Biology
Pearson Education (US) (Verlag)
978-0-13-455543-0 (ISBN)
Engage students in science with stories that relate to their lives
Biology: Science for Life weaves a compelling storyline throughout each chapter to grab student attention through the exploration of high-interest topics such as genetic testing, global warming, and the Zika virus. The authors return to the storyline again and again, using it as the basis on which they introduce the biological concepts behind each story.
In the 6th Edition, new active learning features and author-created resources help instructors implement the storyline approach in their course. The Big Question is a new feature that helps students learn how to use data to determine what science can answer while developing their ability to critically evaluate information.
Also available packaged with Mastering Biology or as an easy-to-use, standalone Pearson eText
Mastering™ is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools developed to engage students and emulate the office-hour experience, Mastering personalizes learning and often improves results for each student. New to the 6th edition are author-created Figure Walkthrough videos that guide students to solidify their understanding of the concepts within challenging illustrations as well as Make the Connection activities that help students bridge the gap between each storyline and the science behind it, as well as Ready-to-Go Teaching Modules for select chapters that provide instructors with assignments to use before and after class, as well as in-class activities. Learn more about Mastering Biology.
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Colleen Belk and Virginia Borden Maier collaborated on teaching biology to nonmajors for over a decade at the University of Minnesota—Duluth. This collaboration has continued for an additional decade through Virginia’s move to St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, and has been enhanced by their differing but complementary areas of expertise. In addition to the nonmajors course, Colleen Belk teaches general biology for majors, genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology courses. Virginia Borden Maier teaches general biology for majors, evolutionary biology, zoology, plant biology, ecology, and conservation biology courses. After several somewhat painful attempts at teaching the breadth of biology to non-majors in a single semester, the two authors came to the conclusion that they needed to find a better way. They realized that their students were more engaged when they understood how biology directly affected their lives. Colleen and Virginia began to structure their lectures around stories they knew would interest students. When they began letting the story drive the science, they immediately noticed a difference in student engagement and willingness to work harder at learning biology. Not only has this approach increased student understanding, but it has also increased the authors’ enjoyment in teaching the course—presenting students with fascinating stories infused with biological concepts is simply a lot more fun.
Biology: Science for Life is available in the following versions:
Biology: Science for Life with Physiology contains Chapters 1-26
Biology: Science for Life contains Chapters 1-17
Can Science Cure the Common Cold?
UNIT 1: CHEMISTRY AND CELLS
Science Fiction, Bad Science, and Pseudoscience
Is It Possible to Supplement Your Way to Better Performance and Health?
Body Weight and Health
Life in the Greenhouse
UNIT 2: GENETICS
Cancer
Fertility
Does Testing Save Lives
Biology of Wrongful Convictions
Genetically Modified Organisms
UNIT 3: EVOLUTION
Where Did We Come From
An Evolving Enemy
Understanding Race
The Greatest Species on Earth?
UNIT 4: ECOLOGY
Is the Human Population Too Large?
Conserving Biodiversity
The Human Footprint
UNIT 5: ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Organ Donation
Binge Drinking
Clearing the Air
Vaccination: Protection and Prevention or Peril?
Human Sex Diffrences
Toxic Stress
Study Drugs: Brain Boost or Brain Drain?
UNIT 6: PLANT BIOLOGY
Feeding the World
Growing a Green Thumb
APPENDICES
Metric System Conversions
Answers
Credits
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.02.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Belk, Border & Maier, The Biology: Science for Life Series, 5th Edition |
| Verlagsort | Upper Saddle River |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| ISBN-10 | 0-13-455543-0 / 0134555430 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-455543-0 / 9780134555430 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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