Features:
•The text is centered on six main themes—Evolution; Energy, Matter and Organization; Maintaining a Dynamic Equilibrium; Reproduction, Growth and Development; Genetics and Molecular Biology; and Interaction and Interdependence.
•Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the main topic and a list of learning objectives.
•Diagrams and illustrations highlight and enhance important ideas and themes.
•Each chapter includes a feature on a current topic in biology.
•Mid-chapter and end-of-chapter question sets include multiple-choice, constructed response, and reading comprehension.
•Chapters conclude with an inquiry-oriented Laboratory Investigation with questions. Some will take more than one day to complete and are presented as extended investigations.
•Fulfills the scope of the New York State Living Environment Core Curriculum.
Teacher Manual
Lesson plans are tailored to each of the text's 28 chapters. Complete with an Answer Key, Teacher Resources, and Laboratory Investigations, the manual helps teachers guide students in learning important biology topics and concepts.
Test Generator and Question Catalog
The easy-to-use program guides teachers as they create individualized tests. Includes mulitple-choice, thematic-essay, and Document-Based Questions. The question catalog includes multiple-choice, constructed response, and reading comprehension questions for added assessment.