Biology: an everyday experience
Grades: 9 10 11 12
ENC#: ENC-016426
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Date: 1995
Ordering Information
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Subjects:
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Adaptations. Animals. Biodiversity. Biological Classification. Cells. Ecosystems. Evolution. Genetics. Heredity. Human body. Life Science. Plants. Populations. |
Resource Type:
Teacher guides; Textbooks.
Abstract:
This textbook and accompanying teacher's guide, designed for grades 9 and 12, covers all the fundamental concepts of high school biology using a variety of real world applications, in which difficult concepts are explained through analogies and examples. The book is designed for students who have had little success with science in the past. The book features Idea Maps to promote visual learning by providing a graphic representation of the main ideas in each lesson, hands-on MiniLabs and skill exercises to enhance conceptualization of biology principles, and a Skill Handbook that provides detailed description and illustration of all the skills applied in lab activities. Additional features include Biotips, Science and Society (or Technology) Connections, and Career Close up, which are designed to show students how biology affects them as individuals and as members of society.
The text is structured in 32 chapters that cover such topics as Features of Living Things and Classification, The Structures and Functions of Animal Systems, and Plant Systems and Functions, in addition to Traits of Living Things, and the relationships of living and nonliving things in the environment. Each chapter begins with a full color photograph that poses a question to be answered in the text; and ends with a chapter review that includes summary statements, language of biology, and review questions asking students to explain some everyday occurrence. The text also features full color illustrations and photographs that complement information detailed in the text.
The teacher's guide features a planning guide, a short overview summarizing theme development of each chapter, and a list of laboratory options, as well as tips for using the chapter opening photo, teaching suggestions, and suggestions for using alternative assessment methods. All these teacher materials are located in the margins alongside the student pages. Appendices include a photo illustrated classification guide, a list of origin of science words and safety information, as well as rules for the SI unit conversion. An expanded glossary and an index are also provided.
In a sample chapter on Evolution, students are introduced to natural selection through a series of events occurring between a predator and its prey. Students then examine the major statements by Darwin and the evidence supporting evolution, and explore how adaptations help organisms survive. In sample hands-on activities, students prepare a timeline to illustrate the appearance of different life forms on Earth, and simulate the formation of a fossil in a sedimentary rock using a rapid setting dental powder. (Author/YK)
Table of Contents:
[Teacher wraparound edition:]
Teacher guide
Philosophy and themes
Text features
Supplementary materials
Teaching cycle
Reading science
Teaching special students
Assessment
Performance objectives
Cooperative learning
Planning guide
Alternative sequence approach
Skill development and reinforcement
Developing process skills
Problem solving
Safety in the laboratory
Chemical storage and disposal
Safety symbols
Care of living organisms
Equipment and supplies list
Preparation of solutions
Equipment suppliers
Materials list by lab
Audiovisual and software suppliers
Teacher questionnaire
Student edition
Unit 1. Kinds of life
The study of life
Features of life and the cell
Classification
Unit 2. Kingdoms
Viruses and monerans
Protists and fungi
Plants
Simple animals
Complex animals
Unit 3. Body systems: maintaining life
Nutrition
Digestion
Circulation
Blood
Respiration
Support and movement
Unit 4. Body systems: controlling life
Nervous and chemical control
Senses
Animal behavior
Drugs and behavior
Unit 5. Plant systems and functions
The importance of leaves
Plant support and transport
Plant response, growth, and disease
Unit 6. Reproduction and development
Cell reproduction
Plant reproduction and development
Animal reproduction
Animal development
Unit 7. Traits of living things
Inheritance of traits
Human genetics
DNA: life's code
Evolution
Unit 8. Relationships in the environment
Populations and communities
Ecosystems and biomes
Solving ecological problems
Appendices
A. Measuring in SI
B. Classification of living things
C. Root words, prefixes, and suffixes
D. Safety in the laboratory
Skill handbook
Practicing scientific method
Reading science
Using a microscope
Organizing information
Using numbers
Glossary
Index
Photo credits
Pricing Information:
 | Description: 1 student edition (hardcover) | Cost: $44.49 | ISBN: 978-0-02-827289-4 | | Description: 1 teacher wraparound edition (hardcover) | Cost: $61.88 | ISBN: 978-0-02-827290-0 | |
Publisher:
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Notes:
Components available for this title include: student materials (student textbook, study guide, lab manual); teacher materials (teacher classroom resources, teacher wraparound edition); review and reinforcement (teacher edition study guide, reteaching, critical thinking and problem solving, skill, focus); hands-on learning (teacher edition lab manual, lab worksheets); application and enrichment (exploring environmental issues, application, enrichment); assessment (evaluation, performance assessment in the science classroom, performance assessment in the biology classroom, alternative assessment in the science classroom, computer test bank); and teaching aids (lesson plans, transparency package, teacher's resource guide, Spanish resources, cooperative learning resource guide, cooperative learning in the science classroom, videodisc correlation for Optical Data). Contributor(s):
| Authors: Paul J Hummer Jr; Albert Kaskel; Lucy Daniel. |
Specifications:
1 teacher wraparound edition (approximately 828 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.)
1 student edition (xxiv, 744 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.)
Record Created: 01/26/2000 Last Modified: 06/17/2005
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