Publisher's Synopsis
For Introductory Geology Courses
This user-friendly, best-selling lab manual examines the basic processes of geology and their applications to everyday life. Featuring contributions from over 170 highly regarded geologists and geoscience educators, along with an exceptional illustration program by Dennis Tasa, Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, Tenth Edition offers an inquiry and activities-based approach that builds skills and gives students a more complete learning experience in the lab. The text is available with MasteringGeology®; the Mastering platform is the most effective and widely used online tutorial, homework, and assessment system for the sciences.
This program will provide an interactive and engaging learning experience for your students. Here's how:
- Personalize learning with MasteringGeology®: MasteringGeology provides students with engaging and interactive experiences that coach them through introductory physical geography with specific wrong-answer feedback, hints, and a wide variety of educationally effective content.
- Use activity-based exercises to build students' lab skills. Lab learning objectives are correlated to each activity within the lab, which help students master new skills.
- Prepare both students and teaching assistants for labs. Pre-lab videos introduce students to the content, materials and techniques they will use each lab. Teaching videos help TAs prepare for lab set up and learn new teaching skills.
