Exploring Biology in the Laboratory, 3e
Murray P. Pendarvis, John L. Crawley
Exploring Biology in the Laboratory is a fully customizable manual that instructors can personalize, ensuring the content is tailored to your students and the safety requirements of your labs. This affordable introductory biology manual’s material is comprehensive and presented in full-color, making it appropriate for both majors and non-majors. All general biology topics are covered extensively, and the manual is designed to be used with a minimum of outside reference material. The activities emphasize the unity of all living things and the evolutionary forces that have resulted in, and continue to act on, the diversity that we see around us today. This manual is dynamic and interactive, engaging students with real-life case studies, animations, and embedded videos.
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Table of Contents for Exploring Biology in the Laboratory, 3e
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1: The Starting Point: Understanding the Scientific Method
- Chapter 2: For Good Measure: Understanding Scientific Notation and the Metric System
- Chapter 3: The Invisible World: Understanding Microscopy
- Chapter 4: Back to Basics: Understanding Acids, Bases, and pH
- Chapter 5: The Composition of Living Things: Understanding Organic Molecules
- Chapter 6: The Building Blocks of Life: Understanding Cell Structure and Function
- Chapter 7: Catalysts for Change: Understanding Enzymes
- Chapter 8: Just Passing Through: Understanding Diffusion and Osmosis
- Chapter 9: From Light to Energy: Understanding Photosynthesis
- Chapter 10: Breaking Bonds: Understanding Cellular Respiration
- Chapter 11: Out of One, Many: Understanding Cell Division
- Chapter 12: That’s Just the Half of It: Understanding Meiosis
- Chapter 13: It’s All in the Genes: Understanding Basic Mendelian Genetics
Key features
- Comprehensive coverage includes introductory material that clearly states what students are expected to know—providing context for the material covered to help in application of concepts
- Safe, interesting, and meaningful exercises are complemented with extensive full-color art and photography program providing ample visual support for the lab
- Clear Presentation, including Check Your Understanding questions after each exercise, ask thought-provoking questions in order to measure student progress throughout the chapter while A Chapter Review ends each chapter with thoughtful questions to ensure that students understand the overall concepts