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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
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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
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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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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.

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.

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