Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, Global Edition, 10th edition

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  • Martha R Taylor
  • Eric J. Simon New England College
  • Jean L. Dickey Clemson University
  • Kelly A. Hogan
  • Jane B. Reece

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For non-majors or mixed biology courses.

An innovative learning experience that addresses how studentslearn today

Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections continuesto introduce pedagogical developments that create an innovative learningexperience and motivate students not only to learn, but also interact withbiology. The hallmark modular organization built around central concepts helpsstudents stay focused while engaging them in connecting biology with the worldoutside the classroom.

Building on the text’s outstanding art and hallmark features,the 10th Edition delivers new digital resources that guidestudents to success in the course. This edition draws from learning science aswell as the authors’ classroom experience to provide tools that address howstudents learn today. New Chapter Openers help students retain information,selected features break content into bite-size subsections, and additionalauthor-created videos ensure students focus on what is important.

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  • A flexible modular format organized around central concepts paces student learning into manageable chunks and allows your syllabus to drive the course.
    • Numbered Central Concept Headings at the beginning of each module help students stay focused as they study.
    • End-of-module Concept Check questions allow students to self-check their understanding along the way.
  • The Big Ideas at the start of each chapter serve as a roadmap to students by highlighting the overarching set of concepts that each chapter is built upon.
  • Try This activities are active learning prompts that coach students to interact with the figures in their text to build understanding. Questions in Learning Catalytics allow instructors to turn these into in-class activities.

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  • NEW - Figure Walkthroughs guide students to a deeper understanding and feature key figures with narrated explanations, figure markups, and questions that reinforce important points and incorporate higher-level Bloom’s questions. The Figure Walkthroughs are assignable in the Mastering Biology Item Library.
  • NEW - Cellular respiration in Chapter 6 (How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy) has been re-written and reorganized to make it easier to teach the content at varying levels of depth.
  • A focus on the major themes in biology is inspired by the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education Report. Five themes—Evolution, Organization, Information, Energy and Matter, and Interactions—are introduced in Chapter One and examples are highlighted throughout the text to illustrate applications of these themes in all chapters.
  • Connection Modules in every chapter relate biology to students’ lives and the world outside the classroom. Each Connection Module shows students how the course material connects to a wide variety of issues.
  • Evolution Connection Modules present concrete examples of the evidence for evolution within each chapter, providing a coherent theme for the study of life.
  • Career photo essays at the start of each unit highlight connections between chapter contents and careers that relate to an undergraduate general biology course. This new feature is designed to demonstrate to students the vast array of career opportunities available to STEM students.

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  • UPDATED - Chapter 9 (Patterns of Inheritance) presents human sex determination as a much more complex and varied process and outcome, rather than describing sex determination as a binary state.
  • 38 Scientific Thinking modules incorporate engaging visuals and streamlined content that present information in bite-size subsections to help students develop an understanding of how scientific research is conducted. Students can access Scientific Thinking Activities on their own in the Mastering Biology Study Area, and these are assigned in Mastering Biology.
  • Scientific Thinking concept check questions conclude each Scientific Thinking Module and prompt students to focus on aspects of the process of science such as forming and testing of hypotheses, experimental design, variables and controls, and the evaluation and communication of scientific results.
  • Visualizing the Data Figures present data in an infographic form and are flagged by Visualizing the Data icons in the textbook. These 19 figures provide students with a fresh approach to understanding by using graphs and numerical data to illustrate concepts.
  • Scientifically accurate and up-to-date research ensures that you and your students have the most current information.
  • End-of-chapter review questions better reflect best practices of scientific teaching.

Mastering® Biology is not included. Students, if MasteringBiology is a recommended / mandatory component of the course, please ask yourinstructor for the correct ISBN. Mastering Biology should only be purchasedwhen required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearsonrepresentative for more information.

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  • Ready-to-Go Teaching Modules make use of teaching tools for before, during, and after class, including new ideas for in-class activities. The modules align with the course and incorporate the best that the text, Mastering Biology, and Learning Catalytics have to offer and can be accessed through the Instructor Resources area of Mastering Biology. Learn more here.
  • With Learning Catalytics, you’ll hear from every student when it matters most. You pose a variety of questions that help students recall ideas, apply concepts, and develop critical-thinking skills. Your students respond using their own smartphones, tablets, or laptops. You can monitor responses with real-time analytics and find out what your students do — and don’t — understand. Then, you can adjust your teaching accordingly, and even facilitate peer-to-peer learning, helping students stay motivated and engaged. Instructors can create their own questions, draw from community content, or access the Learning Catalytics library of question clusters. Focused on key topics, the clusters consist of 2-5 questions about a single data set or scenario.

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· NEW - Figure Walkthroughs guidestudents through key figures with narrated explanations, figure markups, andquestions that reinforce important points. The Figure Walkthroughs areassignable in the Mastering Biology Item Library and include follow-upquestions.

· NEW - Pearson eText isa simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience availablewithin Mastering. It allows students to easily highlight, take notes, andreview key vocabulary all in one place—even when offline.

  • UPDATED - Active Reading Guides are designed to aid students in getting the most out of their reading and are aimed at moving them from passive learning to active learning. Active Reading Guides accompany every chapter and are available for students to download and complete in the Mastering Study Area.
  • Visualizing the Concept Activities use video and animations to guide students. By bringing these key illustrations from the text to life, students have the opportunity to master tough topics and learn through practice. Wrong-answer feedback is provided to coach students to success.
  • Interpreting Data Activities help students practice basic skills associated with interpreting and analyzing data. Each activity builds from a lower to higher order of learning, with specific wrong-answer feedback designed to coach students along the way.
  • Scientific Thinking Activities help students develop an understanding of how scientific research is conducted. The activities correlate with the 38 Scientific Thinking Modules in the text, and some of the featured topics include:
    • What Is the Role of Peer Review in the Process of Science?
    • How Does “Citizen Science” Affect Scientific Data Collection?
    • Can Scientists Use Gene Expression Data to Personalize Cancer Treatment?
    • Is There a Genetic Basis for Adapting to Life at High Altitudes?
    • Do the Microorganisms in Our Digestive Tract Play a Role in Obesity?
  • UPDATED - Dynamic Study Modules (DSMs) now feature matching and multiple-choice questions specific to Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections. DSMs are assignable modules that pose a series of question sets about a course topic. The questions adapt to each student’s performance and offer personalized, targeted feedback to help them master key concepts. As a result, students build the confidence they need to deepen their understanding, participate meaningfully, and perform better — in and out of class. Students can use their computer or the MyLab and Mastering app to access Dynamic Study Modules. Available for select titles.

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  • 11 Key Topic Overview videos created by authors Eric Simon, Jean Dickey and Kelly Hogan. The videos deliver a whiteboard style mini-lesson that introduces students to broad, interconnecting concepts and serves as a basic introductory overview to key concepts in the course. Each is accompanied by an assessment so students can check their understanding.
  • HHMI Short Films are documentary-quality movies from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that cover explorations, ranging from the discovery of the double helix to evolution, and include assignable questions.
  • BioFlix® 3-D Animations help students visualize biology with movie-quality animations that can be presented in class, reviewed by students on their own in the Study Area, and assigned in Mastering Biology. BioFlix Tutorials use the animations as a jumping-off point for Mastering Biology coaching exercises on tough topics

Focus students on key concepts

  • Chapter Openers invite students into each chapter with a brief story that sets the stage for the chapter, a summary of the big ideas to be covered in the chapter, and three pre-test questions that follow Bloom's hierarchy from simple to complex.
  • Help students connect biology concepts
  • Figure Walkthroughs guide students to a deeper understanding and feature key figures with narrated explanations, figure markups, and questions that reinforce important points and incorporate higher-level Bloom’s questions. The Figure Walkthroughs are assignable in the Mastering Biology Item Library.
  • Cellular respiration in Chapter 6 (How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy) has been re-written and reorganized to make it easier to teach the content at varying levels of depth.

Guide students to think scientifically

  • Chapter 9 (Patterns of Inheritance) presents human sex determination as a much more complex and varied process and outcome, rather than describing sex determination as a binary state.

Mastering® Biology is not included. Students, if MasteringBiology is a recommended / mandatory component of the course, please ask yourinstructor for the correct ISBN. Mastering Biology should only be purchasedwhen required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representativefor more information.

  • Figure Walkthroughs guide students through key figures with narrated explanations, figure markups, and questions that reinforce important points. The Figure Walkthroughs are assignable in the Mastering Biology Item Library and include follow-up questions.
  • Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience available within Mastering. It allows students to easily highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place—even when offline.
  • Active Reading Guides are designed to aid students in getting the most out of their reading and are aimed at moving them from passive learning to active learning. Active Reading Guides accompany every chapter and are available for students to download and complete in the Mastering Study Area.
Dynamic Study Modules (DSMs) now featurematching and multiple-choice questions specificto Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections. DSMs areassignable modules that pose a series of question sets about a course topic. Thequestions adapt to each student’s performance and offer personalized, targetedfeedback to help them master key concepts. As a result, students build theconfidence they need to deepen their understanding, participate meaningfully,and perform better — in and out of class. Students can use their computer orthe MyLaband Mastering app toaccess Dynamic Study Modules. Available for select titles.

UNIT I: THE LIFE OF THE CELL

1. Biology: The Scientific Study of Life 

2.  The Chemical Basis of Life                                                                                                

3.  The Molecules of Cells                                                                                                

4.  A Tour of the Cell                                                                                                      

5.  The Working Cell                                                                                            

6.  How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy                                                            

7.  Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food                                                           

 

UNIT II. CELLULAR REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

8.  The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance                                 

9.  Patterns of Inheritance                                                                                 

10.  Molecular Biology of the Gene                                                                   

11.  How Genes Are Controlled                                                                        

12.  DNA Technology and Genomics                                                                 

           

UNIT III. CONCEPTS OF EVOLUTION

13.  How Populations Evolve                                                                             

14.  The Origin of Species                                                                                             

15.  Tracing Evolutionary History                                                                      

           

UNIT IV. THE EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

16.  Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists                                                  

17.  The Evolution of Plant and Fungal Diversity                                            

18.  The Evolution of Invertebrate Diversity                                                   

19.  The Evolution of Vertebrate Diversity                                                      

           

UNIT V. ANIMALS: FORM AND FUNCTION

20.  Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function                                        

21.  Nutrition and Digestion                                                                              

22.  Gas Exchange                                                                                                             

23.  Circulation                                                                                                        

24.  The Immune System                                                                                

25.  Control of Body Temperature and Water Balance                                  

26.  Hormones and the Endocrine System 

27.  Reproduction and Embryonic Development                                                                    

28.  Nervous Systems                                                                                             

29.  The Senses                                                                                                               

30.  How Animals Move                                                                                        

 

VI. PLANTS: FORM AND FUNCTION

31.  Plant Structure, Growth, and Reproduction                                                          

32.  Plant Nutrition and Transport

33.  Control Systems in Plants                                                                           

           

UNIT VII. ECOLOGY    

34.  The Biosphere: An Introduction to Earth'sDiverse Environments                     

35.  Behavorial Adaptations to the Environment                                            

36.  Population Ecology                                                                                     

37.  Communities and Ecosystems                                         

38.  Conservation Biology                                                           

           

Appendix 1.  Metric Conversion Table                                                                          

Appendix 2.  The Periodic Table                                                                                    

Appendix 3.  The Amino Acids of Proteins                                                                   

Appendix 4.  Chapter Review Answers                                                                         

Appendix 5. Credits       

Martha R. Taylor has been teaching biology for more than 35 years. She earned her B.A. in biology from Gettysburg Collegeand her M.S. and Ph.D. in science education from Cornell University. At Cornell, Dr. Taylor has served as assistant director of the Office ofInstructional Support and has taught introductory biology for both majors andnonmajors. Most recently, she was a lecturer in the Learning Strategies Center, teaching supplemental biology courses. Her experience working with students inclassrooms, in laboratories, and with tutorials has increased her commitment tohelping students create their own knowledge of and appreciation for biology. She was the author of the Student Study Guide for ten editions of Campbell Biology.

Eric J. Simon is a professor in the Department of Biology and Health Science at New England College in Henniker,New Hampshire. He teaches introductory biology to science majors and non rsity, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry fromHarvard University. His research focuses on innovative ways to use technology to improve teaching and learning in the science classroom. Dr. Simon also leads numerous international student field research trips and is a Scientific Advisor to the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury, Laos. Dr. Simon is the lead author of the introductory non majors biology textbooks Campbell Essential Biology, Seventh Edition, and Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology, SixthEdition, and the author of the introductory biology textbook Biology: The Core,Third Edition.

Jean L. Dickey is Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina). After receiving her B.S. in biology from Kent State University, she went on to earn a Ph.D. in ecology and evolution from Purdue University. In 1984, Dr. Dickey joined the faculty at Clemson, where she devoted her career to teaching biologyto nonscience majors in a variety of courses. In addition to creating content-based instructional materials, she developed many activities to engagelecture and laboratory students in discussion, critical thinking, and writing, and implemented an investigative laboratory curriculum in general biology. Dr.Dickey is author of Laboratory Investigations for Biology, Second Edition, andcoauthor of Campbell Essential Biology, Seventh Edition, and Campbell EssentialBiology with Physiology, Sixth Edition.

Kelly Hogan is a faculty member in the Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, teaching introductory biology and genetics. Dr. Hogan teaches hundreds of students at a time, using active-learning methods that incorporate educational technologies both inside and outside of the classroom. She received her B.S. inbiology at the College of New Jersey and her Ph.D. in pathology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research interests focus on howlarge classes can be more inclusive through evidence-based teaching methods and technology. As the Director of Instructional Innovation at UNC, she encourages experienced faculty to take advantage of new professional development opportunities and inspires the next generation of innovative faculty. Dr. Hoganis the author of Stem Cells and Cloning, Second Edition, and co-author on Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology, Sixth Edition.

Neil A. Campbell (1946—2004) combined the inquiring nature of a research scientist with the soul of a caring teacher. Over his 30 years of teaching introductory biology to both science majors and nonscience majors, many thousands of students had the opportunity to learn from him and be stimulated by his enthusiasm for the study of life. While he isgreatly missed by his many friends in the biology community, his coauthorsremain inspired by his visionary dedication to education and are committed tosearching for ever better ways to engage students in the wonders of biology.

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