Geology & Oceanography

• NEW - Groundbreaking Media Package—bring to life the latest edition of Earth Science. The ninth edition includes a companion Website, new GEODe II CD-ROM (included with every copy of the text), Presentation Manager software, and more complete, state-of-the-art media for both students and instructors.

• NEW - GEODe II CD-ROM—Created by renowned illustrator and CD-ROM developer Dennis Tasa in collaboration with Edward Tarbuck and Frederick Lutgens, GEODe II provides a highly interactive learning experience for beginning Earth Science students. This dual platform CD-ROM provides exercises and activities that increase students' understanding of Earth science facts and concepts. Excellent animations, illustrations, and photographs accompany explanations to make this an especially effective learning tool. GEODe II is packaged, in a special two-for-the-price-of-one offering, with every copy of the text. The authors have placed CD icons throughout the book (in the table of contents, and beside the major headings within the text), to indicate where there is corresponding tutorial material on GEODe II.

  • Allows students to examine and review important concepts.

• NEW - Completely revised Companion Website by Kenneth Pinzke—Tied chapter-by-chapter to the text.

  • The Tarbuck and Lutgens Website helps launch students' exploration of Earth science. Labeling Exercises give students hands-on experience and actively engages them; Essay questions provides an opportunity for students to think critically about issues in Earth science; multiple choice questions give students extra practice on key concepts and provide immediate feedback/results on their performance; annotated Web destinations enable students to explore beyond the pages of the text to see the geosciences in action.

• NEW - Presentation Manager—User-friendly presentation manager includes most images from the Tarbuck and Lutgens text plus animations from the GEODe II CD-ROM.

  • Enables instructors to custom-build multimedia lectures. Allows instructors to organize items, preview resources by chapter, search the digital library by keyword, and integrate media from their hard drive, a network, or the Internet.

• NEW - A stronger emphasis on the “Earth as a system” theme—Woven throughout the text. Contains “Examining the Earth System” questions and problems in the chapter-end sections.

  • Helps develop students' awareness and appreciation for some of the Earth system's important relationships. Ex.___

• NEW - Interactions between people and the environment—A second important theme. While presenting basic Earth science principles, the text explores many human-environment issues as well.

• NEW - Updated topics—e.g., the oceans, including a new discussion of “Marine Life Zones” in Ch. 12; a substantial new section on “El Niño and Global Weather;” expanded and reorganized introductory material that provides a better overview of the planet, with greater emphasis on Earth as a system and on human interactions with the environment; and more.

  • Keeps students up to date on the most significant recent developments in this discipline. Ex.___

• NEW - Approximately 125 new photos and dozens of revised pieces of line art.

  • Aids students in visualizing and understanding key Earth science concepts. Ex.___

• Earth Science retains the hallmarks professors have come to expect from Tarbuck—A student-friendly writing style, carefully crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are scientifically accurate and visually appealing, and coverage of the most recent environmental events.

• Groundbreaking Media Package—bring to life the latest edition of Earth Science. The ninth edition includes a companion Website, new GEODe II CD-ROM (included with every copy of the text), Presentation Manager software, and more complete, state-of-the-art media for both students and instructors.

• GEODe II CD-ROM—Created by renowned illustrator and CD-ROM developer Dennis Tasa in collaboration with Edward Tarbuck and Frederick Lutgens, GEODe II provides a highly interactive learning experience for beginning Earth Science students. This dual platform CD-ROM provides exercises and activities that increase students' understanding of Earth science facts and concepts. Excellent animations, illustrations, and photographs accompany explanations to make this an especially effective learning tool. GEODe II is packaged, in a special two-for-the-price-of-one offering, with every copy of the text. The authors have placed CD icons throughout the book (in the table of contents, and beside the major headings within the text), to indicate where there is corresponding tutorial material on GEODe II.

  • Allows students to examine and review important concepts.

• Completely revised Companion Website by Kenneth Pinzke—Tied chapter-by-chapter to the text.

  • The Tarbuck and Lutgens Website helps launch students' exploration of Earth science. Labeling Exercises give students hands-on experience and actively engages them; Essay questions provides an opportunity for students to think critically about issues in Earth science; multiple choice questions give students extra practice on key concepts and provide immediate feedback/results on their performance; annotated Web destinations enable students to explore beyond the pages of the text to see the geosciences in action.

• Presentation Manager—User-friendly presentation manager includes most images from the Tarbuck and Lutgens text plus animations from the GEODe II CD-ROM.

  • Enables instructors to custom-build multimedia lectures. Allows instructors to organize items, preview resources by chapter, search the digital library by keyword, and integrate media from their hard drive, a network, or the Internet.

• A stronger emphasis on the “Earth as a system” theme—Woven throughout the text. Contains “Examining the Earth System” questions and problems in the chapter-end sections.

  • Helps develop students' awareness and appreciation for some of the Earth system's important relationships. Ex.___

• Interactions between people and the environment—A second important theme. While presenting basic Earth science principles, the text explores many human-environment issues as well.

• Updated topics—e.g., the oceans, including a new discussion of “Marine Life Zones” in Ch. 12; a substantial new section on “El Niño and Global Weather;” expanded and reorganized introductory material that provides a better overview of the planet, with greater emphasis on Earth as a system and on human interactions with the environment; and more.

  • Keeps students up to date on the most significant recent developments in this discipline. Ex.___

• Approximately 125 new photos and dozens of revised pieces of line art.

  • Aids students in visualizing and understanding key Earth science concepts. Ex.___

(with chapter by chapter changes)

Introduction.

I. THE SOLID EARTH.

II. THE OCEANS.

III. THE ATMOSPHERE.

IV. ASTRONOMY.

Earth Science  (Geology & Oceanography)
Earth Science  (Geography & Atmospheric Sciences)

• 
  Earth Science, 8/E
  Tarbuck & Lutgens
  ©1997 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 638 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0135708397 | ISBN-13: 9780135708392
  Suggested retail price: $92.00  Net price: $69.00  (What's this?)Brief Description

  

  Appropriate for Earth Science courses found in both geology and/or geography departments. This user-friendly survey of our physical environment includes coverage of geology, meteorology, astronomy, and oceanography for students with little or no college-level science background. Best-selling text in market.

• 
  Earth Science, 12/E
  Tarbuck, Lutgens & Tasa
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 768 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136020070 | ISBN-13: 9780136020073
  Suggested retail price: $126.67  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $95.00  (What's this?)Brief Description

  

  For introductory courses in Earth Science in departments of Geology, Geography, Atmospheric Sciences, and Education.

   

  The twelfth edition of Earth Science offers a user-friendly overview of our physical environment with balanced, up-to-date coverage of geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology for the undergraduate student with little background in science.  The emphasis is on readability, with clear example-driven explanations.  The twelfth edition takes full advantage of the subject’s visual appeal, with discussions reinforced by incredible color photos and superb illustrations by Earth science illustrator and geologist Dennis Tasa.

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This package contains:
•   Tasa, Tarbuck & Lutgens, CD-ROM (Component Item) (1999)
•   Tarbuck & Lutgens, Earth Science, 9/E (2000)

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