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Physical Science
NEW! FALL 2011 "Exercises for Introductory Physical Geography"
Learning Physical Geography in the Southwest
Chris Duvall, University of New Mexico ISBN: 0-89892-379-4 Shrink-wrapped loose pages
This manual is designed for teaching and learning introductory physical geography in the southwestern United States. All exercises include explicit learning objectives to help focus learning. Each exercise provides necessary background information, usually in an introductory section of text or sometimes as references to Internet sites that are also used elsewhere in the exercise. Many exercises also rely on paper maps, graphs, and manual techniques. Some of the exercises include a short section called “Explore some more”. These sections include optional materials and questions that teachers may assign as a regular assignment or as extra credit.

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Table of Contents
1-Geographic Grid and Isoline Maps
2-Topograpghic Maps and Slope Analysis
3-Earth/Sun Relations, Seasons and Temperature
4-Global Circulation
5-Atmospheric Humidity and Orthographic Uplift
6-Mid-Latitude Weather
7-Climate Patterns and Processes
8-Global Climate Regions
9-Groundwater and Soil Moisture
10-Geological Change and Geological Hazards
11-Paleogeography and Paleoclimatology
12-Fluvial Geomorphology of Valleys
13-Fluvial Geomorphology of Channels
14-Glacial Processes and Landforms
15-Global Biomes
16-Human Impacts on Vegetation
17-Wealth and Resource Use
"Introduction to Landforms" 4th
edition
2011

George Brook, University of Georgia
Royle James Heyl, University of Georgia
A.S. Hopkins, University of Georgia
ISBN: 0-89892-373-5 Shrink-wrapped loose pages
This lab manual introduces landform and landscape
characteristics through a series of practical laboratory exercises
that utilize maps and aerial photographs. The major change to this new edition is the integration of computer technology into the exercises. Access to a computer with internet will be required for many of the exercises in the manual. The authors
have added an exercise at the beginning on the use of Google Earth, which is a web-based program that allows users to view a photo-realistic 3-D model of Earth. The students will then correlate these
views with the topographic maps and stereo pairs in the manual. Also new to this edition is the inclusion of 3-D anaglyphs to accompany each of the stereo pairs in the manual. The use of red-blue 3D glasses is necessary to view the anaglyphs and are included in the manual, as well as plastic, hand-held stereo glasses.
The manual contains more than
enough material for at least fourteen two-hour lab sessions. It can be used
with any text, and requires very little additional equipment, other than a computer with internet access.
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Table of Contents
EXERCISES
1-Google Earth Mapping Exercise
2-Topograpghic Maps
3-Aerial Photographs
4-Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
5-Volcanic Landforms
6-Structural Landforms and Geologic Maps
7-Hillslope Form and Mass Wasting
8-Fluvial Landscapes
9-Karst Landscapes
10-Glacial Landforms
11-Periglacial Landforms
12-Coastal Landforms
13-Arid and Semi-Arid Landscapes
14-Landscape Interpretation
APPENDIX
A-Selected Bar Scales
B-Tangent Tables
C-Conversion Tables
D-3-D Anaglyphs
E-Geologic Time Scale
"Studies in Weather and Climate"
4th edition
Philip W. Suckling, Texas State University
ISBN: 0-89892-255-0, Spiral Binding
This manual supplements an introductory weather
and climate, meteorology, or physical geography course by providing
exercises to be used in an independent laboratory or tutorial
session. Each of the 14 chapters consists of objectives and a brief
introduction followed by relevant exercises. The objectives provide
an overall focus for each chapter as well as guidelines for
evaluating student progress. Optional web-based questions are
included in several chapters for those students with Internet
access.
Table of Contents
Ch. 1- Geographic Features of the Earth's Surface
Ch. 2- Composition of the Atmosphere and Earth-Sun Relations
Ch. 3- Energy in the Earth-Atmosphere System
Ch. 4- Temperature and Humidity
Ch. 5- Temperature and Humidity Field Exercise
Ch. 6- Vertical Air Motion, Clouds and Precipitation
Ch. 7- Horizontal Air Motion and the General Circulation of the
Atmosphere
Ch. 8- The Mid-latitude Cyclone
Ch. 9- Weather Map Analysis
Ch. 10- The Tropical Cyclone
Ch. 11- Climate Data and Climate Regimes
Ch. 12- Climate Classification
Ch. 13- Climates of the World
Ch. 14- Climate Variability
Appendix
1- Conversion Factors for Units of Measure
2- Surface Weather Map
3- Global Climates According to the Koppen Classification System
"Deciphering Earth History-
Exercises in Historical Geology" 4th Edition
Robert A. Gastaldo, Colby College
Charles E. Savrda, Auburn University
Ronald D. Lewis, Auburn University
ISBN: 0-89892-316-6, Shrink-wrapped loose pages
This lab manual consists of exercises that are
both traditional and contemporary in approach. Traditional exercises
provide the foundations of our reading of earth history, while
contemporary approaches include small projects designed to
demonstrate the trends on Earth over long intervals of time. DEH
also features eight pages of color images early in the book that
demonstrate basic sedimentary rock types, the primary
sedimentological structures most commonly found in the rock record,
and the environments in which both the rocks and structures form.
Also included are color maps from the USGS.
Table of Contents
EXERCISES
1- Description and Classification of Sedimentary Rocks
2- Interpretation of Sedimentary Rocks
3- Relative Time and Sequence of Events
4- Lithostratigraphy
5- Biostratigraphy
6- Radioisotopic Dating Techniques
7- Geophysical Applications in Stratigraphy
8- Fossil Preservation and Taphonomy
9- Evolution
10- Early Paleozoic Life: The Cambrian Fauna
11- Later Paleozoic Life
12- Post-Paleozoic Life: The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras
13- Paleoecology
14- Paleoclimatology
15- Geologic Maps and Interpretation of Earth History in
Selected Regions
16- Plate Tectonics
APPENDIX
1- Systematic Paleontology
"Laboratory Textbook for
Physical Anthropology"
5th edition
Linda D. Wolfe, East Carolina University
Leslie Sue Lieberman, University of Florida
Dale L. Hutchinson, East Carolina University
ISBN: 0-89892-179-1, Shrink-wrapped loose pages
This is a combination textbook and workbook for
laboratory classes in biological or physical anthropology. It has
been updated and written so that it can be used in 1) laboratory
classes that are part of an introductory course in biological
anthropology or 2) as a combination textbook/ laboratory workbook
for an independent (either lower or upper division) laboratory
course in biological anthropology. The intent is to provide the
student with assignments and laboratory exercises that aid in
understanding and acquiring the research skills employed by
biological anthropologists.
Table of Contents
Preface
Textbook Correlation Chart
Ch 1- Mendelian Genetics
Ch 2- The Genetics of Populations
Ch 3- The Forces of Evolution
Ch 4- Human Blood Types
Ch 5- Human Variability
Ch 6- Medical Genetics
Ch 7- Human Adaptability
Ch 8- Primate Taxonomy and Anatomy
Ch 9- Observing Primate Behavior
Ch 10- Human Dental and Skeletal Anatomy
Ch 11- Fossil Hominids and Hominods
References
Notes to Instructors
Glossary
Index
"Physical Science Laboratory Manual-Fourth Edition"
Russell A. Roy, Van Dubolsky, Greg Mead, Mike Patrick. Santa Fe Community College
ISBN: 0-89892-367-0
This workbook contains exercises and laboratory
activities for use in general education physical science courses.
The exercises help to develop specific skills such as converting
units. The "Hands On" activities are laboratories designed to be
done in one 50 minute period. The activities do not require high
level mathematics; arithmetic and very simple algebra are used, so
the students get some of the flavor of scientific experimentation
more easily.
Table of Contents
EXERCISES
1- Systems of Units and Conversion of Units
2- Scientific Notation
3- Observations and Measurements
4- Temperature Scale Conversions
HANDS ON ACTIVITIES
1- Units
2- Experimental Methodology
3- Time Measurements
4- Calorimetry
5- Conservation of Energy and Global Warming
6- Electrical Measurements
7- Simple Chemical and Physical Changes
8- Covalent Bonds
9- A Simple Spectroscope
10- Lenses and Mirrors
11- Identifying Minerals
12- Identifying Rocks
13- Soil Characteristics
14- Fossil Identification
15- Florida Museum of Natural History: A Self-Guided Field Trip
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