The BioScope Initiative brings science to life and makes it fun ! With students, teachers and scientists working in partnership, we create the very best in user-friendly biology material for today's students. The BioScope CD-ROMs are a new generation of web-based, cross platform CDs that can operate via a network or as a single entity.

These CD-ROMs are unique. Usually once a CD-ROM is pressed it becomes history; the information can't be changed. With BioScope, users can connect to the BioScope server through the internet and view the latest available information, continually updated by the BioScope Team.

The BioScope Initiative was developed in the Cytometry Laboratories at Purdue University, Indiana USA. Here an international team of teachers, scientists, educators and students come together to create these web-based CD-ROMs. The project has been funded by the National Science Foundation.

• Teachers plan the content and participate in decision making.

• Research scientists contribute state-of-the-art research technologies and their knowledge.

• Educators who believe in inquiry-based learning ensure that material follows the National Science Education Standards and benchmarks, and that it is relevant and functional.

• Students provide ideas and real life scenarios relevant to them.

BioScope Education (trading as AMPL Software) is responsible for the distribution of all BioScope material in Australia and New Zealand. BioScope CD-ROMs are published by Multimedia Knowledge, Inc (MMK).

Minimum PC requirements

• Pentium 120 processor
• 32 MB RAM
• CD-ROM drive
• SVGA Video card, 65,000 colours, 800x600 resolution
• Windows 95, Netscape 4.0 or Internet Explorer 4.0
• Macromedia Flash 4.0 Plug-in
• Apple Quicktime 5.0 Plug-in

Minimum MAC requirements

• Power PC
• 32 MB Physical RAM with Virtual memeory set to at least 48MB
• CD-ROM drive
• 256 colours, 800x600 resolution
• MAC OS 7.5.1
• Netscape 4.0 or Internet Explorer 4.0
• Macromedia Flash 4.0 Plug-in
• Apple Quicktime 5.0 Plug-in