Description
McGraw Hill Exploring Geology by Reynolds
This ground-breaking visually spectacular book was designed from cognitive and educational research on how students think learn and study. Nearly all information in the book is built around 2600 photographs and stunning illustrations rather than being in long blocks of text that are not articulated with figures. These annotated illustrations help students visualize geologic processes and concepts and are suited to the way most instructors already teach. To alleviate cognitive load and help students focus on one important geologic process or concept at a time the book consists entirely of two-page spreads organized into 19 chapters.
Salient Features:
The design of the text consists of a series of two-page spreads. Each spread is designed to concisely convey the important aspects of a geological concept or system. The two-page spread design was greatly influenced by educational and cognitive research on how people learn.
The Reynolds team developed their content based on "what students need to know" (learning objectives) and then created the necessary visuals and wrote the presentation around the visuals.
The text has been designed to encourage inquiry and provide readers with tools to think critically about geologic problems.
1. The Nature of Geology
2. Investigating Geologic Questions
3. Plate Tectonics
4. Earth Materials
5. Igneous Environments
6. Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards
7. Sedimentary
Environments and Rocks
8. Deformation and Metamorphism
9. Geologic Time
10. The Seafloor and Continental Margins
11. Mountains, Basins, and Continents
12. Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
13. Climate, Weather, and Their Influences on Geology
14. Glaciers, Shorelines, and Changing Sea Levels
15. Weathering, Soil, and Unstable Slopes
16.Streams and Flooding
17. Water Resources
18. Energy and Mineral Resources
19. Geology of the Solar System
About Author:
Stephen Reynolds, Steve currently is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State
University, Julia Johnson, Julia K. Johnson is currently a full-time faculty member in the School of Earth and Space
Exploration at Arizona State University, Paul Morin, Chuck Carter