Teaching Supplements for Instructors Fifth Edition Website
(www.mhhe.com/molles5e)
This text-specific website offers an extensive array of teaching tools. In addition to all of the student assets available, this site includes:
• Answers to review questions
• Answers to Critiquing the Evidence
• Class activities
• PowerPoint lecture presentations
• Interactive world mapsComputerized Test Bank
Also on the book’s website, this feature contains a wealth of cross-platform (Windows and Macintosh) resources for the instructor. Supplements featured include a computerized test
bank, which utilizes EZ Test software to quickly create customized exams. This flexible and user-friendly program allows instructors to search for questions by topic, format, or
difficulty level, and edit existing questions or add new ones. Multiple versions of the test can be created, and any test can be exported for use with course management systems such as
WebCT, Blackboard, or PageOut. Word files of the test bank are included for those instructors who prefer to work outside of the test-generator software. Other assets are grouped
within easy-to-use folders.Presentation Center
(found at www.mhhe.com/molles5e)Build instructional materials wherever, whenever, and however you want!
Our Presentation Center is an online digital library containing assets such as photos, art work, animations, Power-Points, and other media types that can be used to create customized lectures, visually enhanced tests and quizzes, compelling course websites, or attractive printed support materials.
Instructors will find the following digital assets for Ecology: Concepts and Applications at Presentation Center:
• Color Art Full-color digital files of ALL illustrations in the text can be readily incorporated into lecture presentations, exams, or custom-made classroom materials.
These include all of the 3-D realistic art found in this edition, representing some of the most important concepts in ecology.
• Photos Digital files of ALL photographs from the text can be reproduced for multiple classroom uses.
• Tables Every table that appears in the text is provided in electronic format.
• PowerPoint Lecture Outlines Ready-made presentations that combine art and photos and lecture notes are provided for each of the 23 chapters of the text. These
outlines can be used as they are, or tailored to reflect your preferred lecture topics and sequences.
• PowerPoint Slides For instructors who prefer to create their lectures from scratch, all illustrations, photos, and tables are preinserted by chapter into blank PowerPoint
slides for convenience.Electronic Textbook
CourseSmart is a new way for faculty to find and review eTextbooks. It’s also a great option for students who are interested in accessing their course materials digitally and saving money. CourseSmart offers thousands of the most commonly adopted textbooks across hundreds of courses from a wide variety of higher education publishers. It is the only place for faculty to review and compare the full text of a textbook online, providing immediate access without the environmental impact of requesting a print exam copy. At CourseSmart, students can save up to 50% off the cost of a print book, reduce their impact on the environment,
and gain access to powerful web tools for learning, including full text search, notes and highlighting, and email tools for sharing notes between classmates. www.CourseSmart.comLearning Supplements for StudentsWebsite
(www.mhhe.com/molles5e)
This text-specific website offers a wide variety of student resources providing many opportunities to master the core concepts in ecology. Learn more about the exciting features
provided for students through the Ecology: Concepts and Applications website:
• Practice quizzing
• Links to professional, educational, and governmental organizations
• Animations
• Lab exercises
• Ecology/environmental science issues world map
• Periodic table
• Key term flashcards
• Career informationEcology Laboratory Manual, by Vodopich
(ISBN: 978-0-07-338318-7; MHID: 0-07-338318-X)
Darrell Vodopich, co-author of Biology Laboratory Manual, has written a new lab manual for ecology. This lab manual offers straightforward procedures that are doable in a broad
range of classroom, lab and field situations. The procedures have specific instructions that can be taught by a teaching assistant with minimal experience as well as by a professor.Student Atlas of Environmental Issues, by Allen
(ISBN: 978-0-69-736520-0; MHID: 0-69-736520-4)
This atlas is an invaluable pedagogical tool for exploring the human impact on the air, waters, biosphere, and land in every major world region. This informative resource provides a unique combination of maps and data that help students understand the dimensions of the world's environmental problems and the geographic basis of these problems.
To obtain an instructor login for this Online Learning Center, ask your local sales representative.
If you're an instructor thinking about adopting this textbook, request a free copy for review.
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