Science of Earth Systems, 2E

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 768 pages
• Published by: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Edition: 2nd Edition March 22, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 141804122X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1418041229
• Book Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 3.9 pounds

Product Review
"Readability and organization of the text, provides a thorough introduction to earth system science topics. The text is visually appealing."

"Enjoyed the narrative way the book was written, liked how this project focused on Earth Systems, does not cram too much information/page, use of photos, graphs, charts, etc. to teach from, great artwork, graphs are clean and neat and photographs are up-to-date."

"The connection of biology and physical processes. The text is easy to understand, has great summary review questions, great format and allows students to grasp earth science."

Product Description
Science of Earth Systems, second sdition is designed to introduce the new scientific discipline of Earth System Science to secondary school students.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Science of Earth Systems (Hardcover) While it is wonderful to see high school students introduced to Earth Systems Science (ESS), the author and the publisher went out of their way to virtually eliminate any discussion of evolution in this text. When a key concept in ESS is struck from the glossary (defining exfoliation is more important than evolution?!), never mentioned in the chapter THE EARTH'S GEOLOGIC HISTORY, relegated to one sentence in a side bar on Darwin in a unit titled BIOSPHERE (1 sidebar in 180 pages of text!), you KNOW an agenda had to be adhered to in order to avoid current idiotic controversy created by right-wing evangelical creationists waiting for the second coming. The very last sentence in the text in the review section of the unit on the earth's Biosphere expects students to 'critically think' about a concept that was never thoroughly addressed by Butz in the first place. The preface states that this text follows National Academy of Sciences guidelines. If this is true, science educators are in bigger trouble than ever when it comes to the editorial power behind developing marketable science curricula. Delmar published a HS level book that would be palatable for creationists and profitable for their publishing company. What an obvious omission, and embarrassment for Butz who was probably blind-sided when he TRIED to introduce ESS and 'PC' editors got their hands on it. Bottom line: You can't systematically eliminate a critical concept like evolution from ESS and expect the educated public to not notice. A thorough revision that weaves evolution throughout the sections mentioned above will be needed in the next edition.