This Online Learning Center provides students with animations, interactive-virtual labs, activities, labeling exercises, and quizzing. Instructors will find PowerPoint presentations, a Course Integration Guide, Instructor's Manual, Lab Resource Guide, and much more.
In addition, you'll find complimentary links to: BioCourse.Com, BioLabs, and Online Tutoring.
New Chapter One: The Study of Life has been updated to strengthen the presentation of the characteristics of life, the organization of the biosphere, and the scientific process.
New Conservation of Biodiversity chapter. This new chapter discusses the current biodiversity crisis including why we should care, the root causes, and how to preserve species and prevent extinctions.
End-of-Chapter Material: Each chapter ends with an eLearning Connection page. This page organizes the relevant online study material by major sections, helping to create a stronger association between available study activities and text material. The design of this page is repeated on the OLC, where a click of the mouse takes the student to a specific study aid. In addition, the number of Testing Yourself questions in each chapter has been increased.
An Emphasis on the Scientific Process: The introductory chapter begins with a new and expanded explanation of the scientific process. New art contributes to this expanded coverage; Science Focus readings occur throughout the text. These readings discuss recent biological research in the area under discussion.
Bioethical Issues: No general biology book covers as many issues or devotes as much space to this growing area of biology. Most chapters of Inquiry into Life end with a bioethical issue.
Customizable: Inquiry into Life is chapter-by-chapter color customizable so you and your students use only the chapters you want.
Active Art VRL: This CD ROM contains 60 text art files developed to allow instructors the opportunity to manipulate illustrations so you can "tell your own story."
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