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About Writing: A Guide

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About Writing: A Guide

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This writer’s reference condenses and covers everything a beginning writing student needs to successfully compose college-level work, including the basics of composition, grammar, and research. It is broken down into easy-to-tackle sections, while not overloading students with more information than they need. Great for any beginning writing students or as reference for advanced students!

Subject:: English Language Arts
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Robin Jeffrey
Date Added:: 05/27/2015

Basic Electronics 1

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Basic Electronics 1

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Video and study guides for the following topics: Order of operations, algebraic manipulation, negative and fractional exponents, rounding, engineering notation, unit conversion, general industrial safety, energy, power, efficiency, capacity factor, basic electrical properties: voltage, current, resistance, fixed resistors, variable resistors, protoboards, ohmmeters, series resistors, parallel resistors, 4 band resistor color code, DC Ohm’s Law, DC power, voltmeters, ammeters, series DC circuit properties, DC Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law, DC voltage divider rule, parallel DC circuit properties, DC Kirchhoff’s Current Law, DC current divider rule, series-parallel DC circuit properties, instrument loading effects, DC current sources, source conversion, resistive delta-Y conversion, complex DC circuits, DC Superposition Theorem, DC Thevenin’s Theorem, DC Maximum Power Transfer Theorem, DC Norton’s Theorem

Subject:: Electronic Technology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Jim Pytel
Date Added:: 04/06/2020

Basic Electronics 2

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Basic Electronics 2

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This course is the 2nd in a three part series intended to support the flipped classroom approach for traditional basic electronics classes. Basic Electronics 2 covers capacitors and the transient capacitor charge and discharge process, inductors and the transient inductor storage and release process, sinusoidal properties, complex numbers and complex impedance, phasors, AC Ohm’s Law, series AC circuit analysis, parallel AC circuit analysis, and series-parallel AC circuit analysis. The text includes discussions of Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law, the AC Voltage Divider Rule, Kirchhoff’s Current Law, and the AC Current Divider Rule. Additionally the text covers use of AC voltmeters, AC ammeters, function generators, and oscilloscopes. These resources are meant to accompany a hands on lab with the guidance of an instructor.

Subject:: Electronic Technology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Jim Pytel
Date Added:: 06/28/2019

Basic Electronics 3

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Basic Electronics 3

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This course is the 3rd installment in a three part series intended to support the flipped classroom approach for traditional basic electronics classes. Basic Electronics 3 covers apparent, real, and reactive power and power factor, power factor correction, ideal and non-ideal transformers, and transformer connection diagrams, AC circuit analysis techniques and theorems like source conversion, the AC superposition theorem, AC Thevenin’s Theorem, and the AC Maximum Power Transfer Theorem, 3 phase AC systems including balanced and unbalanced 4 wire Y configurations, 3 wire Y configurations, and delta configurations, the single wattmeter method and the two wattmeter method. These resources are meant to accompany a hands on lab with the guidance of an instructor.

Subject:: Electronic Technology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Jim Pytel
Date Added:: 06/28/2019

Beginning Excel

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Beginning Excel

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This textbook was written for a community college introductory course in spreadsheets utilizing Microsoft Excel. While the figures shown utilize Excel 2016, the textbook was written to be applicable to other versions of Excel as well. The book introduces new users to the basics of spreadsheets and is appropriate for students in any major who have not used Excel before.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Barbara Lave; Diane Shingledecker; Julie Romey; Mary Schatz; Noreen Brown
Date Added:: 01/01/2017

Beginning Excel 2019

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Beginning Excel 2019

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This Beginning Excel textbook is intended for use in a one-term introductory spreadsheet course for all majors taught at two-year colleges. The basics of Excel, as they apply to the professional workplace, are introduced, including spreadsheet design, data entry, formulas, functions, charts, tables, and multi-sheet use. This textbook includes instructions for Excel for Mac also.

Subject:: Computer Science
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Art Schneider; Barbara Lave; Diane Shingledecker; Hallie Puncochar; Julie Romey; Mary Schatz; Noreen Brown
Date Added:: 08/17/2020

Biology 101A Lab Packet

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Biology 101A Lab Packet

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Lab Manual for BIO101 at Mt Hood Community College. The associated textbook is available at https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/mhccbiology101/

Subject:: Biology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Christine Anderson; Lisa Bartee
Date Added:: 09/20/2016

Body Physics: Motion to Metabolism

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Body Physics: Motion to Metabolism

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Body Physics was designed to meet the objectives of a one-term high school or freshman level course in physical science, typically designed to provide non-science majors and undeclared students with exposure to the most basic principles in physics while fulfilling a science-with-lab core requirement. The content level is aimed at students taking their first college science course, whether or not they are planning to major in science. However, with minor supplementation by other resources, such as OpenStax College Physics, this textbook could easily be used as the primary resource in 200-level introductory courses. Chapters that may be more appropriate for physics courses than for general science courses are noted with an asterisk symbol (*). Of course, this textbook could be used to supplement other primary resources in any physics course covering mechanics and thermodynamics.

Subject:: Physics
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Lawrence Davis
Date Added:: 11/29/2018

A Christmas Carol - lightly adapted for advanced students of English language by Timothy Krause

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A Christmas Carol - lightly adapted for advanced students of English language by Timothy Krause

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This version of the classic holiday story has been slightly abridged and lightly adapted for advanced students of English language. The text includes comprehension checks, discussion questions, and collaborative activities.

Subject:: Language Education (ESL); English Language Arts
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Charles Dickens; Timothy Krause
Date Added:: 12/13/2019

Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation

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Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation

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This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It's flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal "there/they're/their" struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.

Subject:: English Language Arts
Material Type:: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Chauna Ramsey
Date Added:: 08/23/2016

A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning To College For Non-traditional Students

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A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning To College For Non-traditional Students

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A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning Non-Traditional Students is designed to introduce students to the contextual issues of college. Non-traditional students have an ever-growing presence on college campuses, especially community colleges. This open educational resource is designed to engage students in seeing themselves as college students and understanding the complexity of what that means to their lives.

Subject:: Education
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Alise Lamoreaux
Date Added:: 06/14/2017

Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud, Revised Edition

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Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud, Revised Edition

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Digital Foundations uses formal exercises of the Bauhaus to teach the Adobe Creative Suite. All students of digital design and production—whether learning in a classroom or on their own—need to understand the basic principles of design in order to implement them using current software. Far too often design is left out of books that teach software for the trade and academic markets. Consequently, the design software training exercise is often a lost opportunity for visual learning. This revised edition updates the original text for use with Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 software.Order a print copy: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/digital-foundations-introduction-to-media-design-with-the-adobe-creative-cloud-revised-edition/24461332

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Visual Arts; Graphic Design
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Michael Mandiberg; xtine burrough
Date Added:: 10/28/2014

Environmental Biology

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Environmental Biology

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This open textbook covers the most salient environmental issues, from a biological perspective. The text is designed for an introductory-level college science course. Topics include the fundamentals of ecology, biodiversity, pollution, climate change, food production, and human population growth.

Lecture slides for each chapter are available from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/119oj6XXHnQMpwu_rCgczDFrZPMbqGN8W

Subject:: Environmental Science; Biology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Alexandra Geddes; Jonathan Tomkin; Kamala Doršner; Matthew R. Fisher; OpenStax; Tom Theis
Date Added:: 01/01/2017

Español para hablantes nativos: Lenguaje en acción

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Español para hablantes nativos: Lenguaje en acción

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Este libro fue elaborado teniendo en cuenta las necesidades del estudiante de habla hispana. El contenido combina elementos gramaticales con diversos y relevantes
temas del mundo de hoy. Al utilizar este libro de texto, el estudiante logrará mayores posibilidades en obtener el sello de bi-alfabetización. También desarrollará el idioma español y se sentirá motivado y seguro para tomar cursos más avanzados en la lengua. Finalmente, estará más preparado para incorporarse al entorno laboral teniendo más probabilidades de conseguir el éxito en cualquiera de las carreras donde el idioma español ya no es una opción, sino una necesidad.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Amalia Carter; Cecelia Monto; Joe Romero
Date Added:: 06/06/2019

Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach

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Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach

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This is a forest measurements textbook written for field technicians. Silvicultural applications and illustrations are provided to demonstrate the relevance of the measurements. Special “technique tips” for each skill are intended to help increase data collection accuracy and confidence. These include how to avoid common pitfalls, effective short cuts and essentials for recording field data correctly. The emphasis is on elementary skills; it is not intended to be a timber cruising guide.

Subject:: Forestry and Agriculture
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Adrianna Sutton; Joan Deyoung
Date Added:: 06/14/2017

General Biology II: Survey of Molecular Life and Genetics

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General Biology II: Survey of Molecular Life and Genetics

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BI102A is a survey course that introduces the discipline of molecular biology and genetics, exploring topics including cell division, protein production, inheritance and gene regulation. This book focuses on putting those topics into an appropriate context for students who are not biology majors.

Subject:: Biology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Date Added:: 01/01/2016

General Biology I: Survey of Cellular Biology

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General Biology I: Survey of Cellular Biology

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BI101A is a survey course that introduces the discipline of cellular biology, exploring topics including the scientific method, parts of a cell, and how cells function. This book focuses on putting those topics into an appropriate context for students who are not biology majors.

Subject:: Biology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Christine Anderson; Lisa Bartee
Date Added:: 09/07/2016

Handling Test Anxiety – How to Learn Like a Pro!

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Handling Test Anxiety – How to Learn Like a Pro!

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This entire class is, of course, designed to help alleviate test stress by offering numerous strategies and perspectives when it comes to general preparation for and participation in academia.

Subject:: Health, Medicine and Nursing; Education
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Phyllis Nissila
Date Added:: 08/03/2020

Home and School: Ten Easy Picture Stories for Beginning Students of English

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Home and School: Ten Easy Picture Stories for Beginning Students of English

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This book contains 10 easy picture stories for beginning students of English. The stories have a Lexile level of 100L-500L and address common home and school situations. Each story includes images, self-correcting comprehension exercises, and a conversation prompt.

Subject:: Language Education (ESL)
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Author:: Timothy Krause
Date Added:: 11/01/2018

How to Learn Like a Pro!

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How to Learn Like a Pro!

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How to Learn Like a Pro! features the “big six” effective learning/study skills topics:

- Learning styles and preferences
- Time and materials management
- Critical thinking and reading
- Note-taking
- Memory principles and techniques
- Test-taking

Each of the six units featuring a total of twenty-three lessons and accompanying exercises (with a dash of humor here and there) were developed with the diverse student body of the community college in mind as well as learners in other educational venues.

Subject:: Education
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: OpenOregon
Date Added:: 01/01/2016