Reconstructing Earth's Climate History: Inquiry-based Exercises for Lab and Class
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.79 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118232941 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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St. Jones' broad background and experience in marine micropaleontology/paleoceanography, sed/strat and field geology offers her students options to pursue field experiences and undergraduate research. John is a marine sedimentologist, specializing in high latitude paleoclimate records and reconstructing ice-
They have, without question, lived up to the billing. say that they were driven by the philosophy that "addressing how we know is as important as addressing what we know about past climate". Environment and Pollution, 1 May 2013). In fact, the graphic elements are the central features of this book, and the text, which is mostly organized by series of questions, tasks, and boxes, is supplementary - an entirely refreshing and inviting format that is designed to enhance inquiry-based learning by working directly with real paleoclimate data and their underlying geological conceptsSt John et al. "In developing Reconstructing Earth's Climate History, St John et al. If you are in the field and want a textbook that will be sure to stimulate student interest in this important topic, look no further." (Eos, April 2013) "This publication has added value for and
"Exceptional!" according to Jennifer Collins. If you are looking for exceptional instructional material that challenges students to use a range of authentic data sets to unravel earth’s climate history, look no further. This one-of-a kind text/lab manual was written to engage students in the inquiry process using core and logging data from the ocean drilling program and ANDRIL. The authors have carefully structured each of the activities to elicit students’ critical thinking and science inquiry skills using important d. Highly Recommended A colleague often remarked that scientific ocean drilling "wrote the book on understanding climate change". Well, now we have that book in Reconstructing Earth's Climate History. This is a lab manual filled with exercises based on real paleoclimate data from sediment cores and geophysical logs that are designed to engage learners in inquiry and critical thinking. The target audience is undergraduate students, but the activities are easily adapted for high school Earth science courses.
Making climate change science accessible is the goal of this book.This book is intended for earth science students at a variety of levels studying paleoclimatology, oceanography, Quaternary science, or earth-system science.Additional resources for this book can be found at:wiley/go/stjohn/climatehistory. . The context for understanding global climate change today lies in the records of Earth’s past. This is demonstrated by decades of paleoclimate research by scientists in organizations such as the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program (ANDRILL), and many others.The purpose of this full colour textbook is to put key data and published case studies of past climate change at your fingertips, so that you can experience the nature of paleoclimate reconstruction.Using foundational geologic concepts, students explore a wide variety of topics, including: marine sediments, age determination, stable isotope paleoclimate proxies, Cenozoic climate change, climate cycles, polar climates, and abrupt warming and cooling events, students are invited to evaluate published scientific data, practice developing and testing hypotheses, and infer the broader implications of scientific results.It is our philosophy that addressing how we know is as important as addressing what we know about past climate change