Pearson+ is available within your Mastering course. It gives you instant access to your course eTextbook and study tools, in one intuitive interface. Designed for students, by students, Pearson+ lets you choose how you learn best. You can listen to the audiobook, find what you need with enhanced search, and study your own way with notes and flashcards. The app lets you read where life takes you, no wi-fi needed.
Video Field Trips take you behind the scenes of real-world sites that focus on environmental concerns and the strategies and solutions employed to address them.
Case Study Tours use Google Earth™ and striking images to bring chapter opening case studies to life. Over 20 video tours immerse you in the chapter's theme.
New Case Study Tours are available for these titles:
Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, 6th Edition by Withgott & Laposata
Coming Soon - Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, 6th Edition by Withgott & Laposata
GraphIt! Activities are a great way to help you develop your understanding of graphs and data.
Process of Science coaching activities help you think critically, as a scientist would, about environmental research and understand basic experimental design skills.
Dynamic Study Modules use the latest developments in cognitive science to help you study course topics by adapting to your performance in real time.
As a result, you build the confidence needed to deepen understanding, participate meaningfully, and perform better — in and out of class.
Use your computer or the MyLab and Mastering app to access Dynamic Study Modules. Available for select titles.
Learning Catalytics is an interactive classroom tool that lets you use your smartphone, tablet, or laptop to participate and stay engaged. Simply respond to the questions your instructor posts during class. Your professor can use the results of these questions to help address misunderstandings, start small group discussions, or decide that you’re ready to move on to a new idea. With Learning Catalytics, you can tell your professor what you did — or didn’t — understand without saying a word.
Chapter Quizzes and Practice Tests help you find out whether you're prepared for exams.
Using data gathered from all of the students using the program, Mastering offers wrong-answer feedback that is specific to you. Rather than simply providing feedback of the “right/wrong/try again” variety, Mastering guides you towards the correct final answer without giving the answer away.
Mastering provides hints of two types that help you work through, and ultimately, solve problems. Declarative hints provide advice on how to approach the problem, guiding you to the final answer. Socratic hints break a problem down into smaller sub-problems, which makes it easier for you to complete the original problem.
Using 3D animations, simulations, tutorials, and activities, Mastering utilizes engaging, interactive media to help you learn the toughest topics and succeed in your course.