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Achieve for Environmental Science

Achieve for Environmental Science is a comprehensive set of interconnected teaching and assessment tools. Achieve was co-designed with instructors and students, using a foundation of learning research and rigorous testing. The resulting tools for before, during, and after class are proven to be engaging to students of all levels of preparedness for better outcomes.

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A screenshot of the online Achieve site shows an E-book titled 'Environmental Science 100' under the profile Greta Bell. The table of contents is present on the left and a photograph of grazing giraffes and zebras in Savanna is on the right of the page.

Achieve Offers:

Access to the ebook to download, read and virtually annotate for a completely flexible experience
Course and book-specific resources resources including adaptive quizzing to personalise the experience for students
A grade book, assignable assessments with targeted feedback, insights and reporting, instructor resources - all with seamless integration options.
Integrated with iClicker so that instructors and students can benefit in class and remotely from an industry leading student response system.
Animated Assessment Questions reference infographics in the text to extend students comprehension of the concepts.
Decision point simulations activity help students see and understand the complexity with environmental decisions. Students are able to “choose their own adventure” while making their way through the activity.

Features

The resources in Achieve are designed to provide opportunities for students to deepen their Environmental Science knowledge, while instructors gain insight into class performance and comprehension.

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  1. Interactive e-book

    The e-Book offers highlighting, note taking, offline access and read aloud functionality.

  2. Assessment

    When it comes to homework, we know that feedback is important to learning. In Achieve, our assessments offer students an opportunity to practice with a variety of question types with the support of hints, answer-specific feedback, and solutions.

  3. Insights and Reporting

    Insights and Reporting provide powerful analytics, viewable in an elegant dashboard, that offer instructors a window into student progress.

  4. Decision Point Simulations

    This activity is designed to help students see and understand the complexity with environmental decisions. Students are able to “choose their own adventure” while making their way through the activity.

  5. Animated Infographics

    New Animated Assessment Questions reference infographics in the text to extend students comprehension of the concepts.

  6. Global Case Studies

    Each module has a number of global case studies that are tagged to regions to help you filter based on location. After a brief introduction to the topic, students will explore the 4 examples shown on the map. Any number of case studies can be assigned as they are designed to be flexible for how the course is taught.

  7. Video Quizzes

    Each video has three to five assessments, making it easy to assign videos and check students’ understanding.

  8. LearningCurve Adaptive Quizzing

    LearningCurve offers individualized question sets and feedback based on each student's correct and incorrect responses. All the questions are tied back to the e-book to encourage students to use the resources at hand.

  9. Student Engagement with iClicker

    Easy integration and gradebook sync with iClicker classroom engagement solutions pairs perfectly with our suite of in-class active learning resources.

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  10. Instructor Activity Guides

    Instructor Activity Guides provide instructors with a structured plan to facilitate an activity that encourages student engagement in both face-to-face and remote learning courses. Each guide is based on a single topic and allows students to participate through questions, group work, presentations, and/or simulations.

  11. Faculty Support

    An Instructor’s Resource Manual, Solution Manual, Lecture Slides, and Image Slides and Clicker questions support your success.

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See Available Environmental Science Titles

A screenshot shows a world map with notable mining superlatives across different continents. These include Berkeley Pit and Brigham Canyon Mine in North America, Mponeng Gold Mine and Ngwenya Mine in Africa, and Benxihu Colliery Mine in Asia.