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Focus on Earth Science. Dale T. Hesser & Susan Leach. (1989). Merrill Publishing
Company, carried by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. ISBN: 0675026717
In addition to being useful for earth science sections of Level II, this text contains two
chapters on oceanography dealing with ocean water, water in motion, shoreline, and
sea bottom. Also covers the Level III earth science objectives, with the exception of
those dealing with Newfoundland geology.
Focus on Physical Science. Charles Heimler & Jack Price. (1988). Merrill Publishing
Company, carried by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. ISBN: 0675031648
Used in the high school. Available through School Supplies. A lab manual entitled
Focus on Physical Science: A Learning Strategy for the Laboratory [ISBN:
0675031680] is also available.
Fundamentals of Physics: An Introductory Course (2nd edition). David G. Martindale,
Robert W. Heath, William W. Konrad, & Robert MacNaughton. (1987). D.C. Heath.
Covers all the objectives of all the courses well, excluding machines.
Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities (2nd edition). Jerome Fellman,
Arthur Getis, & Judith Getis. (1990). Wm. C. Brown Publishers.
Good auxiliary geography text, Covers basic concepts, populations, land use, and
political ordering. Also has a chapter on human impacts on natural systems, which is
useful for the Oceanography course.
Inquiries in Chemistry. A.M. Turner & C.T. Sears. (1977). Allyn & Bacon.
Can be used for all the Level III chemistry courses.
Introductory Chemistry. Stephen S. Zumdahl. (1990). Toronto: D.C. Heath & Co.
ISBN 0-669-14466-5.
Can be used for all the Level III chemistry courses.
Introductory Oceanography (6th edition). Harold V. Thurman. (1990). Charles E. Merrill
Publishing, carried by McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Provides good coverage of the objectives of our oceanography course, but at a fairly
high reading level.
Investigating the Earth (3rd. edition). William Matthews, Chalmer Roy, Robert Stevenson,
Miles Harris, Dale Hesse, and William Dexter. (1981). Houghton Mifflin. Also available:
Investigating the Earth (3rd. ed.) Laboratory Supplement.
Useful for Level II earth science objectives, but perhaps at a better depth for
Level III. Has several chapters on the sea, which would be useful for the
Oceanography course (properties, waves, climate, and sediments). For the
Level III earth science, it covers all the objectives except those on
Newfoundland geology.
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