Focus on Concepts is a set of numbered learning objectives at the beginning of the chapter that corresponds to each major section of the chapter and identifies the knowledge and skills that students should master by the end of the chapter. This feature helps students prioritize key concepts. Concepts Checks. Within each chapter, every major section concludes with Concept Checks that allow students to monitor their understanding and comprehension of significant facts and ideas.
Give It Some Thought questions and problems are found at the end of each chapter and challenge learners by involving them in activities that require higher order thinking skills to analyze, synthesize, and apply chapter material. Brief, end-of-chapter Data Analysis activities send students outside of the book to online science tools and datasets from organizations such as NASA, NOAA, and USGS, empowering students to apply and extend chapter concepts and develop their data analysis and critical-thinking skills.
Students can use these data resources to create their own maps in MapMaster 2. Content, data, and information ensures Earth Science is current, relevant, and highly readable for beginning students. Many discussions, case studies, examples, and illustrations have been updated or revised. Organization in the geology portion of the text ensures better comprehension of the material.
This was done in response to many users and reviewers of previous editions who wanted the theory of plate tectonics presented earlier in the text because of the unifying role it plays in our understanding of planet Earth. Of course, each unit is basically independent of the others and can be taught in any order desired by the instructor.
Three geologists, using a quadcopter-mounted GoPro camera, ventured into the field to film 10 key geologic locations and processes. These process-oriented videos can be accessed through QR codes in the text, and are designed to bring the field to the classroom and improve the learning experience within the text.
These extraordinary field trips are accessed by using QR codes throughout the text. Over SmartFigure Tutorials present students with a 3- to 4-minute feature mini lesson , most narrated and annotated by Professor Callan Bentley. Each lesson examines and explains the concepts illustrated by the figure in the text. With over SmartFigure Tutorials inside the text, students have a multitude of ways to enjoy art that teaches.
With QR codes, students are given a view of moving figures rather than static art to depict how geologic processes move throughout time. These short video clips help illustrate such diverse subjects as mineral properties and the structure of ice sheets, and include new media such as quadcopter drone videos of coastal erosion in California.
Accessible via QR codes in the text. An unparalleled visual program. In addition to more than new, high-quality photos and satellite images, dozens of figures are new or have been redrawn by illustrator Dennis Tasa. Maps and diagrams are frequently paired with photographs for greater effectiveness, and figures have additional labels that narrate the process being illustrated and guide students as they examine the figures.
Eye on Earth chapter sections provide aerial or satellite views that challenge students to apply their understanding of basic facts and principles. A brief explanation of each image is followed by critical-thinking questions. GEOgraphics are striking visual magazine-style geo-essays that explore topics that promote a greater understanding and add interest to each story. Quick Response QR codes link to over videos and animations, giving readers immediate access to five types of dynamic media, including Project Condor Quadcopter Videos, Mobile Field Trips, Tutorials, Animations, and Videos to help visualize physical processes and concepts.
SmartFigures bring the print book to life. Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their understanding and performance in real time. Here's how it works: students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that also asks them to indicate their confidence level. Questions repeat until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. Once completed, Dynamic Study Modules explain the concepts, helping reinforce student learning.
These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers. Instructors can now remove questions from Dynamic Study Modules to better fit their course.
Pre-Lecture Reading Quizzes ensure that students complete the assigned reading before class and stay on track with reading assignments. Instructors can: NEW! Manage peer-to-peer learning without worrying about case-sensitive names when students join a team. Help students develop critical-thinking skills with a variety of interactive, conceptual, and kinesthetic question formats.
Monitor responses to find out where students are struggling. Rely on real-time data to adjust teaching strategy. Automatically group students for discussion, teamwork, and peer-to-peer learning. These process-oriented videos, accessed through QR codes, are designed to bring the field to the classroom and improve the learning experience within the text. In Mastering, these videos are accompanied by auto-gradable assessments that track what students have learned.
Brief tutorial videos present students with a 3- to 4-minute feature mini lesson , most narrated and annotated by Professor Callan Bentley. Each lesson examines and explains the concepts illustrated by the figure. MapMaster 2. Weathering, Soil, and Mass Movement 9. Running Water and Groundwater Geologic Time Fred Lutgens and Ed Tarbuck have been good friends and colleagues since Between them, they have more than 57 years of experience teaching geology to undergraduates, and both have been recognized with awards as excellent and inspiring professors.
They share a special interest in introducing geology to beginning students and a belief in the value of field experiences for students of all levels. Lutgens and Tarbuck published their first college text, Earth Science, in In , as the 1st edition of Earth was being prepared, gifted geology illustrator Dennis Tasa joined the author team. Since then the three have collaborated on more than 20 projects. Tarbuck enjoys downhill skiing in Colorado, fly fishing near his childhood home in Northern Minnesota, and spending time in the Cascades.
Lutgens is an avid runner, and when he can make the time, truly enjoys hiking the canyons of the Colorado Plateau. Lutgens is devoted to jazz and classical music, whereas Tarbuck prefers pop artists or a good country station. Pearson offers affordable and accessible purchase options to meet the needs of your students. Connect with us to learn more. Access Card Package. We're sorry! We don't recognize your username or password.
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Description For introductory courses in Earth Science. This package includes Mastering Geology. Use dynamic media to bring Earth Science to life Earth Science answers the need for a straightforward text that excites students about the world around them.
By combining trusted author content with digital tools developed to engage students and emulate the office-hour experience, Mastering personalizes learning and improves results for each student. With a wide range of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult Earth Science concepts. For instructors not using Mastering Geology, Pearson eText can also be adopted on its own as the main course material.
Learn more about Pearson eText or contact your rep for purchase options. Preface Preface is available for download in PDF format. Key Features. Concept Checks conclude each major section so students can check their learning. Data Analysis are new activities that take the students outside of the text. SmartFigures Quick Response QR codes link to over videos and animations, giving readers immediate access to five types of dynamic media—including Project Condor Quadcopter Videos, Mobile Field Trips, Tutorials, Animations, and Videos to help visualize physical processes and concepts.
Learn more about Mastering Geology below. Mobile Field Trips Mobile Field Trips videos take students to iconic locations with Michael Collier in the air and on the ground to learn about places that relate to concepts in the chapter. Student Study Area The Study Area is a comprehensive list of learning tools that are accessible to students by simply signing up and registering for Mastering Geology.
Pearson eText optimized for mobile The new Pearson eText gives students access to the text whenever and wherever they can access the internet.
Explore the Mastering Geology interactive walkthrough. Learn more about Mastering. Quick Response QR codes link to over videos and animations, giving readers immediate access to five types of dynamic media, including Project Condor Quadcopter Videos, Mobile Field Trips, Tutorials, Animations, and Videos to help visualize physical processes and concepts.
SmartFigures bring the print book to life. Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their understanding and performance in real time. Here's how it works: students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that also asks them to indicate their confidence level.
Questions repeat until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. Once completed, Dynamic Study Modules explain the concepts, helping reinforce student learning.
These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers.
Instructors can now remove questions from Dynamic Study Modules to better fit their course. Pre-Lecture Reading Quizzes ensure that students complete the assigned reading before class and stay on track with reading assignments.
Instructors can: NEW! Manage peer-to-peer learning without worrying about case-sensitive names when students join a team. Help students develop critical-thinking skills with a variety of interactive, conceptual, and kinesthetic question formats. Monitor responses to find out where students are struggling. Rely on real-time data to adjust teaching strategy. Automatically group students for discussion, teamwork, and peer-to-peer learning.
Three geologists, using a quadcopter-mounted GoPro camera, ventured into the field to film 10 key geologic locations and processes. These process-oriented videos, accessed through QR codes, are designed to bring the field to the classroom and improve the learning experience within the text.
A inset 7 new photos: Chapter-opener and Figures 2. C 13 new photos: Chapter-opener and Figures 4. D, and 4. The discussion of streams now flows in a manner that is easier and more logical for beginning students. Changes include: The idea of drainage basins is introduced near the beginning The concept of river systems is presented and developed to give students a better overview of stream processes. A more complete examination of the "Work of Running Water.
D New and revised line art includes: Figures 5. A New and revised line art includes Figures 6. This chapter has been extensively reorganized, revised, and rewritten. Now more than ever, this chapter clearly summarizes and explains the most important unifying theory in the Earth Sciences.
The new title "A Scientific Theory Unfolds" serves to highlight the fact that a significant emphasis involves tracing the historical development of the theory of plate tectonics as a way of providing students with insight into how science and scientists work.
The completely updated and revised treatment of "Testing the Plate Tectonics Model" is clearer than ever before. No text for an introductory audience or perhaps any audience has art that can compare with what appears in Chapter 8-its clarity and instructional value are unsurpassed. New and revised line art includes: Figures 8.
Substantial revision of Figures 9. The chapter better describes and explains mountain building processes in the context of the theory of plate tectonics. Discussions are clearer, easier to follow and more up to date. Organizationally, the chapter has a more logical progression.
New discussions of the Himalayas and the Appalachians illustrate the evolution of mountains formed by continental collisions. A new, easier to understand section on "Vertical Movements of the Crust" replaces the section on "Buoyancy and the Principle of Isostacy" in the 10e. New photos: Chapter opener and Figures A new "Students Sometimes Ask For example: What's the difference between shore, shoreline, coast, and coastline?
How about foreshore, backshore, nearshore and offshore, etc. Where does the beach fit in? A new piece of line art Figure The reorganized section on "Sand Movement on the Beach" includes a new discussion of "Movement Perpendicular to the Shoreline" New Photos: chapter opener and Figure New box Box B, C, D 3 new photos: Chapter opener, and Figures New SSA on highest wind speeds ever recorded.
New Box It includes two new maps Figures D based on satellite data.
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