A selection of electronic media and
printed supplementary materials designed
to support both instructors and students
is available to users of this new edition
of Understanding Earth. By focusing
primarily on the importance of visualizing
key concepts in geology, we are providing
instructors with the presentation tools
they need to help their students truly
understand Earth’s processes, and
students with the study tools they need
to study geology effectively and apply
their newly acquired knowledge.
For Instructors
The Instructor’s
Resource CD-ROM (ISBN
0-7167-4509-7) contains
To help
instructors create lecture presentations,
websites, and other resources, this CD-ROM
allows instructors to search
and export
all the resources contained below by key
term or chapter:
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All
text images |
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Animations and videos |
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Instructor’s
Manual |
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PowerPoint files
– lecture slides |
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Test Bank files |
The
Test Bank
(ISBN 0-7167-4516-X [print] and ISBN 0-7167-3803-1
[CD-ROM]) includes approximately 50 multiple-choice
questions for each chapter (over 1000 total).
The Computerized Test Bank CD-ROM provides
the
Test Bank files in an electronic
format that allows professors to edit, resequence,
and add questions.
The Instructor’s
Resource Manual (ISBN
0-7167-4507-0), written by Peter L. Kresan
and Reed Mencke formerly of the University
of Arizona, includes chapter-by-chapter
sample lecture outlines, ideas for cooperative
learning activities and exercises that
can be easily copied and used as handouts
and quizzes, and guides to the Web and
Instructor’s CD resources. The Instructor’s
Manual also includes an instructional
design section that contains teaching
tips from many instructors at the University
of Arizona Learning Center. The Instructor’s
Manual is also available on both
the Instructor’s CD and the Companion
Web Site.
The Overhead
Transparency Set (ISBN
0-7167-3842-2) includes all textbook figures
in full-color acetate transparencies.
The Companion
Web Site at http://www.whfreeman.com/understandingearth5e
provides access to all student materials
on the Web site in addition to a password-protected
Instructor’s site that contains
all the PowerPoint presentations and JPEGs
available on the Instructor’s CD,
the Instructor’s Manual,
and the Quiz Gradebook (which keeps track
of students’ Graded Online Quiz
scores).
Online
Course Materials (WebCT, Blackboard)
As a service for adopters, we will provide
content files in the appropriate online
course format, including the instructor
and student resources for this text.
For Students
The Companion Web Site
at http://www.whfreeman.com/understandingearth5e
includes many study tools that allow students
to visualize geological processes and
practice their newly acquired knowledge.
The Companion Web Site contains
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Animations,
including more than 40 animated figures
from the textbook |
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Online Review
Exercises, which include interactive
exercises, virtual reality field trips,
drag- and-drop exercises, and matching
exercises |
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Flashcards |
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Online Quizzing |
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Concept Self-Checker |
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Geology in Practice
exercises, inquiry-based learning
activities that ask students to apply
their newly acquired knowledge and
think like geologists |
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The Student
Study Guide (ISBN 0-7167-3981-X),
written by Peter L. Kresan and Reed Mencke
formerly of the University of Arizona,
includes tips on studying geology, chapter
summaries, practice exams, and practice
exercises that incorporate figures from
the text and Web resources.
The EarthInquiry
series, developed by the American
Geological Institute in
collaboration with experienced geology
instructors, is a collection of Web-based
investigative activities that provides
a direct way for students to explore and
work with the vast amount of geological
data now accessible via the Web. Covering
such diverse topics as earthquakes and
plate boundaries and the recurrence interval
of floods, each EarthInquiry module asks
students to analyze real-time data in
order to develop a deeper understanding
of fundamental geoscience concepts. Each
module consists of a password-protected
Web component and an accompanying workbook.
For more information about EarthInquiry,
or to read about the various modules currently
available, please visit: http://www.whfreeman.com/earthinquiry/
