Garrison

Oceanography, 8/e

Cengage Learning in partnership with National Geographic Society brings course concepts to life with interactive learning, study, and exam preparation tools along with market leading text content for introductory oceanography courses. OCEANOGRAPHY provides a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use, as well as the role and importance of the ocean in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet. Bestselling author Tom Garrison emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of marine science, stressing its links to biology, chemistry, geology, physics, meteorology, astronomy, ecology, history, and economics. Enable your students to purchase the right solution to meet their needs, whether it's a traditional printed text, all digital learning platform, or package that includes the best of both worlds. With the recently updated Oceanography 8th Edition and CourseMate's interactive teaching and learning tools, it's never been easier to help students understand the complexities involved in how we study and use the ocean.

Essentials of Oceanography 6/e

The sixth edition of ESSENTIALS OF OCEANOGRAPHY conveys Garrison's enthusiasm for oceanography to non-science students taking the introductory course. It is a streamlined version of his bestselling OCEANOGRAPHY text, but was created specifically to meet the needs of instructors who prefer a shorter text. This edition incorporates global climate change as a recurring theme. ESSENTIALS OF OCEANOGRAPHY provides students with a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use, and the role and importance of oceans in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet.

Teacher Resources

Oceanography Resource Center
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The surface of the Earth is 70% water, and it’s filled with fascinating events and species. The Brooks/Cole Oceanography Resource Center consolidates an array of visual resources to help show them off and deepen students’ understanding of marine science. They’ll find animations, videos on climate and natural disasters, news feeds from the past week, and audio clips from text author Tom Garrison himself. Browse by book or topic, or search by keyword.

Contact your sales representative to find out how to bundle the Oceanography Resource Center with your text today!

Active Earth CD
Active Earth Collection allows you to pick and choose from over 120 earth science animations and active figures, ABC® natural hazard video clips, and in-depth Google Earth® lecture activities. Grab your students' attention by creating your lectures using these dynamic tools.

Active Earth Collection is available to all earth science text adopters. Click here for more information.

PowerLecture CD
Prepare your lectures easily and quickly with PowerLecture. This single resource offers all of the images from the text, including active figures, zoomable art, stepped art, lecture outlines, and more. Click on a link to see an example.

• Active Figure
  Figures from the text, animated and interactive, help bring concepts to life for your students. Click the link and see an overview of the tectonic system in action!
• Zoom Gallery
  Zoom in on a specific region of a map or feature to help clarify your point during lectures. Click the link to see an example.
• Stepped Art
  Show your students, step by step, the westward flow of air and surface water during a non-El Nino year; the anatomy of a storm surge; and the formula for photosynthesis. Use your mouse or arrow keys to click through each step.
  
  

Letter from Tom Garrison
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Earth Sciences Regional Geology Series and Natural Hazards and Disasters Series
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With our Regional Geology Series we can help you to add regional relevance to your course. This series provides you and your students with modules that relate geologic concepts to the geology in your back yard. The beautiful 4-color installments can be bound into any Cengage Learning Brooks/Cole Earth Science text to create a more compelling regional edition, helping you tie together global concepts into local experiences. The series consists of two types of modules: The Regional Geology Modules and the Natural Hazards and Disasters Modules.