Essentials of Biology

Essentials of Biology is an essentials level introductory general biology text for non-majors students that combines Dr. Sylvia Mader's superb and accessible writing style with clear visuals, a comprehensive learning system, and abundant supplements. Essentials of Biology emphasizes the relevance of biology to students' lives within a framework of biodiversity and basic-concepts coverage of all main areas of general biology.. .

The three key features of Essentials of Biology include:. .

1. Dr. Sylvia Mader's succinct, precise writing style. Sylvia's writing is what has earned her a reputation as one of the most successful introductory biology textbook author ever, and it is what will be most compelling in this text.. .

2. A comprehensive learning system to help students get the most out of each chapter's text content and an incredible instructional visual program.. .

3. Our package would not be complete without our robust media technology package with quality animations, digitized videos, OLC, and student interactive CD-ROM.. . .

Each chapter features numerous pedagogical tools that are carefully developed to help students grasp challenging concepts. These include:. .

-A numbered outline at the beginning of each chapter with accompanying concept statements for the main topics in each chapter. . .

- Check Your Progress questions and answers at the end of each major heading within the chapter to help students assess their understanding of the previous section. . .

- The boldface terms in each chapter are page referenced in an Understanding the Terms list at the end of the chapter, and a matching exercise allows students to test their knowledge of the terms.. .

- A Thinking Scientifically section at the end of each chapter gives students the opportunity to use critical thinking skills to respond to scientific questions.. .

- The Bioethical Issue at the end of each chapter briefly discusses a controversial issue confronting society and poses questions to help students fully consider the issue and arrive at an opinion.. .

-Numbered summary at the end of the chapter to help students review. . .

-Testing Yourself objective questions at the end of the chapter to help students prepare for the test.. . .