with Pearson eText Used by more tha

with Pearson eText Used by more than 1 million science students, the Mastering platform is the most effective and widely used online tutorial, homework, and assessment system for the sciences. Now available with Foundations of Earth Science, eighth edition, MasteringGeology™ offers tools for use before, during, and after class: • Before class: Assign adaptive Dynamic Study Modules and reading assignments from the eText with Reading Quizzes to ensure that students come prepared to class, having done the reading. • During class: Learning Catalytics, a “bring your own device” student engagement, assessment, and classroom intelligence system, allows students to use a smartphone, tablet, or laptop to respond to questions in class. With Learning Catalytics, you can assess students in real-time, using open-ended question formats to determine student misconceptions, and adjust lectures accordingly. • After class: Assign an array of assessment resources such as Mobile Field Trips, Project Condor videos, Interactive Simulations, GeoDrone activities, Google Earth Encounter Activities, and much more. Students receive wrong-answer feedback personalized to their answers, which will help them get back on track. MasteringGeology Student Study Area also provides students with self-study materials including all of the SmartFigures, geoscience animations, GEODe: Earth Science tutorials, In the News RSS feeds, Self Study Quizzes, Web Links, Glossary, and Flashcards. For more information or access to MasteringGeology, please visit www.masteringgeology.com.
Instructor’s Resource Materials (Download Only) The authors and publisher have been pleased to work with a number of talented people who have produced an excellent supplements package. Instructor’s Resource Materials (IRM) The IRM puts all your lecture resources in one easy-to-reach place:
• The IRM provides all of the line art, tables, and photos from the text in .jpg files. • The IRM provides three PowerPoint files for each chapter. Cut down on your preparation time, no matter what your lecture needs, by taking advantage of these components of the PowerPoint files: • Exclusive art. All of the photos, art, and tables from the text, in order, loaded into PowerPoint slides. • Lecture outlines. This set averages 70 slides per chapter and includes customizable lecture outlines with supporting art. • Classroom Response System (CRS) questions. Authored for use in conjunction with classroom response systems, these PowerPoints allow you to electronically poll your class for responses to questions, pop quizzes, attendance, and more.
Instructor Manual (Download Only) The Instructor Manual has been designed to help seasoned and new professors alike, and it offers the following for each chapter: an introduction to the chapter, an outline, and learning objectives/Focus on Concepts; teaching strategies; teacher resources; and answers to Concept Checks, Concepts in Review, and Give It Some Thought questions from the textbook.
TestGen Computerized Test Bank (Download Only) TestGen is a computerized test generator that lets instructors view and edit Test Bank questions, transfer questions to tests, and print tests in a variety of customized formats. The Test Bank includes approximately 1,200 multiple-choice, matching, and essay questions. Questions are correlated to Bloom’s Taxonomy, each chapter’s learning objectives, the Earth Science Literacy Initiative Big Ideas, and the Pearson Science Global Outcomes to help instructors better map the assessments against both broad and specific teaching and learning objectives. The Test Bank is also available in Microsoft Word and can be imported into Blackboard. www .pearsonhighered.com/irc Blackboard Already have your own website set up? We will provide a Test Bank in Blackboard or formats for importation upon request. Additional course resources are available on the IRC and are available for use with permission.
Acknowledgments Writing a college textbook requires the talents and cooperation of many people. It is truly a team effort, and the authors are fortunate to be part of an extraordinary team at Pearson Education. In addition to being great people to work with, all are committed to producing the best textbooks possible. Special thanks to our geoscience editor, Andy Dunaway, who invested a great deal