Description: Delmar, a part of Cengage Learning, is pleased to announce an amazing new visual resource for use in Earth science education, bringing planet Earth and its systems into the classroom.
Developed by The American Geological Institute, the voice of professional geoscientists, VisionsofEarth™ is a DVD-based series derived from National Science Education Standards. It was designed to fit with current and future Earth science curricula in schools across the country. Drawing upon the American Geological Institute's huge geoscientific archive of HD television footage, this series provides almost two hours of Hollywood style animations, and stunning computer generated images. It will transport students to places within the Earth system that are impossible to visit in any other way, going back in time, plunging into the deep ocean and inside Earth's crust, traveling down through volcanoes, and much, much, more. Table of Contents: Disc 1: Exploring the Geosphere.
Chapter 1. Introducing the Geosphere.
Chapter 2. Origins of the Geosphere.
Chapter 3. Plate Tectonics.
Chapter 4. Tectonics and Surface Processes.
Chapter 5. Evidence of Change.
Chapter 6. The Rock Cycle.
Chapter 7. Types of Rocks.
Chapter 8. Geoscience in Action.
Chapter 9. Monitoring and Modeling.
Chapter 10. Computer Based Technology.
Chapter 11. Humans and the Geosphere.
Chapter 12. Future of the Geosphere Disc 2: Exploring the Fluid Spheres.
Chapter 1. Introducing the Fluid Spheres.
Chapter 2. Formation of the Fluid Spheres.
Chapter 3. Parts of the Fluid Spheres.
Chapter 4. Evidence of Change.
Chapter 5. Water Cycle.
Chapter 6. Atmosphere and Oceans. Chapter 7. Climate and Climate Change.
Chapter 8. Future of the Fluid Spheres.
Chapter 9. Extreme Weather Disc 3: Exploring the Biosphere.
Chapter 1. Introducing the Biosphere.
Chapter 2. Components of the Biosphere.
Chapter 3. Evolution of the Biosphere. Chapter 4. Habitats in the Biosphere.
Chapter 5. The Interdependent Biosphere.
Chapter 6. Carbon in the Biosphere.
Chapter 7. Changes in the Biosphere.
Chapter 8. Biosphere and Geosphere.
Chapter 9. Biosphere and Fluid Spheres.
Chapter 10. Humans and the Earth System Disc 4: Bonus Disc (Tools for Teachers) Part 1: Scientists at Work.
Chapter 1. Subduction in the Pacific Northwest.
Chapter 2. Earthquakes: Episodic Tremor and Slip.
Chapter 3. Scablands of Washington State.
Chapter 4. The Great Lakes.
Chapter 5. Chesapeake Bolide.
Chapter 6. Modeling Deltas.
Chapter 7. Mining Minerals.
Chapter 8. Earth's Magnetic Field. Part 2: Animations. |
