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For lab courses in physical geography and atmospheric sciences. Applied Lab Investigations to Improve Students' Understanding of Earth's Physical Geography Physical Geography Laboratory Manual for McKnight's Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation provides a comprehensive set of lab exercises to accompany any physical geography curriculum. Designed for flexibility, lab exercises vary in length and required skill set, allowing educators to pick and choose activities that align with lesson plans. The 12th edition now includes new labs on Groundwater and GIS and Remote Sensing , along with a new dedicated MasteringGeography course with eText that includes a variety of media-rich assignable activities, as well as pre and post lab assessments for each lab exercise. Quick-response (QR) codes in many lab exercises gives students immediate access to online content, creating a more engaging learning process. Also available with MasteringGeography(tm) MasteringGeography is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product proven to improve results by helping students quickly master physical geography concepts. Students benefit from self-paced coaching activities that feature personalized wrong-answer feedback and hints that emulate the office-hour experience and help keep students on track. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain challenging course concepts. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MasteringGeography, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.Product Identifiers
PublisherPearson Education
ISBN-100134561015
ISBN-139780134561011
eBay Product ID (ePID)221520008
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NamePhysical Geography Laboratory Manual
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEarth Sciences / Geography
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
AuthorDarrel Hess
Subject AreaScience
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight28.8 Oz
Item Length10.7 in
Item Width8.4 in
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Edition Number12
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Table of ContentMetric Conversions Location Time Map Scale Map Projections Isolines Landscape Analysis with Google EarthTM and the National Map Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Earth-Sun Relations Solar Angle Insolation Temperature Patterns Air Pressure Wind Humidity Adiabatic Processes Stability Midlatitude Cyclones Weather Maps Weather Satellite Images Doppler Weather Radar Hurricanes Climate Classification Weather Variability and Climate Change Groundwater Biomes and Ecological Land Units Soils Contour Lines U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps Topographic Profiles U.S. Public Land Survey System Aerial Photographs and Stereograms Plate Tectonics Volcanoes Volcanic Calderas Faulting The San Andreas Fault Mass Wasting Drainage Basins Floodplains Stream Drainage Patterns Stream Rejuvenation Flood Recurrence Intervals Karst Topography Desert Landforms Sand Dunes Continental Glaciation Alpine Glaciation Coastal Landforms