Jo Handelsman
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Jo
Handelsman, Barbara Houser, Helaine Kriegel
McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Teachers' Guide to Teaching Biology ISBN 0-07-282389-5
Lab Manual ISBN 0-07-282374-7
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order please call McGraw-Hill
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Biology Brought
To Life:
A Guidebook To Teaching Students To Think Like Scientists
Biology Brought to Life is a unique guide for helping instructors promote active learning in the biology classroom. This manual provides practical advice and detailed instructions for implementing open-ended experiments, cooperative learning, and exercises that enhance learning skills in large or small introductory biology courses. Its methods are designed to excite students about science, to foster analytical and critical thinking skills, and to reach a broad group of students with diverse learning styles. Biology Brought to Life features eleven open-ended experiments that illustrate fundamental principles of biology and teach students how to apply the scientific method to investigation of biological problems. The Instructor's Version also presents general principles for using cooperative learning and specific examples of how to apply those principles in a biology course. The materials are intended for majors and nonmajors biology courses and for biology instructors looking for ways to incorporate inquiry-based, active learning and microbiological examples into their courses.
Sample lessons are available online through the links below; to purchase a copy of the book from McGraw-Hill, please click here.
Teachers'
Guide Table of Contents
A lesson in taxonomy
An unusual adaptation to the environment
A lesson in experimental design
A lesson in biology and the environment
A lesson in animal behavior
A lesson in correlation vs. causation
A lesson in molecular biology
A lesson in mutation and selection
A lesson in selection and evolution
A lesson in ecology
A lesson in field biology
Appendix I
- Organisms used in desk-top experiments
Appendix II
- Instructions from the student manual
- Pure cultures from single colonies
Appendix III
- Instructions for lab preparations
- Media types
- Recipes for culture media
- Antibiotic solutions
- Methods
Appendix IV
- Lab Reports - Format
- How to write a better lab report
Appendix V
- Ethical contract for students participating in a cooperative classroom
Appendix VI
- Learning skills survey
Appendix VII
- Exam preparation
Appendix VIII
- Commercial sources of supplies
Appendix IX
- APHIS form for importing pathogens
Index