Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, Global Edition, 9th edition

Intended for non-majors or mixed biology courses.

A conceptual framework for understanding the world of biology

Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections continues to introduce pedagogical innovations, which motivate students not only to learn, but also engage with biology. This bestselling textbook is designed to help students stay focused with its hallmark modular organization around central concepts and engages students in connections between concepts and the world outside of the classroom with Scientific Thinking, Evolution Connection and Connection essays in every chapter. The 9th Edition offers students a framework organized around fundamental biological themes and encourages them to analyze visual representations of data with new Visualizing the Data figures. A reorganized Chapter One emphasizes the process of science and scientific reasoning, and robust instructor resources and multimedia allow students to engage with biological concepts in a memorable way. Unparalleled resources let instructors develop active and high-interest lectures with ease.

Pearson MasteringTM Biology is not included. Students, if Mastering Biology is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN. Mastering should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

Mastering Biology is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product designed to improve results by helping students quickly master concepts. Students benefit from self-paced activities that feature personalized wrong-answer feedback to emulate the office-hour experience and help keep students on track. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, many of them created by the Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections authors, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts. New Mastering Biology activities for this edition include “Key Topic Overview” videos that help students efficiently review key topics outside of class, “Evaluating Science in the Media” activities that help students build science literacy skills, and more “Visualizing the Concept” animated videos that help students further visualize and understand complex biological processes.

This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States.

About the Book

Stay focused:

· A flexible modular format organized around central concepts paces student learning into manageable chunks and allows your syllabus to drive the course.

· 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.

· Numbered Central Concept Headings at the beginning of each module help students stay focused as they study.

· Try This activities are active learning prompts that coach students to interact with the figures in their text to build understanding. New questions in Learning Catalytics allow instructors to turn these into in-class activities.

· End-of-module Concept Check questions allow students to self-check their understanding along the way.

See Connections:

· NEW! A focus on the five major themes in biology is inspired by the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education report. These 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.

· UPDATED! Visualizing the Concept Modules visually walk students through tough topics. There are 8 new modules of this type in the 9th Edition. Videos accompanying a select set of Visualizing the Concept modules are assignable in Mastering Biology.

· NEW! 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.

· High Interest Questions at the start of each chapter are designed to draw students in and spark curiosity about the chapter content. As the chapter unfolds, questions are further explored in Scientific Thinking or Evolution Connection Modules.

· 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.

Think Scientifically:

· NEW! Visualizing the Data Figures present data in an infographic form and are marked by visualizing the data icons in the textbook. These nineteen figures provide students with a fresh approach to understanding concepts illustrated by graphs and numerical data.

· Scientific Thinking Modules emphasize the process of scientific inquiry and are called out with orange icons in every chapter.

· NEW! 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, exp

About the Book

The 9th Edition offers students a framework organized around fundamental biological themes and encourages them to analyze visual representations of data with new Visualizing the Data figures. A reorganized chapter one emphasizes the process of science and scientific reasoning, and robust instructor resources and multimedia allow students to engage with biological concepts in a memorable way. Unparalleled resources let instructors develop active and high interest lectures with ease.

· A focus on the five major themes in biology is inspired by the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education report. These 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.

· EXPANDED! Visualizing the Concept Modules visually walk students through tough topics. There are 8 new modules of this type in the 9th Edition. Videos accompanying a select set of Visualizing the Concept modules are assignable in Mastering Biology.

· 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.

· Visualizing the Data Figures present data in an infographic form and are marked by visualizing the data icons in the textbook. These nineteen figures at key points throughout the text provide students with a fresh approach to understanding concepts illustrated by graphs and numerical data.

· 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.

· Scientifically accurate and up-to-date research ensures that you and your students have the most current information.

MasteringTM Biology is not included. Students, if Mastering Biology is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN. Mastering should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

· Key Topic Overview videos introduce students to key concepts and vocabulary and are created by authors Eric Simon, Jean Dickey and Kelly Hogan. All 12 videos deliver a whiteboard style mini-lesson, designed as an introductory overview to key concepts in the course, and are accompanied by assessment so that students can check their understanding.

· EXPANDED! 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.

· Evaluating Science in the Media activities teach students to recognize validity, bias, purpose, and authority in everyday sources of information.

· HHMI Short Films are documentary-quality movies from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute with explorations from the discovery of the double helix to evolution and include assignable questions.

Integrate Active Learning and Assessment

· Learning Cata