Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology

Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology is the most widely adopted, user-friendly manual available for teaching laboratories in introductory geology and geoscience. The American Geological Institute (AGI) and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) have overseen the creation of the manual. Supporting materials include a premium website, www.mygeoscienceplace.com, GeoTools (ruler, protractor, UTM grids, sediment grain size scale, etc.), an Instructor Resource Guide, and resources on the Instructor Resource Center (IRC) on DVD.

Robert W. proposed the concept for this collaboratively sponsored laboratory manual. Ridky (past president of NAGT and a member of the AGI Education Advisory Committee), who envisioned a manual made up of the “best laboratory investigations written by geology teachers.”

To that end, this product is the 25-year evolution of the cumulative ideas of more than 200 contributing authors, faculty peer reviewers, and students

  NEW TO THIS EDITION

The 9th  edition incorporates numerous new activities and figures, as well as dynamic pedagogical changes and practical revisions based on feedback from faculty and students who have utilized previous editions. The following list outlines the new features introduced in this edition:

New Activity-based User-friendly Format

• Activity-Based Exercises linked to Learning Objectives

We have organized the laboratories into an activity-based format in response to numerous requests. Each lab’s specific learning objective is correlated with an activity within the lab.

• Tear-out pages containing each activity follow the laboratory’s introductory section.

When students tear out and hand in an activity for grading, their manual will still contain the significant text and reference figures that they need for future study. Grading of students’ work is easier because all students submit their own work in a similar format. Instructors save time, resources, and money because they no longer need to photocopy and hand out worksheets to supplement the manual.

This user-friendly, best-selling lab manual examines the basic processes of geology and their applications to everyday life. Featuring contributions from over 170 highly regarded geologists and geoscience educators, along with an exceptional illustration program by Dennis Tasa, Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, Ninth Edition offers a new activities-based approach that gives you a more complete learning experience in the lab.