Biology for the Informed Citizen

Unit 1. The Scientific Study of Life
1. The Nature of Biology and Evolution
Why Does Biology Matter to You?
2. The Nature of Science
How Do We Know How the World Works?
Unit 2: Reproduction, Inheritance, and Evolution
3. Human Development
How Do Cells Make a Person?
4. Inheritance, Genes, and Characteristics
Does Disease Have a Genetic Basis?
5. Cancer
How Can It Be Prevented, Diagnosed, and Treated?
6. Reproduction
What "Kind" of Baby Is It?
7. Plants, Agriculture, and Genetic Engineering
Can We Create Better Plants and Animals?
8. Health Care and the Human Genome
How Will We Use Our New Medical and Genetic Skills?
9. Evolution
How Do Species Arise and Adapt?
10. The Evolution of Disease
Why Do We Get Sick?
Unit 3: Physiology: The Body in Health and Disease
11. Homeostasis
Why Is It Important That the Body Maintain Its Internal Balance?
12. Circulation and Respiration
What If Your Body Doesn't Get the Oxygen It Needs?
13. The Nervous System
Does Your Brain Determine Who You Are?
14. Infectious Disease and the Immune System
How Are Invaders Repelled, Evaded, or Killed?
15. Nutrition, Activity, and Wellness
How Can We Live a Healthy Lifestyle?
Unit 4: Interacting with Nature
16. Ecology
How Do We Benefit from a Functional Ecosystem?
17. Biodiversity and Human Affairs
How Is the Human Race Like a Meteorite?
18. Human Population Growth
How Many People Can a Single Planet Hold?
Glossary
Index

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Instructor's Resource Manual
- Chapter learning outcome
- Chapter outlines and summaries
- Discussion questions and activities
- Animations, movie clips, videotaped lectures, podcasts, and presentations of core concepts covered in the text
- Video and Animation Guide includes a web link to a customized YouTube playlist that includes several relevant videos that highlight, illustrate, and expand upon the concepts covered in the text
E-Book ISBN 9780199361212

Donna Bozzone is Professor of Biology at Saint Michael's College. She specializes in cell and developmental biology and has written three books on cancer and is the consulting editor for the nine-volume series Biology of Cancer.

The late Douglas Green was Professor of Biology at Saint Michael's College. He specialized in evolution, ecology, and bioinformatics.

Special Features

• Cases, concepts, and consequences approach connects the concepts of biology to the consequences of biology through the text's major themes - the process of science and evolution.
• Case studies open each chapter to highlight an issue or challenge and demonstrate ways in which a conceptual understanding of biology can be used to make informed decisions about important issues.
• High-interest essays in every chapter demonstrate the process of science.
• - How Do We Know? essays look beyond memorizing facts to get students thinking critically about how we know what we know.
• - Scientist Spotlight essays profile the individuals whose scientific discoveries have made tremendous impacts on all of our lives.
• - Technology Connection essays describe specific methods and tools of scientific research that are being used to shape the world in which we live.
• - Life Application essays present specific real-world examples illustrating how biological knowledge can be used to help individuals and society make informed decisions.
• Engaging pedagogy helps students learn and reinforce biological concepts.
• - Learning objectives based on Bloom's taxonomy correspond to the main headings and provide a framework for the key concepts to help students focus on what is most important.
• - Question-based chapter titles and section headings model the spirit of inquiry at the heart of the scientific process.
• - Simple, clear illustrations help students visualize important concepts.
• - Marginal glossary defines key terms so students can easily find definitions and explanations when preparing for exams.
• - Chapter summaries are organized around the chapter learning objectives and highlight and reinforce the main concepts.
• - Review questions provide multiple choice and short answer questions, asking students to recall core information presented in the chapter. Answers to the multiple choice questions appear at the end of the book.
• - The Thinking Citizen advanced questions ask students to think critically and analytically about the main chapter concepts.
• - The Informed Citizen advanced questions ask students to apply biological concepts to relevant cultural and social issues.
• - Biology in Perspective sections place the chapter concepts in a larger context.