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This all new, completely redesigned online lab, laboratory manual, and specimen kit replaces the Geology Laboratory for Distance Learners by Coast Learning Systems & J. Ruhle.
Geology Laboratory for Distance Learners will not be available after 8/15/11 or upon exhaustion of remaining inventory.
Introductory Physical Geology Laboratory for Distance Learning, manual and laboratory kit, is part of an intensive laboratory course that explores the basic concepts and principles of physical geology. Each lesson includes specific learning objectives that students should use to prepare for the lab. The lab manual includes exercise and procedures that illuminate the central principles of physical geology. Each lab lesson includes questions designed to help students analyze, review, and apply knowledge of the material covered in the lab course. Reading the lab manual, watching the video clips and completing the activities in the online component, and completing the lab exercises will provide the student with a learning experience equivalent to a traditional on-campus offering.
The online portion of Introductory Physical Geology Laboratory for Distance Learning is hosted by Coast Learning Systems. The content is presented in Moodle, and instructors can customize the course, reorder content, “turn off” content, and/or add their own content, exercises, and assessments. Students access the online content via your CMS/LMS. A one-time use serial number is provided on the inside front cover the laboratory manual; therefore, each student must purchase a lab kit. Coast Learning Systems will provide instructors with a unique URL for linking.
Please feel free to contact Coast Learning Systems for more information, (800) 547-4748. Sample kits should be requested from Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. Please contact Deb at (800) 247-3458, ext. #5.
The laboratory kit contains the materials and mineral samples necessary to conduct the lab exercises contained in each lesson. Each lesson in the lab manual contains the following elements:
•Overview
This section introduces the topics covered in the lab exercises, explains why they are important, and makes connections to previous lesson concepts that students need to remember.
•Learning Objectives
These objectives outline the significant goals to be achieved after students complete each lesson.
•Materials
This section provides a list of materials that will be needed to complete the lab exercises. Some items are provided in the lab kit, and others may need to be purchased or borrowed if they are not readily available in the home.
•Illustrations
These drawing and photographs have been included to amplify a student’s understanding of specific concepts or to illustrate particular steps and procedures within the course of various lab experiments.
•Online Activities
This section involves using the Internet to access the course website, where students will participate in a variety of interactive games and simulations, watch videos, view images, and complete quizzes based on these activities.
•Quiz
This section includes a variety of questions designed to verify the student comprehension of the lab exercises and will help student make connections to and apply the principles covered within the course.
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) recaps the content, learning objectives, and laboratory activities.