IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: Please select only one of the textbooks below for use in your workshop.
Biology
Biology
8th Edition AP* Edition ©2008
Campbell, Reece
- High School bound Student Edition with a special AP* Preface—includes an easy-to-read top guide correlating the Eight Edition to the AP* curriculum, an essay to the AP* student written by Fred and Theresa Holtzclaw (long-time AP* instructors and graders); a thematic study grid to help students connect the AP* Biology themes to the course topics, and detailed information on all AP* teacher supplements.
- Increased use of visual tools and better pacing of difficult material.
- Updated core material with many new opportunities for students to take a more active role in their learning.
- New "Draw It" questions enable students to practice translating their understanding onto paper.
- New "What If?" questions highlight the importance of experimental design and ask students to analyze and interpret results.
- Special AP* supplements include: AP* Test Prep Workbook (written by Fred and Theresa Holtzclaw and correlated directly to the Eighth Edition), AP* ExamView Test Generator, and an AP*-specific website.
- AP*-specific Web site is provided free upon adoption and includes: over 230 interactive activities, 85 videos, 55 investigations, LabBench, graphing exercises, quizzes for each chapter, art from the textbook, the complete eText, chapter-by-chapter Reading Guides, and much more. The website also provides a number of AP* teacher tools (only accessible by teachers), including lecture outlines, common misconceptions, active lecture questions, and answers to selected Eight Edition essay questions.
- Single-student MasteringBiology™ access (with or without Pearson eText) is available for purchase for this book. For more information about this amazing online homework, tutorial, and assessment tool, visit www.MasteringBiology.com.
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NEW! Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology
9th Edition ©2011
Audesirk, Audesirk, Byers
- Known for its thorough coverage of diversity, ecology, and environmental issues, this comprehensive book engages students with integrated, relevant case studies, and challenges them with thought-provoking questions throughout each chapter.
- The fully revised with greater emphasis on engaging, real-world applications.
- An engaging Case Study opens each chapter and is followed with new "Case Study Continued" sections that carry the thread of the case study through the chapter, concluding with a "Case Study Revisited" section that ends the chapter by tying up the main themes of the Case Study.
- Boxed essays in every chapter relate chapter topics to everyday issues and events that students will likely have heard about in the news.
- Thoroughly revised illustrations and expanded critical thinking questions have been added to each chapter and are supplemented by the powerful new MasteringBiology™ program that helps students make effective use of their study time outside of the classroom.
- Access to MasteringBiology (without Pearson eText) is provided for 6 years upon adoption of the text. This powerful online homework, tutorial, and assessment system is proven to increase student performance, while offering teachers unparralled insight assessment outcomes (www.MasteringBiology.com).
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NEW! Biological Science
4th Edition ©2011
Freeman
- Unique emphasis on the process of scientific discovery and experimental design teaches students how to think like scientists as they are learning fundamental biology concepts.
- The Socratic approach of the narrative (and in selected figures and tables) challenges the student to consider the scientific method and think critically about the basis for what we now consider "facts."
- Experiment Boxes simulate and reinforce the hypothesis-testing process of scientific discovery, helping students to easily navigate through the logic of the question, hypothesis, and test.
- Intertwined, color-coded "learning threads" helps students first recognize essential information and then assess whether they truly understand it.
- Caption Questions and Exercises challenge students to critically examine information in figures and tables.
- Chapter Summaries include their own "You should be able to…" activities to prompt students to revisit the major themes of the chapter and synthesize the information.
- Each Student Edition packaged with single-student/12-month access to MasteringBiology™ (with Pearson eText). For more information about this exciting online homework, tutorial, and assessment tool, visit www.MasteringBiology.com.
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