Reviewing Earth Science: The Physical Setting (Reviewing Science R 705 P)

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Summary: McGuire offers an irreplaceable and essential review book.
Review: "Reviewing Earth Science" by Thomas McGuire is an excellent, comprehensive review book that helps students learn and understand the New York State Earth Science Curriculum. I find it an invaluable resource to my students and myself. The units are well written and include recent scientific ideas. The graphics and illustrations are clear, insightful, and meaningful. The questions are asked in such a way as to reflect many different thinking levels (basic knowledge, application and interpreting). The extensive use of sample test items help students evaluate and show their comprehension. Mr. McGuire's several editions of this book provide excellent insights into New York's challenging and stimulating Regents Earth Science program. In fact, my school and others use this book as an expandable text. I have been using "Reviewing Earth Science" by Thomas McGuire for the last 9 years and find it an irreplaceable and essential book.

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Summary: McGuire offers an irreplaceable and essential review book.
Review: "Reviewing Earth Science" by Thomas McGuire is an excellent, comprehensive review book that helps students learn and understand the New York State Earth Science Curriculum. I find it an invaluable resource to my students and myself. The units are well written and include recent scientific ideas. The graphics and illustrations are clear, insightful, and meaningful. The questions are asked in such a way as to reflect many different thinking levels (basic knowledge, application and interpreting). The extensive use of sample test items help students evaluate and show their comprehension. Mr. McGuire's several editions of this book provide excellent insights into New York's challenging and stimulating Regents Earth Science program. In fact, my school and others use this book as an expandable text. I have been using "Reviewing Earth Science" by Thomas McGuire for the last 9 years and find it an irreplaceable and essential book.

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Summary: Want to Succeed in Regents Earth Science?
Review: "Reviewing Earth Science"by Thomas McGuire could be the best way to succeed on the Regents Earth Science exam. McGuire has long been a leader among the teachers who work with the State Education Department to create the curriculum guide that determines the test questions. So it stands to reason that he's able to write about he most important concepts to be mastered for the exam. Although the focus of this book is New York State, this work is also useful for teachers and students elsewhere because it provides a well-organized explanation of important concepts in all areas of the subject. In addition to the NY State curriculum's Units and optional Topics, McGuire provides a set of interesting essays about some "hot topics" in Earth Science. Terms are defined well in the glossary, and the index is complete. There is even a copy of the Reference Tables used by students taking the exam. The last section of the book provides the actual questions that appeared in the past four years. Also included within each chapter are other practice questions that are very helpful in developing the skills necessary to handle the similar challenges that will be on this year's test. I've used McGuire's books with my students over the past fourteen years, with a very high success rate (more than 96%). I've also recommended this book to colleagues from other states who want a source of questions and information to use with their students.

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Summary: Reviewing Earth Science
Review: As a student of Regents Earth Science, I highly reccomend this book for studying. This challenging subject is very well explained in this publication, and not only tells you the facts, but makes you understand them. For students who are taking the Regents, it gives sample questions from previous exams in order to help prepare the reader for the test. I think this is a really good book to study earth science from.

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Summary: Teacher recommends this the best.
Review: As a teacher of NYS earth science, I feel this is the best resource for a teacher and student preparing for the Earth Science Regents. It takes each chapter and breaks it into little pieces, then follows each "lesson" with practice regents questions. Earth Science should be studied in short sessions frequently. This book accomodates this style of learning/studying, which is necessary for academic achievment in Earth Science. Buy this book before the other regents reviews out there. You wont regret it. I use it as my primary text through the school year.

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Summary: Teacher recommends this the best.
Review: As a teacher of NYS earth science, I feel this is the best resource for a teacher and student preparing for the Earth Science Regents. It takes each chapter and breaks it into little pieces, then follows each "lesson" with practice regents questions. Earth Science should be studied in short sessions frequently. This book accomodates this style of learning/studying, which is necessary for academic achievment in Earth Science. Buy this book before the other regents reviews out there. You wont regret it. I use it as my primary text through the school year.

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Summary: Great Book, Great Teacher
Review: I am a student of Mr. McGuire's in Briarcliff New York. He is an extrodinary teacher, and his review book makes classes a lot easier than they would be otherwise.

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Summary: Great Book, Great Teacher
Review: Mr. McGuire's REVIEW BOOK is useful in any Earth Science situation from Middle/Junior High School, through High School and through introductory courses in college. The topics included are well covered and the detail is accurate and useful. I have used this book (or earlier editions)with my students for more than 10 years and it is one they head for first when they need immediate answers or are just beginning to do research.

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Summary: Useful EVERYWHERE!
Review: Mr. McGuire's REVIEW BOOK is useful in any Earth Science situation from Middle/Junior High School, through High School and through introductory courses in college. The topics included are well covered and the detail is accurate and useful. I have used this book (or earlier editions)with my students for more than 10 years and it is one they head for first when they need immediate answers or are just beginning to do research.

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Summary: Essential Review Book for all Earth Science Classs
Review: Reviewing Earth Science: The Physical Setting by Thomas McGuire is an excellent, comprehensive review book that helps students learn and understand the new New York State Earth Science Curriculum. I find it an invaluable resource to my students and myself. The units are well written and include recent scientific ideas. The graphics and illustrations are clear, insightful, and meaningful. The questions are asked in such a way as to reflect many different thinking levels (basic knowledge, application and interpreting). The extensive use of sample test items help students evaluate and show their comprehension. Mr. McGuire's several editions of this book provide excellent insights into New York's challenging and stimulating Regents Earth Science program. In fact, my school and others use this book as an expandable text. I have been using the older version of "Reviewing Earth Science" by Thomas McGuire for the last 10 years and find it an irreplaceable and essential book. This new review book correlates directly with the new New York State Physical Setting : Earth Science Curriculum. I think teachers embarking on this new adventure are advised to use this book as a key resource throughout the year.