Exciting digital resources support your physical geology lab, online or in-person.
With an interactive ebook, animations, Geotours activities for virtual field trips, and more, Ludman and Marshak's lab has everything you need for an engaging, successful lab whether you teach in-person or online. The Instructor’s Manual offers helpful and creative resources for lecture planning and classroom activities, including backgrounds for each lab, suggestions for implementing lab manual exercise, and thorough answers to all exercises.
3D Models
3D models of geologic specimens allow students to explore these geologic features in a tactile way, even in an online setting. Available standalone and embedded in the Norton Ebook.
Geotours
Geotours are active-learning tours that take students on virtual field trips to see outstanding examples of geology around the world through Google Earth links, available in an easily downloadable KMZ file. Just drop the file in Google Earth and it’s ready to go!
Pre-Class Prep Exercises
The Pre-Class Preparation Exercises offer readily available questions designed to bridge the gap between reading assignments and in class discussion. A mixture of short answer and multiple-choice questions reinforce concepts learned from pre-class reading assignments. Self-grading versions of the multiple-choice questions are also available in the Resources for Your LMS files.
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