Aquaculture Science

The Laboratory Manual is a valuable tool designed to enhance your experience of the materials contained in the core textbook. Each lab activity is made up of several parts: Introduction; Background; Materials; Procedures and Analysis. The lab manual also contains a short appendix made of a list of suppliers for the equipment and specimens, Lab Rules, Guide to the Solutions used in the text; Conversion Factors for the English and Metric systems; Fahrenheit to Centigrade Temperature Conversions; and Do’s and Dont’s of Recirculation Systems.

The ClassMaster CD-ROM contains the following educational tools: Instructor’s Guide to the text (in PDF format), Electronic Slide Presentations containing over 550 slides focusing on each chapter’s key points to facilitate classroom presentations, a Computerized Test Bank of over 600 questions with answers and Internet testing capability, an Image Library containing all the figures illustrated in the text, Student Worksheets for each chapter, and a Correlation Guide to the Delmar Introduction to Agriscience DVD Series.

The Lab Manual CD-ROM is a cost-saving product, designed to allow teachers to pick and choose which labs they would like to incorporate into their class setting and to print up as many copies as they wish for the life of the book. In addition, the lab manual instructor’s guide is also included on the CD-ROM.

Agriscience Fundamentals and Applications, 5th edition is an introductory applied science textbook intended for use in high school agriculture programs. The text provides a broad-spectrum overview of the agricultural industry and the industry-based sciences, including basic principles of science as they apply to plants, animals, soils and foods. Agriscience Fundamentals and Applications, 5th edition contents includes chapters that detail the information age, natural resources, integrated pest management, plant sciences (including botany, crops, & ornamentals), animal science, food science, and communication and management. Each chapter includes visual aids such as color photos, sketches, diagrams, and tables. Agriscience Fundamentals and Applications, 5th edition, also identifies chapter objectives, evaluation materials, suggested class activities, key terms, and internet key words to guide student’s in-depth study.