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MindTap Agriscience, 2 terms (12 months) Instant Access for Parker/Pace's Introduction to Food Science and Food Systems, 2nd Edition

Rick Parker, PhD., Miriah Pace

  • Copyright 2017
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MindTap Agriscience, 2 terms (12 months) Instant Access for Parker/Pace's Introduction to Food Science and Food Systems 2nd Edition by Rick Parker, PhD./Miriah Pace
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Overview

MindTap Agriscience, for Parker/Pace’s Introduction to Food Science and Food Systems, 2nd Edition is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course—to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You. MindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience with unique tools specifically for your course, including engaging assignments, interactivities, games, video and quizzing. MindTap is logically organized into content-specific sections containing each of these features. You can customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook.

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Rick Parker, PhD.

Rick Parker is President of the National Agricultural Institute and Director of the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA). Formerly a division director and instructor at the College of Southern Idaho for two decades, he taught biology, food science, and animal science. He also worked as the Director for AgroKnowledge, the National Center for Agriscience and Technology Education, a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Currently, Dr. Parker is also the Editor for the peer-reviewed NACTA Journal, which focuses on of teaching and learning scholarship. An experienced author, Dr. Parker has published a number of Cengage Learning texts, including Aquaculture Science, Introduction to Plant Science, Fundamentals of Plant and Soil Science, Introduction to Food Science, and Equine Science. He also co-authored Fundamentals of Plant Science.

Miriah Pace

Miriah Pace works with Dr. Parker at the National Agricultural Institute, where she develops and maintains websites, develops curricula, and edits NACTA Journal.

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  • MindTap offers a unique set of tools, including content-specific readings, assignments, interactivities, games, video and quizzing, saving you valuable time in your course preparations. In addition, it automatically grades assignments and quizzes while also providing students with instant feedback on their work.
  • Provide students with organizational and study tools designed to better manage their limited time, allowing them to complete assignments whenever and wherever they are ready to learn.
  • Track students in real time with the Progress app and adjust the course as needed based analytics of interactivity in the course.
  • Keep your students informed of assignments, course due dates, or any changes to your course while also arming them with on-the-go study tools like flashcards and quizzing with the MindTap Mobile App.
  • Build and personalize your course by integrating your own content into the MindTap Reader using your own documents or pull from sources like RSS feeds, YouTube videos, websites, Google Docs and more. Control what content students see and when they see it with a learning path that can be used as-is or matched to your syllabus exactly.
  • Empower students with the information to know where they stand at all times within the student view of the Progress App.
  • Engage students with course material specially customized for them by you streamlined in one proven, easy-to-use interface.
  • Deliver important information and empower your students to personalize their experience with the on-stop-study tool, StudyHub. Share content from the MindTap Reader and create notes and study guides to help students focus and succeed.
  • Quickly and easily connect with students directly from the MindTap platform using the Message Center app. Any message posted in the Message Center is communicated directly to each student enrolled in the course via the communication medium designated by the student.
  • DEVELOP YOUR STUDENTS' SOFT SKILLS. MindTap Agriculture now includes S/P2's soft skills training modules that will help prepare students to enter the workforce!

Table of Contents

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Logically-arranged content-specific sections springboard you into your course, cutting down on class preparation time, including current and relevant topics such as the food systems and sustainability, nutrition, food composition, quality factors, food processing and deterioration, preservation, the processing of various foods and food products, environmental concerns, food safety, regulation and labeling, packaging world food needs, and career opportunities.

Engaging activities, including flashcards, interactive PPT, relevant video clips, labs and games, accompany the readings and enhance the learning experience by encouraging your students to interact with and apply the course material.

A combined English Glossary and Spanish Glosario App provides instant access to definitions for terms in both English and Spanish, ensuring that all students have equal opportunity to learn key concepts.

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Each MindTap product offers the full, mobile-ready textbook combined with superior and proven learning tools at one affordable price. Students who purchase digital access can add a print option at any time when a print option is available for their course.

This Cengage solution can be seamlessly integrated into most Learning Management Systems (Blackboard, Brightspace by D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and more) but does require a different ISBN for access codes. Please work with your Cengage Learning Consultant to ensure the proper course set up and ordering information. For additional information, please visit the LMS Integration site.

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  • ISBN-10: 1305410890
  • ISBN-13: 9781305410893
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  • ISBN-10: 143548939X
  • ISBN-13: 9781435489394
  • RETAIL $219.95
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Introduction to Food Science and Food Systems

ISBN: 9781435489394
Now in full-color, INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SYSTEMS, 2nd Edition explores the foundations of the food industry, from nutrition and chemistry to processing and safety, and delves into some of the most pressing foodborne issues of our day. Discussions of current topics and trends center on genetically engineered foods, environmental concerns and sustainability, food needs of the world, the impacts of food on health, and more. Designed with future agricultural professionals in mind, INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SYSTEMS, 2nd Edition engages students with colorful photos, charts, graphs and illustrations, and tests their understanding of concepts with practical, hands-on activities in math, science, and other ag-related areas. Chapter content also correlates with National Agricultural Education Standards and FFA Career Development Events (CDEs) to prepare students for meaningful careers in the critically important agriscience industry.