windows, there are more advanced versions that let you develop
packaged scenarios, nice for lectures or free-running exhibits.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com