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Living Physical Geography in the Laboratory: Lab Manual to Accompany Living Physical Geography

Theodore Erski, McHenry County College

For schools that offer a physical geography laboratory, Living Physical Geography in the Laboratory is the ideal lab manual to accompany Living Physical Geography. The manual contains 30 lab activities, each broken down into four problem-solving modules, thus permitting lab instructors to customize the manual to fit the amount of time they have for their lab period. Each lab activity contains the following:

Recommended textbook reading before the laboratory activities
Goals of the laboratory activities
Key terms and concepts (from the textbook)
Equipment required. Recognizing that many labs do not have access to expensive equipment, the manual focuses on activities that require only the most basic tools or equipment. Some problem-solving activities require more sophisticated equipment. Those activities are clearly separated into discrete modules so that instructors can skip them if the necessary equipment is not available.
Four problem-solving modules
Summary of key terms and concepts for each lab

The activities in Living Physical Geography in the Laboratory require critical thinking, map and image analysis, data analysis, and occasionally math.

Focus Group Participants

Monika Bachmann, Prince George’s Community College; Leonhard Blesius, San Francisco State University; Karen Blevins, Mesa Community College; Caroline Bour, Blinn College; John Conley, Saddleback College; Heather Davis, Southwestern College; Bryant Evans, Houston Community College; Michael Farrell, Los Angeles City College; Leslie Fay, Rock Valley College; David Fox, Park University; Marc Garrett, Bridgewater State University; Mario Giraldo, California State University, Northridge; Brett Goforth, California State University, San Bernardino; Dafna Golden, Mount San Antonio College; Arleen Hill, University of Memphis; Miriam Helen Hill, Jacksonville State University; April Hiscox, University of South Carolina-Columbia; David Holt, University of Southern Mississippi; Michael Hopps, Central Lakes College; Mary Korte, Concordia University; Steve LaDochy, California State University, Los Angeles; George Leddy, Los Angeles Valley College; Liang Liang, University of Kentucky; Andrew Miller, Saginaw Valley State University; Richard Miller, Florida State University; Ricardo Nogueira, Georgia State University; David Pepper, California State University, Long Beach; James Powers, Pasadena City College; Matthew Purtill, West Virginia University; Baishali Ray, Young Harris College; Bradley Rundquist, University of North Dakota; Erinanne Saffell, Mesa Community College; Thomas Saladyga, Concord University; Anne Saxe, MiraCosta College - Oceanside Campus; Steven Smith, Sierra College; Marilyn Smulyan, San Francisco State University; Brian Steinberg, Northern Virginia Community College - Alexandria Campus; Ray Sumner, Long Beach City College; Chelsea Teale, Humboldt State University; Daniel Waktola, Los Angeles Mission College; John Ward, University of Wisconsin–Parkside

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